19 April 2012

The process through which the Open Government Partnership will review the implementation of national action plans is still being developed, according to OPG Steering Committee members.

The basics of the process are contained in the recently adopted Articles of Governance, but further discussion is expected, particularly on how to involve civil society more in the process, members told FreedomInfo.org.  Also to be finalizd is a “tool” to guide the work of the independent expert who will conduct the review of the self-assessments to be done by governments in a year.

The  Independent Review Mechanism (IRM) is “still a work in progress” according to Warren Krafchik, the new civil society co-chair, predicting a conclusion in several months.

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