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INTRODUCTION\nThe development of South Africa’s Open Government Partnership (OGP) occurs at a very unique phase in the country’s post-apartheid democratic transition. At a national level, the political and electoral mandate of the Fifth Democratic Administration focuses on the implementation of the National Development Plan (NDP) as a major driver for transformation and consolidation of democracy. The NDP was adopted in September 2012 as a vision for South Africa by 2030. Internationally, the process of developing a post-2015 Development Agenda resulted in the production of the Global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).\nThe 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development establishes a set of global priorities to help eradicate extreme poverty and shift all countries toward inclusive, sustainable development. During the 70th Regular Session of the United Nations General Assembly that took place in September 2015, seventeen goals and a hundred and sixty-nine targets were formally adopted as a set of global priorities to help eradicate extreme poverty and shift all countries toward inclusive, sustainable development.\nIn support of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, the OGP Steering Committee adopted a Declaration called “The Open Government for the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. The Declaration outlines the importance of OGP’s core values of transparency, accountability and citizen participation, as a foundation for the success of the 2030 Agenda. This Declaration, is further linked to Goal 16 of the SDGs, which aims to, “promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels”.\nThe principles and objectives of the OGP emphasise that successful Country Action Plans should focus on ambitious national open government priorities that are relevant to the values of transparency, accountability and public participation. These must also contain specific, time-bound and measureable commitments.\nThe OGP aims to promote ambitious open government reforms that stretch the government beyond its current state of practice, significantly improving the status quo by strengthening transparency, accountability and public participation in government. Countries may choose to initiate new open government initiatives in their action plans, or improve on existing, ongoing reforms. Countries are encouraged to show clear improvement from one action plan to the next action plan.\nBackground to the Open Government Partnership\nWhereas transparency and accountability are not new concepts, particularly in South Africa, their formalisation into the OGP has certainly gathered considerable momentum recently.\nFive years ago the Open Government Partnership was established to support governments in making country commitments in partnership with civil society to improve transparency, accountability and civic participation.\nThe OGP is overseen by a Steering Committee comprising governments and civil society organisations. The Deputy Minister for Public Service and Administration, Ms Ayanda Dlodlo, is the representative for South Africa on the Steering Committee.\nIn just over five years the OGP has grown from a membership of eight countries to 69 countries.\nCountries wishing to join have to meet certain eligibility criteria. Excellence is rewarded and poor performance is penalised through the Independent Reporting Mechanism.\nCountries are encouraged to promote open government reforms that stretch governance beyond its current state of practice. This will in turn significantly transform the status quo by strengthening transparency, accountability and public participation in government. Countries may select to either initiate new open government initiatives in their action plans or improve on existing and on-going reforms.\nThere should be a","cbCaiiqlDTN4dGFi","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiiqlDTN4dGFi","docx",162063,44,"English","# Introduction\n## Background to the Open Government Partnership\n## OGP principles for commitments\n## Transparency\n## Accountability\n## Participation\n## Technology and Innovation","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of the South African Open Government Partnership Country Action Plan (2016-2018)?\",\"answer\":\"It provides direction for ambitious open government reforms by setting out commitments focused on transparency, accountability, and citizen participation aligned with national and international agendas.\"},{\"question\":\"Which international and national frameworks does the plan link to?\",\"answer\":\"It links the OGP Declaration to the 2030 Agenda and SDG Goal 16, and aligns OGP principles with South Africa’s National Development Plan and public service transformation priorities.\"},{\"question\":\"What qualities should commitments in the action plan have?\",\"answer\":\"Commitments should be specific, time-bound, measurable, and clearly advance one or more OGP principles, with demonstrable improvement from one action plan cycle to the next.\"}]","Third South African Open Government Partnership Country Action Plan - 2016-2018 | DOCX"]