Introduction
The Sixth National Open Government Action Plan reaffirms Uruguay's commitment to building an open state, based on the principles and values of transparency, accountability, citizen participation, the fight against corruption, substantive equality, the guarantee of human rights and the defense of democracy.
This instrument strengthens the national strategy, which conceives action plans as a cross-cutting tool to incorporate the open government approach in all branches and levels of government as well as in all areas of public policy.
The Sixth Plan establishes 41 commitments from 24 public institutions, organized into 9 lines of action. Out of these, 17 incorporate demands which were partially or totally formulated by civil society actors who participated in the co-creation process, or that were presented through the Digital Citizen Participation Platform .
In line with the decision of adopting a four-year action plan, in this new cycle Uruguay is making progress in the institutionalization of the open government approach, through various commitments that create the necessary conditions for it, promote the development of instruments and actions that provide sustainability to the initiatives that will be implemented, create new permanent institutionalized spaces for citizen participation in the public policy cycle, and incorporate new tools to boost transparency and public accountability.
It integrates commitments in policy areas such as childhood and adolescence, disability, public safety, and political party financing. It deepens commitments regarding public integrity, corruption prevention, and accountability. Furthermore, it fosters sustainability and promotes a culture of open government, encouraging co-creation processes for public policies and the development of transparency and accountability mechanisms in various areas, with the aim of prioritizing the impact of these on people and their rights, as well as improving the efficiency of public administration.
Furthermore, the Plan maintains the Open Government approach, integrating commitments made by all three branches of government. It highlights progress in Open Parliament and Open Justice initiatives, and for the first time it incorporates commitments made by academia, through the University of the Republic (Udelar), broadening the scope and diversity of stakeholders involved.
By aligning the Sixth Open Government Plan with the national budget cycle, all efforts concentrated on the central government level, considering the overlap with the subnational electoral process and the transition of subnational governments. In this regard, the plan includes commitments to strengthen transparency, accountability, and citizen participation at the subnational level, which will be further developed during the mid-cycle review.
This instrument is the result of a collaborative process and the collective development among public institutions, civil society organizations, academia, and the private sector. This collaboration helps generate synergies among public policies and consolidate a shared vision of institutional openness.
The Plan is led by the Presidency of the Republic, through the Open Government Working Group created by Decree No. 357/2016 , with the coordination of the Agency for Electronic Government and Information and Knowledge Society (Agesic).
The Sixth National Open Government Action Plan consolidates Uruguay's active participation in the Open Government Partnership (OGP), reaffirming its commitment to achieving the objectives and promoting the principles that led to its creation.