OGP National Handbook

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Dear colleagues,

We are very glad to present the brand new “OGP National Handbook” 2022 edition. The handbook was designed to help reformers in government and civil society navigate the OGP process. It includes guidance, examples, best practices, templates, and information on minimum requirements of all the key moments in a country’s participation in OGP. All content has been updated to reflect the new OGPParticipation and Co-creation Standards which were designed to ensure that the rules are light touch and flexible, and lead to greater action plan ambition, inclusion, and relevance. The OGP Support Unit will be offering online trainings on the new standards - stay tuned!

Editable versions of the templates and translations to other languages are available here.

Best regards,
Sandra

Sandra Pernar
Senior Regional Coordinator Europe
Open Government Partnership Support Unit

Version 5.0 (Formerly OGP POC Manual) – Updated February 2022

The OGP National Handbook was designed to help reformers in government and civil society navigate the OGP process. It includes guidance, examples, best practices, templates, and information on minimum requirements of all the key moments in a country’s participation in OGP.

All content has been updated to reflect the new OGP Participation and Co-creation Standards which were designed to ensure that the rules are light touch and flexible, and lead to greater action plan ambition, inclusion, and relevance. Ultimately, the intent is to equip reformers with better guidance on how to use OGP to respond to their country’s most pressing societal challenges.

This handbook consists of seven parts

  • Section 1 discusses the roles and responsibilities of key actors in the open government process.
  • Section 2 details the requirements in co-creation.
  • Section 3 outlines action plan rules and required templates in co-creation.
  • Section 4 focuses on implementation of the action plan.
  • Section 5 describes accountability processes and information provision.
  • Section 6 provides guidance on other actors in open government beyond the executive department, more specifically the judiciary and local governments.
  • Section 7 provides the minimum participation requirements and guidance for when countries are considered acting contrary to process.

Downloads

Files are available also on Code for Croatia Shared Drive (backup in case above links don’t work).