Open Government

Introduction

As members of the Open Government Partnership, we're working alongside governments from all over the world to open up government by committing to the values of openness, transparency, accountability and citizen participation.

We deliver our action plans by working closely with Civil Society. Our commitments are developed in collaboration with the public, and you can track our progress through the updates posted below. Our progress is overseen by the Open Government Steering Group – this meets several times a year, observers are welcome, and we publish the minutes of each meeting.

You can also keep up to date by reading our blog, following us on Twitter, and joining the Open Government Network.

Action plans

• Scotland's Open Government action plan: 2021 to 2025
• Scotland's Open Government action plan: 2018 to 2020
• Scotland's Open Government action plan 2018 to 2020: detailed commitments
• Open Government Partnership Scottish Action Plan

Action plan 2021 to 2025: co-creation process

Our 2021 to 2025 Action Plan was developed in collaboration with civil society and the public. We ran an online Dialogue to crowdsource the public’s priorities on how the values of openness, transparency, accountability, and involving people in decisions that affect them should be applied to Scottish Government’s work. Democratic Society were then commissioned to run a series of public workshops on key themes during summer 2021, and created short films to raise awareness about Open Government in Scotland. You can read the outputs of each public workshop.

• Open Government Partnership Network for Climate Policy: terms of reference

Action plan 2021 to 2025: milestones

Here are a list of milestones over the course of the four year action plan. Milestones will have been updated throughout the action plan. This ensures that progress is reflected and new actions are developed where required.

• Scotland’s Open Government action plan 2021 to 2025: milestones

Action plan 2021 to 2025: commitment progress reports

Here are a list of progress reports submitted throughout the open government action plan 2021-2025. These include an overview of each commitment including milestones and their co-creation processes.

• Open Government action plan 2021 to 2025 - commitment 1: fiscal openness and transparency
• Open Government action plan 2021 to 2025 - commitment 2: health and social care
• Open Government action plan 2021 to 2025 - commitment 3: data and digital commitment
• Open Government action plan 2021 to 2025 - commitment 4: climate change
• Open Government action plan 2021 to 2025 - commitment 5: participation

Action plan 2018 to 2020: commitment progress reports

• Open Government Action Plan commitment 1: provide financial and performance transparency
• Open Government Action Plan commitment 2: participation framework
• Open Government Action Plan commitment 3: improving how we share information
• Open Government Action Plan commitment 4: be more accountable for public services
• Open Government Action Plan commitment 5: transparency in exiting the EU

Institutionalising Participatory and Deliberative Democracy (IPDD) Working Group

• Institutionalising Participatory and Deliberative Democracy Working Group: report
• Institutionalising Participatory and Deliberative Democracy Working Group report: supporting document