What is Open Government?
Open Government is a culture of governance that promotes the principles of Transparency, integrity, accountability and participation stakeholders in support of democracy and inclusive growth (definition given in the Recommendation of the OECD Council on Open Government of 14 December 2017.
Spain is part of the Alliance for Open Government since 2011 and has carried out several Open Government Action Plans, whose achievements can be consulted in this Transparency Portal.
How is open government organized in Spain?
Each public administration has exclusive competence in matters of Open Government, except for transparency, for which Law 19/2013, of 9 December, on transparency, access to public information and good governance establishes common obligations for all public administrations. Thus, the State, the Autonomous Communities and the Local Entities develop their own policies and have their own bodies competent in matters of Open Government.
This space focuses on the General Administration of the State and its collaborating bodies with other public administrations and with civil society.
Open government in the General State Administration
The General Directorate of Public Governance of the Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Service is responsible for the promotion, coordination and follow-up of the Open Government action plans of Spain, as well as acting as a point of contact with international organizations for matters related to Open Government.
El Open Government Interministerial Group It is a working group coordinated by the General Directorate of Public Governance, of which the heads of the Transparency Information and Open Government Units of the ministries are part.
Open government in other administrations
La Open Government Sectoral Commission is a space for coordination, collaboration and debate between the Spanish public administrations (state, regional and local) for the exchange of experiences and the development and monitoring of joint initiatives in the field of open government.
Open government through civil society
El Open Government Forum It is a space for dialogue and debate in which the public administrations (state, regional and local) and representatives of civil society participate, with an equal number of representatives.
How is open government organised internationally?
The Open Government has an important international impulse through the UN, the Alliance for Open Government (OGP), the OECD and the European Commission, que promueven principios y estándares de transparencia, participación ciudadana, rendición de cuentas e innovación pública. Spain is an active part of these initiatives and transfers its recommendations to national Open Government policies.