New Zealand's National Action Plans
Information about New Zealand's National Action Plans under the OGP.
National Action Plans
A National Action Plan (NAP) is a key deliverable of a country’s Open Government Partnership membership.
National Action Plans comprise any number of policy initiatives called ‘commitments’ which are developed by government agencies, citizens and civil society. Each commitment must progress at least one aspect of open government. For example, increase government accountability or transparency, or enable greater citizen participation in government decision-making.
In New Zealand, the government agrees on the commitments that make up a new National Action Plan through the Cabinet process. New Zealand has been undertaking National Action Plans in a 2-year cycle. The plan is developed and usually implemented over the 2-year period and the progress made against commitment milestones is publicly reported.
Country members may prepare a self-assessment report after completing the plan. The Open Government Partnership-appointed Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) independently reports on the National Action Plan. IRM reports are published on the international Open Government Partnership website. More information about the role, function and reports undertaken by the IRM can be found at the links below.
Accountability – opengovpartnership.org
IRM overview – opengovpartnership.org
IRM products and process – opengovpartnership.org
International Experts Panel – opengovpartnership.org
Overview of New Zealand's National Action Plans
A snapshot of New Zealand's National Action Plans is below.
More detailed information about each of the action plans is available on our website.
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Citizen engagement |
Transparency and accountability |
Technology (and transparency and accountability) |
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Fourth National Action Plan Developed: Implemented:
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Adopt a community engagement tool. Research deliberative processes for community engagement. |
Design and implement a National Counter Fraud and Corruption Strategy. Increase transparency of beneficial ownership of companies and limited partnerships. Improve government procurement transparency. Strengthen the scrutiny of Official Information Act exemption clauses in legislation. |
Establish an inclusive, multi-channel approach to the delivery of government information and services. Improve the transparency and accountability of algorithm use across government. |
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Third National Action Plan Developed: Implemented: |
Develop a better, more consistent understanding of what good engagement with the public means (right across the IAP2 Spectrum) for the public sector. Introduce measures to increase public engagement with Parliament to improve understanding among young people about how Parliament works. Deliver a 6-month Youth Parliament 2019 programme. Create a School Leavers’ Toolkit for civic participation. |
Make New Zealand’s secondary legislation readily accessible. Publish the data on government-awarded contracts publicly available on the Govt Electronic Tenders Service (GETS) as open data. Monitor the effectiveness of public body information management practices. Advise on whether to initiate a formal review of official information legislation and increase the proactive release of official information by publishing responses to requests for information made under the Official Information Act 1982. |
Develop an assessment model to support implementation of the all-of-government Digital Service Design Standard (the Standard) by public sector agencies. Review of government use of algorithms. Increase the visibility of government’s data stewardship practices. Produce an authoritative dataset of government organisations as open data to increase transparency. |
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Second National Action Plan Developed: Implemented: |
Create guidance to improve policy practice, so that policy advice is informed by data and evidence and captures diverse points of view. Build a platform for New Zealanders’ engagement on the Open Government Partnership. |
Make government information more accessible by adopting a consistent set of agency practices in response to requests for official information. Make Budget information more accessible to promote public participation and make central government spending more transparent. Create a single, comprehensive, official, public source of all New Zealand’s legislation by publishing all subordinate instruments on the New Zealand Legislation website. |
Review and strengthen the principles under which New Zealand releases open data and information. Track open government data releases to help agencies improve public access to non-personal, government-held data. |
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First National Action Plan Developed: Implemented:
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Assess the Kia Tūtahi Relationship Accord and whether further guidance is needed on civil society engagement in government decision-making.
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Prepare and publish the Government’s Response to Transparency International’s 2013 National Integrity System Assessment Report. |
Undertake Result 10 of the Better Public Service Results: New Zealanders can complete their transactions with government easily in a digital environment. Undertake Action 13 of the Government’s ICT Strategy and Action Plan to 2017, to transform service delivery through digital self-service channels and unlock the economic potential of government information holdings. |
Resources
New Zealand has dedicated pages on the Open Government Partnership website which is a global, international website for all countries.
Homepage – opengovpartnership.org
New Zealand – opengovpartnership.org
The website also includes information and resources, such as:
Open Government Declaration which members endorse when they join Open Government Partnership;
Open Government Partnership Handbook which describes the roles and responsibilities of members and the development of action plans; and
Participation and Co-creation Standards which govern the Open Government Partnership process.
New Zealand's National Action Plans
Information about New Zealand's four National Action Plans under the Open Government Partnership.
