UK Open Government National Action Plan 2016-18

The UK Open Government National Action Plan 2016-18 (NAP) ^[1] is the plan setting out the UK government's commitments on transparency, anti-corruption and open government which was announced by Matt Hancock, MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General on 12 May 2016 at the London Anti-Corruption Summit.

The plan makes 13 commitments:

• Commitment 1: Beneficial ownership
• Commitment 2: Natural resource transparency
• Commitment 3: Anti-Corruption Strategy
• Commitment 4: Anti-Corruption Innovation Hub
• Commitment 5: Open contracting
• Commitment 6: Grants data
• Commitment 7: Elections data
• Commitment 8: Enhanced transparency requirements and revised Freedom of Information Act Code of Practice
• Commitment 9: Identifying and publishing core data assets
• Commitment 10: Involving data users in shaping the future of open data
• Commitment 11: Better use of data assets
• Commitment 12: GOV.UK
• Commitment 13: Ongoing collaborative approach to open government reform

For each commitment, the government has stated an ambition, a lead implementing organization and a timeline.

All countries participating in the Open Government Partnership are expected to co-create a National Action Plan with their civil society organisations. Open Government Partnership guidance states that "action plans should cover a two-year period and consist of a set of commitments that advance transparency, accountability, participation and/or technological innovation".^[2]

Following the summit, another nine countries, including Mexico, agreed to apply the Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) to specific major projects. The UK will also lead on plans to create a new Anti-Corruption Innovation Hub with Mexico, France, Ghana, Georgia, Switzerland, Afghanistan, UAE, Indonesia and Norway.^[3]

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