Mongolia joins Open Government Partnership

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Mongolia has joined the Open Government Partnership (OGP), an international platform for domestic reformers committed to making their governments more open, accountable and responsive to citizens. Mongolia has introduced its Action Plan and joined as a member to OPG at its London Summit, where over thousand delegates from sixty countries came together from October 31 to November 1. The three key priorities of Mongolia’s OGP Action Plan are improving public service, increasing a transparency of public institutions, and enhancing a justice and reducing corruption. Under these priorities, Mongolia commits to strengthen its transparent budget system, improve a quality of public service, and pursue fair, accountable policies. This will promote open and transparent government in Mongolia. Our Government shall fully implement its commitments in conformity with principles set out in the OGP Declaration. Commitments under the OGP reflect Mongolia’s experience and aspiration to develop open and transparent government. The adoption of the Anti-Corruption Law and the Law on Information Transparency and the Right to Information in 2011, as well as accession to the UN Convention against Corruption in 2005 were important milestones on the way to join the OGP Initiative. The Government for Reforms shared its experiences providing real examples in developing open governance at this Summit, and then won a rare opportunity to deliver a special introduction about its best experiences at the next summit in Indonesia, highlighted Ch.Saikhanbileg, a Chairman and Cabinet Secretariat of Government of Mongolia, who attended the Summit in London. OGP was launched in 2011 to provide an international platform for domestic reformers committed to making their governments more open, accountable, and responsive to citizens. Since then, the partnership has grown from 8 countries to the 62 participating countries, where government and civil society are working together to develop and implement ambitious open government reforms.