The overall percentage of the Government’s openness is 66%. These data are available in the second analytical study “Openness of Government 2: 0” conducted by the Better Regulation Delivery Office (BRDO).
The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine and the State Emergency Service of Ukraine are at the top of the rating – they both got 71 points, the Pension Fund – 70 points, both the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade and the Ministry of Education and Science have 63 of 77 possible points.
The outsiders are the Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine – 41 points, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food – 41 points, and the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance with 33 points.
“And there is good reason for our attention to the websites of ministries, because they have to be a tool to obtain the first-hand information and a platform for dialogue with the public and business,” the Deputy Director of the Department for Information and Public Relations, Head of the CMU’s Secretariat Natalya Oksha said.
It should also be noted that this analysis was carried out in accordance with the improved methodology of the “Government Openness” rating prepared in February 2017.
“In the past six months, the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources has launched a new official website having taken into account all the BRDO Office’s recommendations. Accordingly, this body took the 12th among 18 positions in the first “Government Openness” rating, while it ranks first in the new rating. The Ministry of Temporarily Occupied Territories and IDPs also has positive results: it ranked 18 and now has the 13th position. The Ministry of Internal Affairs moved from the 15th to the 7th position,” Ihor Lavrynenko said.
According to the BRDO analyst, a number of ministries are counterproductive. The Ministry of Finance took the 3rd position, and now it ranks 10th. The Ministry of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities of Ukraine took the 4th position, and now it ranks 5th.
“These significant changes were possible due to the focus on providing and disclosing current work plans, reports for previous periods, information on administrative services, poor coverage of the activities of the public council and the results of public discussions,” the leading analyst at BRDO Ihor Lavrynenko said.
BRDO analysts analyzed the openness of ministries based on seven criteria: implementation of the principle of information transparency, the work with open information, publicity of action plans and reports, anti-corruption expert reviews and public law enforcement monitoring.
The rating is based on the analysis of 18 websites of ministries and 43 websites of central executive bodies. More details are at https://regulation.gov.ua/rating/transparency2