[open-government] Hungary on the road to join the OGP - part 2

Mon Jun 18 14:02:20 UTC 2012

Dear all,

As part of its national anti-corruption strategy, the Government of
Hungary expressed
its intention<http://kmonitor.hu/egyeb/hungary-on-the-road-to-the-open-government-partnership>to
join the Open Government Partnership (OGP) earlier this year. The
cabinet and the Ministry of Justice plans to formulate its commitments by
involving and cooperating with civil society organizations.
K-Monitor Watchdog for Public Funds and the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union
(HCLU) provided the Ministry with the following recommendations to assist
the procedure:

- In order to provide for user-friendly and machine-readable formats in
case of data published on governmental websites, legal regulation shall
dispose of the way data is disclosed and the government shall adopt open
data standards in public administration.
- Since there's an obvious tendency in the jurisdictional interpretation of
the FOI law to restrict the freedom of information, strengthening legal
guarantees on data related to the management of national assets is
essential.
- Public procurement databases need further upgrade and development.
- There's a need to establish a central database on contracts concluded by
the state (based on the Slovak model).
- The education of public officers on Hungarian freedom of information
regulations is highly recommended.
- There's a need for an effective judicial review procedure on classified
information (state secrets).

Our detailed recommendations (in Hungarian) are
here<http://kmonitor.hu/files/page/OGP_ajanlasok_KM_TASZ.pdf>
.

Best,
Júlia Keserű
K-Monitor Watchdog for Public Funds

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Keserű Júlia
K-Monitor
+36-1-789-5005, +36-20-457-2346
keseru.julia at k-monitor.hu
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