Brazil’s 4th National Action Plan.

The Brazilian 4th National Action Plan comprises 11 commitments, which were co-created counting on the participation of 105 people, representing 88 institutions, 39 out of which are civil society organizations, 39 are federal government bodies and 10 are state and municipal government bodies. In that sense, the co-creation process held the intent of constantly strengthening the principles of transparency, civic participation, innovation and accountability, which guide the actions of the Open Government Partnership (OGP). The main goal of this publication is not only promoting the commitments undertaken by Brazil before the OGP and, consequently, allowing for an action of a more effective monitoring, but also presenting how the drafting of each one was carried out. Furthermore, it is high time we shall highlight the great work of the Civil Society Working Group (GT) during the development and execution of the 3rd NAP, and the development of the 4th NAP.
Open Government relates to a new approach of Public Administration, which promotes projects and actions aiming at strengthening transparency, fighting corruption, empowering civil participation and developing new technologies that lead governments to be more accountable for their operations and more prepared to meet citizens’ needs. Then, open government is a new model of political-administrative interaction which places citizens as a priority of public policies and establishes specific standards and principles as strategies for the conceptualization, implementation, monitoring and assessment of public policies and administrative modernization processes.