The Philippines is one of the eightfounding members of the open government partnership (OGP)alongside Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Norway, South Africa,United Kingdom, and the United States. The overarchingconcept of open government recognizes that good governancederives from the principle of transparency by providing aneasily accessible, readily usable, and up-to-date onlineplatform of digitized public records. Open data is animportant component and commitment area of the OGP. ThePhilippines developed its first national open governmentaction plan, which detailed nineteen initiatives under fourbroad outcome areas, from June to September 2011. This paperaims to: (1) document the historical development, keydrivers, and milestones of open government Philippines andopen data Philippines, and (2) pose recommendations formoving forward with its commitments. It reviews thecomposition and formation of the open data task force andshowcases the features of data.gov.ph. The paper seeks topose recommendations pertaining to the following areas: (1)release and manage organized, operable, and relevant data;(2) refine technical aspects of open data; (3)institutionalize open data within government; (4) promotecivic engagement and stakeholder outreach; and (5) adoptcomplementary metrics and measures of success. The paperalso opens a series of reports on the key stages in thedevelopment of the program, including implementation andimpact evaluation.
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