OPEN GOVERNMENT FROM A MULTILEVEL PERSPECTIVE: REFLECTIONS BETWEEN THEORETICAL REASON AND PRACTICAL INNOVATION

Abstract

The Latin American countries which have joined the Open Government Partnership (OGP), have designed and implemented various mechanisms on the path towards open government. The analysis conducted in this paper suggests the importance of a multilevel approach to the operationalization of the open government, where the multilevel outlines the enormous challenge of linking government actions with those of civil society organizations in a common agenda which the OGP calls Action Plan. The theoretical approaches that address open government distinguish two visions, technology and politics, with focus on providing a more collaborative direction to public action. Both intertwine to give meaning and direction to practical innovation, specifically in three levels of analysis: institutional (macro), organizational (meso) and public policy (micro).