1. Fiscal transparency in Uruguay: next steps and challenges
Jakarta, September 2016

2. Current webpage will be substituted by a new Budget Transparency Portal
Expected launching: May 2017
Committed in OG National Plan
Current: Public Policy Observatory

3. Portal’s objective
Our Portal should be a significant contribution to transparency of public expenditure, budget and evaluation of public policies
Offering different information outputs to different audiences
Adding value by integrating, linking and allowing users making sense of the information they get
Facilitating their understanding and engagement in public debates on policies and public expenditure

4. Consultation During initial design (current) stage
Analysis of information requests dataset
Workshop with 11 academics and government policy analysts
Online surveys to 12 qualified informants (OSC activists, academics and journalists)
Interviews to 7 of these informants.
A synthesis of the Portal project was published and subject to public online consultation as part of the third Open Government National Plan. We are still waiting for the results.
In the future:
Ongoing, iterative interaction for co-creating specific information outputs tailored for specific audiences.
“Open ears” through different channels

5. Information to be included in our Portal
Content, reach, sources of information
Information to be included in our Portal
Current situation
Revenues and expenditures of public sector (not only national budget)
Not consolidated.
Published in formats which can be understood only by experts.
Usually not open formats
National budget: Planning (objectives and goals), financial (assignment and expenditures) and performance information (KPI’s and evaluation reports)
Planning and performance information are only partially published and not clearly enough linked to financial information.
National budget: financial information
We still can publish more, or more frequently. And it can be shown through different outputs which could be understood by different audiences. (E.g. Lay citizens do not analyze open data)
Financial and performance information of State Owned Companies; More Autonomous Public Bodies and Sub National Governments.
Most of this data is only partially published as tables. So it remains not usable by many audiences. Some of it remains unpublished.
National Evaluation Registry
Most public policy / projects evaluation reports remain dispersed and/or unpublished.
Sustainable Development Goals
These goals and its KPI are just being set. For Uruguay, this information will be displayed in our Portal.

6. Content, reach, sources of information
Opportunities, challenges and solutions
We will make our best efforts to make integration and upgrading automatic, using available or new information systems when needed.
We learnt through experience that such a Portal cannot rely just on “handmade” collection to keep its information upgraded.
Opportunity:
Advances in open government data in Uruguay
Government interoperability platform which allows government offices to exchange data in a fast and secure manner.
Main challenge: getting automated access to some of the datasets we intend to publish.

7. IT for interactive platforms, functionality and programming
Only Part-time IT resources.
Help from E-Gvt agency for setting/checking compliance with usability and accessibility standards
Outsourced development, In-house maintenance.
Specific budget: only for the initial web design and configuration of our platform.
Interoperability with source information systems is one of our main challenges.

8. Commucation and promotion strategies
We don´t have budget for mass media. We will rely mostly on social media and our professional networks
SUGESTIONS ARE WELCOME!!!!

9. Measuring usage / success and adjustments
Google analytics or similar
APDEX (just suggested by Rafael)
Occasional media scouting
Consultation to key users
SUGESTIONS ARE WELCOME!!!!