<p>In 2022, average <a href="images/stories/ien22.pdf" target="_blank">active transparency of the government, line ministries and municipalities</a> stands at <strong>73%</strong> (from maximum possible 100%). Compared to last year’s score, active transparency of analysed institutions <strong>has improved by 10 percentile points </strong>(from 63% to 73%). This year, <strong>high 81% of analysed institutions </strong>improved their transparency.</p>
<p>Active transparency among ministries and the government stands at <strong>85%</strong>, while municipalities’ average score is <strong>70%</strong>. Unlike last year, ministries demonstrate an improvement by 6 percentile points, while improvement among municipalities accounts for 10 percentile points.</p>
<p>Two institutions, i.e. <strong>Ministry of Defence and the Government, </strong>have earned a perfect score of maximum <strong>100%</strong>, which means they publish all information required under active transparency obligations.</p>
<p>Three municipalities share the third position under the overall ranking list with high compliance rate of 97% with active transparency obligations, those being: <strong>Bitola, Valandovo and Karposh</strong>.</p>
<p>Among <strong>planning regions, </strong>the <strong>Southeast Region </strong>climbed to the top position (with a score of 84%), while the <strong>Skopje Region </strong>still holds the bottom rank (with a score of 56%).</p>
<p>Ministries and municipalities both publish <strong>the least information on finances </strong>(only 56% from maximum 100% among municipalities and 82% from maximum 100% among ministries).</p>
<p>As regards <strong>freedom of information requests </strong>addressed to all institutions in the same day and with identical inquiries, the average response rate among <strong>municipalities </strong>accounts for <strong>12 days </strong>(last year it was 17 days)<strong>, </strong>while <strong>ministries </strong>disclosed information requested within an average period of <strong>16 days </strong>(same as last year). High <strong>93% </strong>of analysed institutions responded within the <strong>law-stipulated maximum deadline </strong>of 20 days.</p>