The emergence of information and communication technologies (ICTs) has put emphasis on the open government approach (OG), provoking a cultural change in both the citizenry (demanding new ways of collaborating with public administration and more openness in government), and in the public administrations (adapting their structures and processes to support civic participation). This article analyzes both the strategies followed by local governments in implementing OG initiatives and the level of alignment of the objectives included in the municipal OG strategies with those settled by the regional government to which they belong. Empirical research on the OG objectives included in the strategic planning of large-size Andalusian municipalities has been performed. Findings reveal that most local governments are implementing a push strategy based only on more openness in government (mainly owing to normative requirements). Additionally, the objectives included in both the economic and governance dimensions are those included in the OG initiatives in municipalities, although each one has a particular way of adopting digital and OG strategies consistent with their municipal priorities and circumstances.

Points for practitioners

This study brings a novel insight to public managers and politicians concerning OG initiative adoption. It highlights both the limitations of current OG initiatives developed by public administration and the importance of citizens’ involvement in them in order to acquire trust in government. The current economic situation favors and increases mistrust in the citizen, who feels great disappointment in governments and political leaders. This could be minimized with the creation of spaces for municipal collaboration, where public managers and politicians may capture the voice of citizens directly and the strategic alignment in the OG strategies for efficiently reaching economic and social outcomes for the citizenry. Also, OG implementation experiences should be shared, so that more reticent local governments could be made aware of the potential.

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安达卢西亚开放政府举措的战略调整

信息和通信技术 (ICT) 的出现强调了开放政府方法 (OG)，引发了公民（要求与公共行政部门合作的新方式和政府更加开放）和公众的文化变革行政部门（调整其结构和流程以支持公民参与）。本文分析了地方政府在实施 OG 举措中所遵循的策略，以及城市 OG 战略中包含的目标与其所属地区政府制定的目标的一致性水平。已经对大型安达卢西亚城市战略规划中包含的 OG 目标进行了实证研究。调查结果表明，大多数地方政府正在实施仅基于政府更加开放的推动战略（主要是由于规范要求）。此外，经济和治理方面的目标与市政当局的 OG 计划中的目标相同，尽管每个城市都有一种特定的方式来采用与其市政优先事项和情况相一致的数字和 OG 战略。

从业者的积分

这项研究为公共管理者和政治家带来了关于 OG 倡议采用的新见解。它强调了公共行政部门制定的当前 OG 举措的局限性以及公民参与其中以获得对政府的信任的重要性。当前的经济形势有利于并增加了对公民的不信任，他们对政府和政治领导人感到非常失望。这可以通过创建市政合作空间来最小化，公共管理者和政治家可以直接捕捉公民的声音，以及 OG 战略中的战略一致性，以有效地为公民实现经济和社会成果。此外，还应分享 OG 实施经验，以便让沉默寡言的地方政府意识到其潜力。