To Recovery and Beyond: 2021 UNESCO Report on Public Access to Information (SDG 16.10.2)

As the UN custodian agency for Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Indicator 16.10.2, UNESCO continues to report on progress in adopting and implementing Access to Information guarantees worldwide. The Organization also promotes efforts around the issue, including reinforcing the vital relevance of access to information to crisis recovery and attaining the SDGs.

The report highlights these dimensions, presenting key findings from the 2021 UNESCO Survey on Public Access to Information and assessing progress in 102 participating countries and territories. It provides policymakers, civil society, academia, and those interested in SDG issues with different case studies and good practices, focusing on rebuilding communities and public institutions with access to information.

Findings from the survey used in the report suggest that having a specialized ATI oversight institution is fundamental to ensure ATI law implementation and enforcement. This was evident by the higher scores obtained by countries and territories with such a technical institution.