By Torplus Yomnak, Co-Founder of HAND Social Enterprise and the Director of the Knowledge Hub for Regional Anti-Corruption and Good Governance Collaboration (KRAC) In May 2021, amid the pandemic lockdowns, a villager in Thailand took a stroll on the …
I had the honor of joining our Ukraine team this week in Berlin. The German government was hosting this year’s Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC), a platform between Ukraine and its international donors to support far-reaching reforms and assistance, even …
Our new solution, Cardinal, makes it easier to calculate common risk indicators of corruption and collusion in procurement. We’re already working with partners to use it to examine contracting procedures in Ecuador and the Dominican Republic. But the …
Public procurement needs to be more transparent, efficient, and accountable to tackle the major social and economic challenges faced by governments across the world. But governments’ digital transformation of their systems to better achieve these goals are …
Joyeuse Uwingeneye joins us from a glass high-rise building in downtown Kigali. It’s a clear day and the city is visible far into the distance through her window on the 10th floor. It’s an appropriate workplace for the woman spearheading efforts to …
Lithuania, having made its procurement green in the last three years, is working to make it socially responsible. We at OCP are chipping in with the design, data, and technology support through our LIFT impact accelerator; check out a short video about it …
Challenge: In Ukraine, a lack of machine-readable data about procurement appeals made it difficult for government suppliers to defend their rights and interests. It was impossible to analyze the decisions of Ukraine’s procurement review body, the …
Thanks to a small grant from Schmidt Futures, we had the opportunity to experiment with applying artificial intelligence technologies to green public procurement. With so many actors in our field talking about AI more generally, this blog post is meant as …
In the United States, the federal government alone spends over $600 billion annually on public contracts. Given its scope and scale, government contracting has a vast, untapped potential to address many of the most significant challenges from improving the …
Image Credit: Casey Mateo / Make It Safer Movement When the pandemic began, the Philippines government suspended all public transport. With only 6% of Filipinos owning private cars, the decision affected many – including doctors and nurses on the frontline …
Bridging the digital divide: Implementing open procurement for effective digital transformation Digital transformation is arguably the most important administrative undertaking of governments around the world. From healthcare management and social safety …
Happy International Women’s Day! As we celebrate, we find ourselves at the crossroads of progress and potential, confronting the myths holding women back from participating in public procurement and attaining certain heights in leadership. Although we have …
Public procurement should be all about people. It’s a means to an end, not an end in itself. That’s why we are leading our new strategy with a bold ambition that puts people right at the center of our work and impact. We want to enable one billion people …
We love hearing from our partners and allies on what we are doing well and what we could do better. Your feedback keeps us honest and accountable. In 2023, our annual community survey became even more critical for us as we shaped our new organizational …
Challenge: Less than 9% of the money spent on public contracting in Paraguay is awarded to micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), despite these businesses representing about 95% of commerce in the countr Open contracting approach: With the support …
At 2 am on Saturday morning, the day after the 10th Conference of the States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) was meant to end in Atlanta, exhausted negotiators finally adopted a resolution on “Promoting transparency and integrity in …
Challenge: Uganda’s public procurement authorities lack adequate resources and manpower to monitor many major contractors across the country’s more than 100 districts, leading to abandoned projects, missing deliverables and time and cost overruns. Open …
Deciding how to make open contracting data accessible via a data portal or what to include in a data visualization tool requires deep insights into the users you are trying to help. For example if you compare the OCP Data Registry to the OCCRP Aleph data …
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Challenge: In 2020, public procurement in the Dominican Republic lacked public trust and credibility due to several high-level corruption scandals. The island’s procurement agency faced more than 250 open complaints and allegations …
Challenge: In 2020, only 5% of Lithuania’s public procurement spending by value used green criteria that favor environmentally friendly products and services. The government wanted to shift that to 100% by 2023. Approach: Lithuania launched an ambitious …
