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Published on November 16, 2023 - 19:02 GMT

Unlocking opportunities: How Ekiti State, Nigeria is enabling women businesses through better procurement practices

Challenge: Small and women-led businesses dominate the local economy of Ekiti, a small state in southwestern Nigeria. But these businesses rarely take part in public procurement due to long-standing cultural barriers, overly bureaucratic processes and the …

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Published on November 8, 2023 - 00:29 GMT

The 3 revolutions of public procurement in Africa

Public procurement is like the heartbeat of public spending in most of Africa – by some estimates, it accounts for 17% of the GDP of African Countries. There is growing recognition that the public procurement system can be a strong force for policy …

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Published on November 1, 2023 - 14:19 GMT

Open Letter to States Parties: Ensuring a strong resolution on public procurement

Dear Delegates of the States Parties to the UN Convention Against Corruption, We, 80 global civil society organizations supporting public procurement best practices and open contracting, would like to call your attention to the opportunity to advance and …

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Published on October 30, 2023 - 22:40 GMT

In Kazakhstan, opening up procurement boosts public oversight and prevents millions in wasteful spending

Challenge: Despite ongoing government reforms, corruption and inefficient spending remains pervasive in Kazakhstan’s public procurement. The government has promoted public participation in procurement monitoring, which is vital to combating corruption and …

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Published on October 12, 2023 - 02:55 GMT

Digging out data to shine a light on public buying in Mongolia

Mongolia Data Club running a meeting to discuss data, budgets and monitoring public spending. Mongolia’s economy is dominated by large state-owned mining companies that control much of the country’s wealth. But what they do with that money remains hidden. …

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Published on October 4, 2023 - 15:39 GMT

CREDERE to support Colombia’s small businesses to win business with the government

Bogota, Colombia, 4 October 2023 — Colombia’s public procurement market is around $150 billion annually, making it a unique opportunity to boost business growth, especially for small companies. Almost half of the SMEs obtaining government contracts have …

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Published on October 3, 2023 - 18:46 GMT

Why Malaysia needs a new public procurement law

Malaysia has no shortage of scandals on the mismanagement of public funds. The Scorpene submarine affair and the more recent Littoral Combat Ship scandal centered around mismanagement within defence procurement. The infamous 1-Malaysia Development Berhad …

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Published on September 28, 2023 - 17:56 GMT

Improving climate resilience in flood-prone Assam, India

Challenge: Each year, the Indian state of Assam experiences widespread devastation and damages from floods. To support the recovery, the government provides flood relief funds to district authorities and departments, and typically makes decisions for …

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Published on September 25, 2023 - 17:56 GMT

Vendors as partners: How Paraguay’s VIGIA provides a community to increase competitiveness and opportunity for SMEs

“Small businesses struggle to understand how to bid for public contracts and put time aside to apply to this market, especially as they normally don’t have someone dedicated to that tasks,” highlights Cristian Sosa, Vice President of Paraguayan business …

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Published on September 11, 2023 - 19:25 GMT

Commitment, coalitions, change: How we can build on #OGPEstonia’s energy to reform public contracting

In my line of work, nothing quite beats hearing stories of reform and impact by the people who led the changes in real life. At #OGPEstonia, we had the pleasure of hosting about 200 frontline reformers sharing their experiences, challenges, and successes …

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Published on September 6, 2023 - 04:42 GMT

Ten outstanding project teams will use open contracting to reduce corruption, increase competition and sustainability

Washington, 6 September — Ten projects from Brazil, Chile, Lithuania, Philippines, Senegal, Thailand, Uganda, United Kingdom, and the United States have been selected to create fair, inclusive and greener communities by advancing procurement reforms as …

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Published on August 14, 2023 - 19:40 GMT

The Ukrainian DREAM: Making wartime reconstruction digital and accountable

London’s Ukraine Recovery Conference saw combined international pledges of $60 billion to support the country’s transformation and reform program. In a powerful act of defiance, Ukrainians are already working to “build back better” from Russia’s appalling …

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Published on August 3, 2023 - 13:31 GMT

Meet Central Asia’s master procurement monitors

How the School of Applied Research in Public Procurement trained community leaders to dig into government contracting issues in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. An active community of procurement monitors is emerging in Central Asia, following a year …

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Published on July 31, 2023 - 10:09 GMT

Buying local, inclusive and green: How Iowa’s capital, Des Moines, is living its values through better procurement

A view on Downtown Des Moines from the Pappajohn Sculpture Park. Credit: Jason Mrachina (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Challenge: The City of Des Moines in Iowa wanted to leverage procurement to improve equity and sustainability, but knew its current procurement …

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Published on July 21, 2023 - 14:08 GMT

What we’re getting wrong about accountability and citizen empowerment

Designing actionable citizen feedback systems: Lessons from Paraguay’s reAcción Lea una versión en español en la revista Quantico de reAcción. This blog is based on a speech delivered by Open Contracting Champion, David Riveros García, at the World Bank’s …

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Published on July 6, 2023 - 09:00 GMT

Open Procurement in Europe: 100 experts share their vision for the future

Public procurement can shape our world. On 15-16 June, together with the governments of Albania, Italy and the Netherlands, we held a conference on Open and Sustainable Procurement in Europe for about 100 procurement leaders from 25 European countries. …

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Published on July 5, 2023 - 15:52 GMT

Striving for data excellence: How the Netherlands’ TenderNed is enabling procurement insights for government and public users

In October, EU countries will be required to adopt eForms in a bid to improve the quality of data published on the block’s government tendering. To shed light on the value of having high-quality procurement data, we spoke to product owner Hans Minkes at …

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Published on June 22, 2023 - 16:32 GMT

Launch of fully transparent platform DREAM to coordinate and track Ukraine’s reconstruction

London, 22 June – At the Ukraine Reconstruction Conference in London this week, Ukraine launched the Digital Reconstruction Ecosystem for Accountable Management (DREAM), a fully transparent electronic platform to coordinate all stages of reconstruction …

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Published on June 21, 2023 - 21:35 GMT

The domino effect we need in Asia Pacific: our strategy to create a chain reaction for change

Credit: VT Lazatin Half of the world’s top 12 spenders on public contracts are in Asia and the Pacific. With 60% of the global population living in the region, public procurement has the potential to change billions of lives for the better. However, this …

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Published on June 20, 2023 - 11:02 GMT

Better procurement for climate action: The top 5 takeaways from our sustainability roundtable

As governments around the world grapple with climate change, every single one of them has a powerful and untapped tool at their disposal: public procurement. Last month, we gathered with over 60 climate action reformers to dive deeper into the role of …

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