Open Contracting Partnership

We treasure every moment we get to showcase our work, celebrate the impact of our incredible partners, connect with other changemakers, and champion the cause of open contracting. 2024 gave us another chance to build bridges, spark collaboration, and set the stage for even more progress in 2025. ✨ Here are our top five moments of the year! 1️⃣ Co-hosting the APPN | RACOP General Assembly with Rwanda Public Procurement Agency (RPPA) in Kigali 🇷🇼 RPPA launched a new sustainable procurement policy framework and an open data portal! https://lnkd.in/gjkhPBzG 2️⃣ Bringing together over 100 leaders in Europe for the 3rd International Open and Sustainable Public Procurement Conference hosted by Italy’s Autorità Nazionale Anticorruzione 🇮🇹 https://lnkd.in/e7SvFS-r 3️⃣ Attending The Rockefeller Foundation's #AsiaXchange where our work on co-creating the Intelligent Data Solution for Disaster Risk Reduction with CivicDataLab was highlighted as one of the big successes to drive climate action in the region! https://lnkd.in/gdfUkXAV 4️⃣ Focusing on procurement for the people and leveraging government contracting to transform social safety net technology and delivery at Code for America Summit 🇺🇸 https://lnkd.in/g3PXMSG3 5️⃣ Attending the Annual Conference of the Inter-American Network in Asunción 🇵🇾 where all countries and various multilateral organizations joined the Sustainable Public Procurement declaration https://lnkd.in/gM-vCexQ #OpenContracting #SPP #OpenGov Edwin Muhumuza Uwingeneye Joyeuse Karolis Granickas Bernadine Fernz Boonyarat Kittivorawut Michael Owh Oscar Hernández

Discover the TOP 5 Open Contracting resources of the Year! 🚀 Once again, the Open Contracting Partnership team has distinguished itself with groundbreaking work and innovative contributions. From insightful case studies to practical guides and impactful reports, these materials are designed to support your reform efforts and drive meaningful change. Well done, Gavin Hayman and the great OCP team :)! A great and inspired 2025 ahead! p.s. special thanks for all the great work and support for Ukraine! Viktor Nestulia

It was obviously a great year of spearheading innovations in public procurement. We anticipate the e-GP and other procurement tools embracing AI, Generative AI, Data analytics and other promising new technologies in 2025 for the benefit of humankind. Happy holidays and Happy new Year to all. #eProcurement #AIinProcurement #OpenContracting #RajeshShakya #PublicProcurement

From exploring new knowledge frontiers like using AI in procurement to sharing our latest tools, strategies, and community activities — here are our top 5 blogs of 2024! ✨ 1️⃣ A gentle introduction to applying AI in procurement 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eCe86xBn 2️⃣ Cardinal, an open-source library to calculate public procurement red flags 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eBTwgSmu 3️⃣ 10 success factors for implementing e-procurement system 🔗 https://lnkd.in/ee_RNzzZ 4️⃣ A focus on people: Delivering better public procurement 🔗 https://lnkd.in/ewn3SqHm 5️⃣ A new era of procurement in Europe: Time for bold change 🔗 https://lnkd.in/e7SvFS-r #OpenContracting #PublicProcurement

🟢 Our open contracting stories showcase the progress and impact of our community's work in improving public procurement for people and the planet in over 50 countries around the world. They not only challenge and inspire you but also provide practical strategies that you can apply in your own work, no matter where you are located. ✨Here are your TOP 5 open contracting stories of 2024! 1⃣ Better bike lanes in the Philippines 🇵🇭: Civic groups won a budget for bike lanes, then followed the money 🔗 https://lnkd.in/e3TPPJTz 2⃣ The impact of the Villa 20 redevelopment process in Buenos Aires 🇦🇷: What the data says 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eU26BpSZ 3⃣ The power of procurement data: How one villager 🇹🇭 unveiled a corruption scandal 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eG-uHuYR 4⃣ Empowering auditors: Indonesia 🇮🇩 uses data-driven oversight to clean up its corruption-prone procurement sector 🔗 https://lnkd.in/d3CqbUQn 5⃣ How South Korea 🇰🇷 enables its green transition through green public procurement 🔗 https://lnkd.in/e2iZmVjv Do we have any progress or impact stories from your country? Have a look! 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dj3DD-5v #OpenContracting #PublicProcurement #Reforms #MeasuringImpact WeSolve Foundation Indonesia Corruption Watch

🔊 🔊 🔊 CLOSING TODAY: Last chance to tell us how we can better support you in 2025! Take the survey now 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eywjAE-J

This year, Team OCP and our incredible friends from the open contracting community 🌍 have produced a good number of case studies, guides, and reports to support your reform efforts. But some stood out as your absolute favorites—the resources you turned to again and again! ✨ Here are your TOP 5 open contracting resources of the year: 1⃣ Technical Assessment Template for procurement data publishers 🔗 https://lnkd.in/e9KuEWpN 2⃣ Red flags for integrity: Giving the green light to open data solutions 🔗 https://lnkd.in/ek7_gcgY 3⃣ OCDS 1.1 Field Level Mapping Template for publishers 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eaqsWU-6 4⃣ Fulfilling the promise of e-procurement reforms in Africa: Our guide for e-GP implementation teams and their development partners 🔗 https://lnkd.in/ezssbMBc 5⃣ Open Contracting Quickstart Guide to help you get up and running with open contracting – from the big fixes to the quick fixes 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dbk6fGcn Let us know your favorites and what you'd like to see more of next year! 💬👇 #OpenContracting #PublicProcurement #OpenGov #OpenData

For over 12 years, findings from 🇨🇱 ChileCompra's Public Contracting Observatory were only shared within the government for process improvement and with regulatory and law enforcement bodies. However, an amendment to the procurement law in December 2023 has opened the door for the Observatory’s monitoring systems to be accessible to the public as well. ChileCompra has established a formal channel for bidders and citizens to report questionable contracts for the first time. Additionally, the Observatory's investigation reports and statistics on public complaints have been published to make oversight of the procurement system fully transparent. Learn more about the successful strategies implemented in Chile: https://lnkd.in/e7kU37ev #OpenContracting #PublicProcurement #Chile #OpenGov #OpenData

🚰 For every drop to count and change lives, every dollar invested to protect it must also count. #OpenContracting can help ensure that water and sanitation investments lead to more effective projects, reduce corruption risks, plug the leaks - here's how by our friends at Open Contracting Partnership. Thanks Umrbek Allakulov and Georg Neumann https://lnkd.in/ekDiu7iX Go further by learning how to use procurement data to identify red flags and target integrity efforts, with the new OCP guide on red flags in public procurement: a methodology to calculate corruption risk indicators from planning to implementation. https://lnkd.in/enfCvWFR

El año cerró con #AméricaAbierta, que reunió a muchos de nuestros socios de la comunidad en Brasilia. Para nosotros Oscar Hernández Mariana Lopez Fernandez Mariana San Martín, fue un momento emocionante no solo para reunirnos con ellos, algunos por primera vez, sino también para mostrar el increíble trabajo que están realizando. Algunos puntos de resumen: Junto con nuestros socios, pudimos ilustrar el valor de los enfoques de las #contratacionesabiertas para: ✅ Abordar el cambio climático y construir infraestructura resiliente. Algunos destacados: La Secretaria de Obras Públicas de Cali, Luz Adriana Vázquez, destacó su estrategia de enfatizar el uso de materiales reciclados en proyectos de repavimentación. CoST – the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative y Transparência Internacional - Brasil han publicado un nuevo estudio sobre gobernanza, transparencia y participación social en el programa de infraestructura de Brasil. Chile acaba de lanzar su política de infraestructura sostenible en Obras Públicas, que fue diseñada con un sólido enfoque de contratación abierta. Nuestros socios de CAF -banco de desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe- y el BID compartieron sus esfuerzos para construir la infraestructura de datos y las herramientas (como Mapainversiones) para involucrar a los ciudadanos en el seguimiento de las inversiones y su impacto en los objetivos de sostenibilidad. ✅ Reformas de transformación digital. Brasil, Chile y Paraguay están implementando nuevas leyes con mandatos integrales de transformación digital. Una transformación efectiva solo es posible si podemos integrar la participación significativa de la sociedad civil y desarrollar estrategias que vayan más allá de la transparencia, centrándose en mejorar los sistemas subyacentes y permitir la toma de decisiones basada en datos, incluidas las señales de alerta. Verónica Valle, Directora de ChileCompra, compartió cómo están abordando los cambios con los compradores y proveedores. ✅ Combatir la corrupción para el desarrollo sostenible en países como Guatemala. Hay una necesidad de vincular la contratación pública, los beneficiarios finales, la industria extractiva para abarcar temas como la captura del Estado. Es fundamental el monitoreo ciudadano de los servicios públicos, como en la alimentación escolar, la infraestructura y la salud. También tenemos que reconocer los numerosos desafíos institucionales y el retroceso de la democracia en algunas partes de la región. Asegurarse de que la contratación pública pueda tener un beneficio concreto para las personas y el planeta, cómo se destaca en nuestra estrategia, y cómo vía para el desarrollo económico, es cada vez más crítico. Y finalmente: Felicitaciones a nuestros socios Transparência Brasil y SEGES, que trabajaron juntos para aumentar la usabilidad de los datos de contratación en su Portal Nacional de Contratación Pública a tiempo para el evento ;). #compraspúblicas #gobiernoabierto Open Government Partnership