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Empowering auditors: Indonesia uses data-driven oversight to clean up its corruption-prone procurement sector

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 28, 2024

Challenge: Indonesia’s public procurement sector is highly vulnerable to corruption. Public procurement stands out as the most vulnerable sector to corruption in Indonesia. The collaboration revolves around the corruption risk monitoring platform, Opentender.net , developed by ICW and the national public procurement agency LKPP.

Corruption

Corruption Data E-procurement Procurement

Why is collecting and analysing data about public procurement so damned difficult? Data scientists explain some common problems

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Open data is often lauded as a magic pill for anti-corruption: reveal what’s going on, inform the public, and, presto, government will become more accountable. Written by Elizabeth David-Barrett and originally published on the ACE-Global Integrity blog. Oh, and big data just means bigger gains, right?

Data

Data Public Procurement Procurement Buyers

Strengthening public procurement in Africa: a conversation with Joyeuse Uwingeneye

Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 3, 2024

Kicking off with a pilot in 2016, it built a pioneering e-procurement system and is now working on ensuring its adoption by all government agencies in the country. The system is decentralized, with institutions having capacity in-house. The APPN was also created as a platform for knowledge sharing and understanding where others are.”

Public Procurement

Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Transparency

What we’re getting wrong about accountability and citizen empowerment

Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 21, 2023

David is the founder of reAcción , a grassroots anti-corruption civil society organization that empowers young people in Paraguay to fight for government transparency and social accountability. I work in anti-corruption, leading an organization that focuses on the education sector in Paraguay.

Accountability

Accountability Education Corruption Demand

Small States and Climate Change

Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 11, 2024

She examined in what manner small states have been (i) accessing courts to get them to address climate change in international law; (ii) shaping the legal landscape and the law in so doing; and (iii) considering international law’s capacity to provide actual legal remedies. All are available to watch in full here.

Capacity

Capacity Import Finance Negotiation

Interviews with Our Editors: In Conversation with Datuk Sundra Rajoo, Director of the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC)

Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 26, 2023

He is currently the Director of the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) and President of the Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution (AIADR) , and he also previously served as President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (2016).

Influencing

Influencing Efficiency Leadership Innovation

Revisiting the Indus Waters Treaty: PCA Reasserts Competence

Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The 2013 Kishenganga Award allowed India to continue its projects on the Kishenganga but prohibited India from using drawdown flushing to disperse sedimentation if it led to water levels in the dam fall below the dead storage capacity. India characterised the arbitration proceedings as “ illegally constructed.”

Negotiation

Negotiation Participation Import IT

Interview with Our Editors: Nigeria and Lagos Chamber of Commerce International Arbitration Centre in the Spotlight with Abimbola Akeredolu SAN

Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The LACIAC Board of Directors, through its technical committees, strives to build capacity in different sectors including energy, construction, finance and technology, international trade, telecoms, media and entertainment, MSMEs, among others. Past interviews are available here.

Capacity

Capacity Collaboration Networking Strategic Planning

2023 in Review: U.S. Courts Wrestle with New Issues and Refine Old Doctrine

Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 7, 2024

2023) , the Supreme Court recognized that plaintiffs may bring a civil suit under the expansive Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) for judgment-creditors’ illicit conduct and collusion (“racketeering” under the statute) to avoid payment of an arbitral award which has been recognized and enforced as a U.S.

Collusion

Collusion Insurance Capacity Corruption

Glencore v. Bolivia: A Long-Awaited Award Finds Expropriation and FET Breaches by the State

Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 4, 2024

2016-39 ), a bilingual (English and Spanish) UNCITRAL arbitration under the UK-Bolivia bilateral investment treaty (the “Treaty”). The Tribunal accepted Bolivia’s argument that it had limited capacity to control violent outbursts at the Colquiri Mine and that the use of force by police must be a last resort. John Gotanda and Prof.

Finance

Finance IT Capacity Corruption

LIDW 2024: The Rise of African Arbitration – Is Africa Leading the Way?

Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 15, 2024

Over the years, this has led to a huge number of bilateral, multilateral and regional investment treaties being concluded throughout Africa – as of 2016 , there were approximately one thousand such treaties with an African state party.

Negotiation

Negotiation Import Capacity Corruption

More Reasons to Trust Arbitration in the Bahamas – Examining the Key Takeaways From Gabriele Volpi v. Delanson Services Limited & 2 Others

Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 28, 2024

The relationship between Matteo and Gabriele soured towards the end of 2015 when Matteo withdrew from Gabriele’s businesses and in October 2016, Delanson distributed the entirety of the trusts to Gabriele, as settlor of the trusts, on the ground that it was necessary to protect the underlying assets. 91 of the Trustees Act.

Distribution

Distribution Capacity IT Corruption

State-Funded Arbitration Institutions and Responsibility under International Law: The Case of Istanbul Arbitration Centre

Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Legislative History, Legal Structure and Financing of the Centre The Istanbul Arbitration Centre, a recent addition to the existing arbitration institutions in Türkiye , commenced its operations by registering its first case in 2016.

Finance

Finance Influencing Capacity Corruption

Empowering auditors: Indonesia uses data-driven oversight to clean up its corruption-prone procurement sector

Why is collecting and analysing data about public procurement so damned difficult? Data scientists explain some common problems

Strengthening public procurement in Africa: a conversation with Joyeuse Uwingeneye

What we’re getting wrong about accountability and citizen empowerment

Small States and Climate Change

Interviews with Our Editors: In Conversation with Datuk Sundra Rajoo, Director of the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC)

Revisiting the Indus Waters Treaty: PCA Reasserts Competence

Interview with Our Editors: Nigeria and Lagos Chamber of Commerce International Arbitration Centre in the Spotlight with Abimbola Akeredolu SAN

2023 in Review: U.S. Courts Wrestle with New Issues and Refine Old Doctrine

Glencore v. Bolivia: A Long-Awaited Award Finds Expropriation and FET Breaches by the State

LIDW 2024: The Rise of African Arbitration – Is Africa Leading the Way?

More Reasons to Trust Arbitration in the Bahamas – Examining the Key Takeaways From Gabriele Volpi v. Delanson Services Limited & 2 Others

State-Funded Arbitration Institutions and Responsibility under International Law: The Case of Istanbul Arbitration Centre

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