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Better bike lanes in the Philippines: Civic groups won a budget for bike lanes, then followed the money

Open Contracting Partnership

During that period of emergency mobilization, Abante was focused on tracking the country’s COVID-19 response budget , alongside friends and former colleagues from his experience working in the government, academia, and civil society. We owe it to our broad coalition who fought for this budget, and the many advocates who came before us.

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Marking 10 years and $120 billion of better public procurement for people

Open Contracting Partnership

We were never just after a bit more transparency though, we wanted to transform how procurement is done. Weve done that on a relatively modest budget, meaning that every $1 invested in the Open Contracting Partnership has positively impacted five peoples lives.

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Modernizing Public Infrastructure: The Power of Strategic Procurement

The Procurement ClassRoom

Governments worldwide control vast budgets through procurement, giving them the power to: Drive innovation by demanding advanced solutions from vendors. The Role of AI in Procurement AI offers powerful tools to improve efficiency, accuracy, and transparency in procurement processes.

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Procurement Methods vs. Solicitation Tools: What Every Procurement Professional Needs to Know

The Procurement ClassRoom

While it aligns with Liberia’s approach, the Model Law places greater emphasis on transparency, the documentation of justification for using restricted bidding, and minimizing disruptions to competition. The IFB or Bidding Documents are then employed as solicitation tools to engage suppliers and ensure a transparent process.

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Smart Public Procurement for Better Public Spending in Latin America and the Caribbean

Inter-American Development Bank

This would result in large monetary and transactional savings for governments because, for example, approximately 25% of public contracts in the region require time extensions averaging nearly double their original terms, while around 13% experience budget increases of up to 50%. of GDP, according to FISLAC calculations.

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10 success factors for implementing e-procurement system

Open Contracting Partnership

Public procurement needs to be more transparent, efficient, and accountable to tackle the major social and economic challenges faced by governments across the world. Transparency on legal and regulatory frameworks To make e-GP systems work effectively, it’s essential to have supportive legislative arrangements in place.

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A red light for corruption: How the Dominican Republic is using open data, better processes & collaboration to fight corruption

Open Contracting Partnership

Approach: The new director of the procurement agency led the development of a data-driven corruption risk monitoring system and worked with a reform team to strengthen the institutional capacity of government buyers, improve cross-agency coordination and increase collaboration with civil society. More recently, it canceled a RD$1.3