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Navigating the Main Impacts of Artificial Intelligence in International Arbitration: Insights from the ICC YAAF Workshop

Kluwer Arbitration

On 19 October 2023, the ICC Young Arbitration & ADR Forum (YAAF) hosted a workshop titled “ Navigating the Frontiers of Artificial Intelligence in Arbitration ” in Zurich. Against this backdrop, the workshop aimed to discern the main areas where AI could significantly impact international arbitration proceedings.

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SBA Lifts the Application Hold for 8(a) Certification

Select GCR

Additionally, the program includes training sessions and workshops aimed at enhancing the managerial and technical capabilities of 8(a) firms. This streamlined procurement method can significantly reduce the time and resources required to secure government contracts, allowing 8(a) firms to focus on delivering high-quality services.

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

Open Contracting Partnership

The public procurement agency improved access to information about upcoming opportunities for women-led and small businesses and conducted training to improve their capacity to respond. Ekiti also engaged with local civil society organizations by co-organizing workshops and holding meetings on progress every quarter.

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Interviews with Our Editors: Diana Bayzakova and Dr. Islambekov Rustambekov

Kluwer Arbitration

Overall, Uzbekistan’s arbitration landscape has evolved considerably, with a more robust legal framework, growing institutional capacity, and increasing international engagement. The TIAC has also been actively involved in capacity-building efforts to support the development of the legal profession in Uzbekistan.

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Measuring the benefits of open contracting: Case studies on Mexico, Paraguay, and Slovakia

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

In spite of such major policy developments, we still lack the specific and rigorous evidence on the impact of transparency interventions and which types of transparency matter for which actors to support desirable societal outcomes such as high quality public services, procedural justice or public sector integrity (Bauhr et al, 2019).

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Procuring AI without understanding it. Way to go?

How to Crack a Nut

The AI procurement report presents evidence gathered by DRCF in two workshops with 23 vendors and buyers of algorithmic systems in Autumn 2022. With ‘AI quality’ capturing all the problematic issues mentioned above (and, notably, AI performance), the CCS AI DPS is highly problematic. This is extremely worrying.

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The Story of India’s “First Whistleblower:” Stalled Progress in the Wake of Satyendra Dubey’s 2003 Murder

Whistleblower Network News

Satyendra was murdered over 20 years ago upon exposing corruption involved in the construction of India’s largest highway project at the time, which resulted in poor quality of work and the looting of public money. There also must be “careful thought through rewarding mechanism and capacity building for the enforcement agencies.”