Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Throughout the pandemic, significant amounts of public funds were disbursed without seeking parliamentary approval, and the procurement process itself became tainted by multiple instances of corruption and cronyism. It would signify a major leap forward in Malaysia’s battle against corruption and mismanagement of public funds.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

These objections could, at times, result in uncertainty and delays and acted as an overall roadblock to the efficient conduct of an arbitration. This figures to provide a boost to the efficiency in the constitution of tribunals by Indian courts.

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The Procurement ClassRoom

MAY 19, 2024

Integrating blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) into public procurement processes holds significant promise for enhancing efficiency, effectiveness, and transparency, potentially reducing corruption. This minimizes human intervention, the primary source of corruption in public procurement.

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Public Contracting Institute

APRIL 1, 2024

This groundbreaking technology offers a new level of security, efficiency, and accountability, promising to revolutionize the way government agencies and public sector institutions conduct procurements. Integrity Provides an immutable record, reducing fraud and corruption.

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Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 11, 2023

To tackle this problem, the country has proposed wide-ranging legislation , including an anti-corruption package with measures to standardize the operations of Mongolia’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and ensure they follow consistent rules throughout processes like tendering and procurement, among others.

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The event opened with a keynote speech on handling complex disputes, followed by panels addressing key topics including diversity in arbitrator appointments, efficiency, the integration of AI, and the evolving challenges of disclosure and confidentiality. Streicher added that mediation could also enhance efficiency.

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Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The latest Water Integrity Global Outlook highlights how the global water and sanitation sectors are notoriously opaque and vulnerable to corruption. Complex financial structures, involving multiple actors and funding sources, further obscure accountability and enable corruption.

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Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

AUGUST 24, 2021

The FCDO-funded (formerly DFID) project “ Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting ” releases the contracting datasets collected from national public procurement portals in 10 low and middle income countries: Chile, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Mexico, Paraguay, Uganda and Uruguay. tax haven registration).

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Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

But despite the system’s wide adoption, unlocking Umucyo’s data for analysis has proved challenging, and affected the government’s ability to track the procurement system’s performance in areas such as efficiency, value for money and contract implementation.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The latest amendments, which have been elaborated in a previous post here , showcase a commitment to efficiency, flexibility, and party engagement, appearing to set a new standard for commercial dispute resolution and contain practical rules that are rare or absent in its comparable institutions.

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Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Smart public procurement refers to making optimal decisions to minimize waste and enhance the quality, efficiency and sustainability of public spending when purchasing and contracting goods, works and services. This reduction would not only lead to lower interest expenses but also stimulate GDP growth by fostering a more efficient economy.

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Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Over the last two years, 21 Japanese cities have been working on opening up their public contracting for better efficiency, oversight and outcomes as part of the G20 Smart Cities Model Policy on Open Contracting (also available in Japanese ). Japan is generally perceived as a country with little political corruption.

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Whistleblower Network News

MAY 7, 2024

Given this, the efficient enforcement of AML laws is a driving force in preventing illicit activities and deceptive practices within professional sports. Thus, the absence of extensive federal legislation has left sports betting largely unregulated at the national level.

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Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 3, 2023

Introductory course The School of Applied Research in Public Procurement sought to develop participants’ skills in monitoring, research, policy analysis, and promoting public procurement reforms and open contracting in Central Asia, with a vision to improve transparency, accountability and efficiency in the use of public funds.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 30, 2024

Serra e Moura pointed out, in 1923, the ICC Court was established in Paris by a group of entrepreneurs, aiming to provide clients with an efficient dispute resolution mechanism. This shift creates a more cost-efficient legal department, and ultimately allows more time and energy to be directed at the creative process itself.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 10, 2024

Among those that do use it, they often resort to generative AI to make internal processes such as marketing more efficient. While AI may improve efficiency and consistency in cases, it cannot grasp subjective issues that permeate arbitration. Drawing from his own experience, he noted that AI cannot replace human reasoning.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

To mitigate risk and foster foreign investment in the country, the KSA has introduced several reforms to foster more efficient dispute resolution and become a dispute resolution hub. This is a welcome development, as it will help parties to be candid with one another and will allow for more efficient dispute resolution.

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Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The datasets not only republish structured data gathered from official source websites, but also contain corruption risk red flags developed by the research team. Regarding procurement that uses funds from development aid donors, pressure to ensure accountability and transparency in the allocation of funds has been growing.

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Kluwer Arbitration

AUGUST 15, 2024

Rouven F Bodenheimer, The Tribunal Visualized Approach: Improving Proceedings by Visualized Case Introduction Efficiency in international arbitration has long been contentious, as promised benefits often fail to materialize, leading to user dissatisfaction. Despite ongoing debates and procedural innovations, underlying inefficiencies persist.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 11, 2024

She is passionate about championing alternative dispute resolution across Africa and beyond and fostering a culture of cooperation, efficiency, and excellence among the diverse stakeholders involved in dispute resolution. The use of AFSA services is cost-efficient for our clients.

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 14, 2023

Identifying and Confronting the Challenges of Corruption in Arbitration As highlighted by Ignacio Torterola (GST LLP), and originally stated in an ICC award , “corruption is an international evil”. Collectively we can ensure that international arbitration remains a trusted, efficient, and relevant form of global dispute resolution.

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Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Data-powered red flags strengthen efforts to fight corruption. Europe’s upcoming Anti-Corruption Directive, with a new focus on prevention, could be a significant mandate to improve procurement data quality. We’re ready to help make this happen.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

25, 27, and 36), and an express emphasis on efficiency and economy (Art. 3), complemented by new Internal Rules , in effect since 1 July 2023, in an effort to further promote transparency and efficiency. They also feature the establishment of the SCCA Court (Art. We look forward to attending the SCCA24 Conference !

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Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

APRIL 15, 2020

With a mandate to prevent, investigate, and prosecute corruption, one of the Integrity Commission’s core functions is to oversee public procurement. There was huge enthusiasm in the room for developing a user-friendly tool to detect corruption in contracting.

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 20, 2024

The changes provide not just incremental improvements for efficiency and integrity of proceedings, but also changes to reflect developing societal norms, such as environmental impact and diversity. It is widely recognized that technology can increase efficiency in arbitration proceedings.

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Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 4, 2024

Public procurement needs to be more transparent, efficient, and accountable to tackle the major social and economic challenges faced by governments across the world. Software as a Service (SaaS)-based government e-GP systems can offer cost-effective and efficient alternatives.

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Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

She posed thought-provoking questions on how arbitrators should contribute to efficient dispute resolution. During the speech, Edna discussed several key efficiency measures that, although admittedly not groundbreaking, if implemented continuously and correctly, can shape the future of arbitration.

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ivalua

DECEMBER 15, 2021

By digitally transforming spend management, Ivalua’s platform empowers customers to manage their supply chain more efficiently, sustainably and responsibly to deliver better environmental and social outcomes. .

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 13, 2024

This post delves into the most significant aspects of the 2024 arbitrateAD arbitration rules (“ Rules ”), including: establishing an independent governing structure to appoint impartial arbitrators, increasing efficiency, and aligning international standards of practice.

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Whistleblower Network News

MARCH 3, 2024

Instead of aiming for the key leaders in these organized crime rings, it is the poachers and the mediators who may be the most efficient at illuminating major poaching schemes. law while streamlining the fight against animal trade and trafficking corruption. NWC educates whistleblowers on the rights they are entitled to under U.S.

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 12, 2023

This prevents arbitrators from taking on too many matters, limits the time-cost of the dispute, and improves efficiency. On the efficiency theme, the panel advocated getting clients to provide input on the arbitral procedure, at an early stage. This concludes our coverage of Australian Arbitration Week 2023.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The Arbitration Law of 2012 (“Arbitration Law”), inspired by and modeled after the UNCITRAL Model Law On International Commercial Arbitration, was crafted to offer foreign investors with a reliable and efficient mechanism for resolving potential conflicts. We look forward to attending the SCCA24 Conference !

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Kluwer Arbitration

AUGUST 12, 2024

Taking stock of divergent interpretations that pose challenges to achieving a uniform enforcement regime, the article proposes a pragmatic approach to interpreting arbitrability under the New York Convention, which seeks to minimize judicial interference and enhance the efficiency of enforcement procedures.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The new NAI Rules, which had been last revised in 2015 , introduce a number of innovative features and aim to provide for more efficient and expeditious dispute resolution, thereby responding to the needs and increased sophistication of users of international arbitration. 12 May 2023 ).

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 17, 2024

While offering settlement slots may add additional steps to the proceedings, it is submitted that these will ultimately benefit the parties, as they allow all stakeholders to focus on key issues in order to be efficient and effective.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 9, 2023

The CIAM new Rules are the result of the joint work of the CIAM’s Chair, José María Alonso , the Best Practices Commission, and the Secretariat , who, with the support of leading international arbitration professionals, have introduced new changes with the aim of strengthening the effectiveness and efficiency of arbitration proceedings.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 5, 2024

For example, with our support, the Dominican Republic’s procurement agency monitors all transactions in the country’s electronic procurement system in real-time using 21 automated corruption red flag risk indicators.

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