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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

Challenge: In 2020, public procurement in the Dominican Republic lacked public trust and credibility due to several high-level corruption scandals. Corruption in public procurement makes us poorer and takes our rights away.” Efficiency is key. So the DGCP adopted a three-pronged approach to improve things.

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Digging out data to shine a light on public buying in Mongolia

Open Contracting Partnership

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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Addressing Challenges In Public Procurement: Overcoming Barriers to Efficiency And Compliance

Tracker Intelligence

These barriers should be dealt with if the aim is to guarantee that public funds are expended in a transparent, lawful, and efficient manner. Fraud and Corruption Risks Bid rigging, favouritism, and a lack of transparency in processes undermine public confidence and effectiveness.

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ICCA Hong Kong 2024: Advocacy, Procedures, and Ethics in Focus

Kluwer Arbitration

Inter-Personal Conduct and Ethics For the first parallel panel of the early afternoon session, moderator Abby Cohen Smutny was joined by speakers Funke Adekoya , Brandon Bang , Nicolás Gálvez Solis , Matthew Gearing KC and Jonathan Lim to discuss ICCA’s Guidelines on Standards of Practice.

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Arbitration Tech Toolbox: Emotion AI: A Game-Changer for Efficiency and Due Process in International Arbitration?

Kluwer Arbitration

In international arbitration, parties or arbitrators could consider using emotion AI to enhance efficiency and due process (or to gain a strategic and tactical advantage). Although applications are varied, we will focus on two uses: (1) efficiency through facilitating settlement; and (2) due process through ensuring arbitrator attentiveness.

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UAE’s Arbitration Law Transformation Through Federal Decree Law No.15 of 2023: Innovations, Ethical Compliance for Arbitrators, and Enhanced Procedural Roles for Arbitral Institutions

Kluwer Arbitration

This is a step in the right direction because it now requires all the local UAE and foreign arbitration institutions that contain UAE as the seat of the arbitration, to have a governance process and ethical code of conduct for arbitrators, encouraging reporting on unethical behaviour of arbitrators. from the arbitrators’ side.

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SIAC Symposium 2024 Part 2: Shaping the Future of Arbitration

Kluwer Arbitration

These pivotal topics comprised: the ethical considerations guiding arbitration, the transformative impact of technology in arbitration, and the evolving values and expectations that drive the international arbitration community. Another focus was the tension between due process and efficiency in arbitration proceedings.

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