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

AUGUST 3, 2023

The program holds valuable lessons for others working to empower contracting monitors with different skills and backgrounds to work closely together to foster transparency and better procurement practices in their regions. The first phase, Introductory Course on Public Procurement, took place online from October to December 2021.

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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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Kluwer Arbitration

AUGUST 12, 2024

These guidelines can assist parties to jointly agree on a mechanism to increase the transparency of relevant arbitral proceedings, including the submission of amicus curiae briefs. This will enhance predictability and efficiency in resolving cross-border disputes.

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Open Contracting Partnership

JUNE 3, 2024

It’s an appropriate workplace for the woman spearheading efforts to increase transparency and oversight of public spending in Rwanda, by digitalizing the platform running the country’s public procurement and professionalizing its workforce and processes. We didn’t struggle in terms of connectivity,” she says.

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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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Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

These included ongoing issues such as poor institutional coordination, lack of transparency, high levels of corruption, and murky lines of accountability. These reforms improved efficiency as the decentralization of the procurement function allowed for quicker decision-making.

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 14, 2023

Is greater transparency needed for revolution? It was established that greater transparency is beneficial in public interest matters but not all matters; we need not revolutionise but rather use the tools already in the toolbox to think outside the box. This led to questions on the associated standard of proof.

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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

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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Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 6, 2023

Giuseppe Busia, President of Italy’s National Anti-Corruption Authority (ANAC) highlighted digitalization as a key element to prevent corruption and improve efficiency in public procurement and provided concrete examples of how ANAC collaborates with civil society to pursue data-driven approaches to anti-corruption.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 8, 2024

The Centre boasts a high efficiency rate, with 45% of cases following expedited procedures and an average dispute amount of 22 million CHF. The institution has updated its rules to better address corporate disputes and emphasizes transparency and diversity, with 40% of its arbitrators being female.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 8, 2024

Brekoulakis’s and Howard’s relativist perspective was shared by other speakers who challenged the traditional view of the arbitrator’s role, questioning whether their primary focus should be on delivering justice or resolving disputes efficiently. Kun Fan discussed how ideas of justice and efficiency may vary with context.

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 8, 2023

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.” When he moved into his new role, he faced an uphill battle. More recently, it canceled a RD$1.3

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Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Efficient and effective communication lies at the heart of quantum work. Reliability and Transparency AI tools also likely fall short of the requirements of reliability and transparency that are necessary to sustain the legitimacy of legal proceedings. Communication Skills Quantum experts do more than just crunching numbers.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 31, 2023

With more than 30 provisions improved in the 2024 Rules, which constitute the 10th edition of CIETAC’s arbitration rules, CIETAC is striving to provide parties and arbitral tribunals with more flexibility, efficiency, and transparency throughout arbitration proceedings. The 2024 Rules also introduce rules on early dismissal.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 10, 2023

The UK Court of Appeal has affirmed arbitration as the most cost-effective and efficient supranational dispute resolution procedure for such cases. Such financial constraints can discourage individuals from pursuing their privacy rights, emphasising the need for a more accessible and cost-efficient ADR mechanism.

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Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Denton highlighted in his opening remarks, the timing of this year’s Conference coincided with the United Nations General Assembly, an auspicious reflection of the ICC’s history as a steadfast institution providing neutral, transparent, inclusive, and accountable multilateral platforms for the past 100 years and the century to come.

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Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

The Outside Perspective: Famous German Efficiency? The second panel, chaired by Inka Hanefeld and entitled the “Famous German Efficiency (?) – the Outside Perspective,” further expanded on the outside perspective on international arbitration in Germany. Hence, initial page limits or a prefixed number of witnesses (Annex 3 A.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 14, 2024

Arbitration has several features that suit the resolution of climate change disputes: neutral forum, arbitrators with specialist expertise, procedural flexibility, confidentiality (though in tension with transparency), and ease of enforcement. Similarly to cases involving corruption or money laundering.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 11, 2024

The TICC aims to provide a platform for the efficient resolution of commercial disputes involving foreign parties, complementing the existing arbitration infrastructure. This can be particularly appealing to parties who prefer the formality of court proceedings but still desire the specialized knowledge and efficiency of arbitration.

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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

APRIL 13, 2024

Professor Garro started the discussion by highlighting that the biggest deficiencies in cost efficiency often come from the lack of experience of lawyers and arbitrators and that hearing the perspectives of all involved in construction cases can improve efficiency.

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The tribunal should be receptive to the parties’ expectation in seeking out additional options that would facilitate more efficient dispute resolution, including increased cost awareness. Lau shared this viewpoint but further underscored that the tribunal’s mandate is shaped by the parties.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Drawing on his experience in the financial sector, Mr. Freer stressed the importance of efficient dispute resolution to foster strong trade relationships. He also emphasised that new initiatives are under consideration to develop transparency in the work of the domestic courts.

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ivalua

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Other key initiatives included corporate policies that benefit the environment, preventing bribery and corruption, and social justice (see Figure 1). To fix the problem, Boohoo increased CSR transparency and ended contracts with 64 non-compliant suppliers. Digitize collaboration to enable scale and efficiency.

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University of Bristol

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Blockchain’s touted tamper-proofness and potential to enable smart contracts are driving initiatives that seek to create automated ‘trust in trustless environments’ for public sector use cases , in particular concerning activities highly-exposed to corruption risks and/or the automation of administrative procedures devoid of discretion.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 26, 2024

JAMS describes these new rules as “clear guidelines and procedures that address the unique challenges presented by AI, such as questions of liability, algorithmic transparency, and ethical considerations.” These expedited procedures are a significant step towards streamlining arbitrations, making them more cost and time efficient.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 28, 2024

Highlights include “Arbitrating in a Time of Trade War: Successfully Navigating the Minefields of National Security, Cross-Border Data Restrictions, Sanctions and US-China Decoupling to Achieve Fair and Efficient Cost Resolution,” and “The Swords and Shields of Arbitrating IP Disputes in California and Beyond.” Vitaly Ivanovich Smagin , No.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 13, 2024

Mr. Pager shared a more sceptical view on the efficiency of mediation for investor-states disputes. More from our authors: Dealing with Bribery and Corruption in International Commercial Arbitration: To Probe or Not to Probe by Emmanuel Obiora Igbokwe € 190 Arbitration in Egypt: A Practitioner's Guide by Ibrahim Shehata € 190

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 21, 2024

Noting the broad discretion afforded to tribunals to decide upon procedural issues, one piece posited that an emphasis on efficiency found in many institutional rules may encourage the limited use of AI. The European Parliament made further advances in 2023 with its AI Act.

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Australia has internationally recognised commercial courts which deal with their cases quickly and efficiently, serviced by a well-qualified and experienced legal profession charging rates below those charged in comparable jurisdictions within our region. The Singapore International Commercial Court is endeavouring to attract similar cases.

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Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 11, 2024

party, was cited to note the SCIA’s independence and international expertise, the enforceability of the agreement, once reached by the parties in the Mediation-Arbitration model, and efficiency, as the advantages of choosing the SCIA in the absence of an arbitration agreement between the parties. Version 1.0

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How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 10, 2023

Procurement is thus seen as a mechanism of ‘regulation by contract’ whereby the public buyer can impose requirements seeking to achieve broad goals of digital regulation, such as transparency, trustworthiness, or explainability, or to operationalise more general ‘AI ethics’ frameworks.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 13, 2024

The recent revisions to the modernised and innovation arbitration rules of the SCCA give it a distinct advantage to resolve disputes fairly and efficiently, in tandem with KSA’s Vision 2030. As commented on in a previous post , the CRCICA’s revamped arbitration rules are international and in line with other major arbitral institutions.

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Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

The need for such advancements to be integrated into institutional rules was underscored, acknowledging that technology is an enabler for more efficient arbitration. The panel reached a conclusive consensus to emphasize the need for ethical, fair, and transparent deployment of AI in arbitration.

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University of Bristol

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Procurement rules and policies seek to ensure that contract awards are free from corruption, conflicts of interest or anticompetitive practices, and that these vast sums of public funds generate value for money and support social, environmental, and innovative practices.

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