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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Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

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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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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Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Rwanda’s Umucyo system (meaning “transparency” in Kinyarwanda) is recognized as one of the most successful e-government procurement projects in Africa. Benchmarked on South Korea’s KONEPS, the system is used by all national and local government agencies to conduct almost all procurement procedures.

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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

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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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. 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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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

With its mix of charm, history, and major public works set to transform its infrastructure for the future, Rome was the perfect backdrop for our event which was all about harnessing our collective knowledge to make procurement more results-driven, transparent, and impactful across Europe. We’re ready to help make this happen.

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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

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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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 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

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

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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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

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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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

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

He emphasized that transparency is beneficial and can help combat fake news, thereby legitimizing the arbitration process. Rangachari recognized that the media can shape public perception of the arbitration process, but highlighted its positive effects, particularly in promoting transparency in disputes involving public interests.

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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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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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Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

While the Decree purports to enhance transparency and legal certainty in arbitration through the mandatory registration of arbitration centers and arbitrators in RENACE for public information purposes, the outcome is in the authors’ opinion, precisely the opposite.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 5, 2024

We set up Open Contracting Partnership to be bold: we aren’t after just a bit more transparency of public contracts, we want to transform procurement to meet the urgent needs of our time. Our world runs on public contracts. Public procurement covers $13 trillion of spending every year, one in every three dollars spent by our governments.

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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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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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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

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Both fields underscore the need for real-time agile solutions while ensuring responsible and transparent use of technology to maintain trust and fairness in the process. As of now, it seems to be the judiciary’s view that AI must only be used as a support tool, and it cannot replace the judge or judicial officer.

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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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Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

JANUARY 21, 2020

GTI-WP/2020:01, Budapest: Government Transparency Institute. It establishes a robust methodology to explore what impacts can be measured and also explores the channels through which transparency is indeed impactful – e.g. who are the stakeholders and enablers that are the actual drivers of change using increased transparency.

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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

JANUARY 14, 2024

The 2024 Rules aim at increasing efficiency, flexibility and transparency of arbitral proceedings conducted under the auspices of the CRCICA. The 2024 Rules integrate contemporary practices and technological advancements to improve the arbitration process’ efficiency, transparency, and flexibility.

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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

OCTOBER 25, 2024

A Special Address was then delivered by Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya of the High Court of Bombay where he noted the growing focus on green arbitrations, increased use of technology, greater transparency, diversity, and procedural changes as part of various reforms in international arbitration.

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Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

However, some parties prefer transparency, or at least place a lower priority on protecting the confidentiality of the arbitration and any associated information. If the contract, arbitral rules, and law of the seat are all silent on confidentiality, then the starting point is that no obligation of confidentiality applies to the arbitration.

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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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