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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The Procurement ClassRoom

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

It is not just a participant in the digital revolution—it is its foundation. Fraud Detection : Machine learning models can monitor procurement transactions for irregularities, reducing corruption risks. Smart Contracts : Self-executing contracts automate payments and milestones, minimizing delays and disputes.

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Whistleblower Network News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Over a decade NWD has expanded to have a global reach and a historic number of federal agencies have accepted whistleblowing as a core component of anti-corruption efforts.” The report also details NWC’s participation in the United Nations Conference of States Parties for the Convention Against Corruption. “At

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Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The STJ decision ruled not only on the possibility – and necessity – of a regulatory agency participating in arbitration proceedings between a concessionary and the relevant state entity but also on the limits of extending the effects of an arbitral award over a non-participating third party.

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Whistleblower Network News

MARCH 25, 2024

The attorneys also warned the DOJ that making whistleblowers who participated in the misconduct ineligible for awards would greatly undermine the program. Strategy on Countering Corruption and to help change the agency’s culture around whistleblowing by recognizing National Whistleblower Day.

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FedScoop

APRIL 26, 2024

The post lists background themes to include anti-corruption, digital governance, gender and inclusion, media freedom, public participation and more. Outside of federal agency officials, the committee is open to nominees from state and local government, industry and academia.

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Inter-American Development Bank

OCTOBER 31, 2024

In instances of active waste, such suboptimal decisions are motivated by personal gain, as exemplified by corruption. In other words, smart procurement also considers the potential social and developmental impacts of public spending, rather than solely focusing on rule compliance or the cost of resources. Source: Authors’s elaboration.

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Whistleblower Network News

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Interviews with attorneys who participate in the program and a review of SEC decisions — along with court cases challenging some of those decisions — portray a program straining under the weight of its success,” the article states. The article features insights from leading whistleblower attorney and advocate Stephen M.

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Whistleblower Network News

AUGUST 5, 2024

The DOJ announced a sprint to develop the program in March and whistleblower advocates noted that the whistleblower program had the potential to greatly bolster the DOJ’s efforts to combat fraud and corruption. On August 1, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released the long-awaited rules for its corporate whistleblower award program.

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Whistleblower Network News

JUNE 3, 2024

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. Workshop participants hope that progress can begin at the state level.

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Open Contracting Partnership

MARCH 11, 2025

In a previous post , we looked at Indonesia Corruption Watch s method for monitoring corruption risks in procurement. Analysis Another clue that strengthens the alleged violation is the number of tender participants. Now lets work through an example following their six step process. 19 billion). It’s incredibly tiring.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 4, 2024

taking evidence of one or several witnesses by video, with other participants including the arbitral tribunal and counsel to appear in person) or in full. Today, it is more common than ever to have hearings take place remotely either in part (e.g., Indeed, remote hearings have increasingly been lauded for their cost and time efficiencies.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

AUGUST 9, 2024

Notably, a whistleblower’s participation in internal compliance and/or reporting processes is a factor that could warrant an increased reward. In consideration of an appropriate award amount (which is at the Department’s sole discretion) the pilot program also details factors that could increase, or decrease, a given whistleblower’s reward.

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Whistleblower Network News

JANUARY 11, 2024

The program encourages early and voluntary self-disclosure of criminal conduct by individual participants in certain non-violent offenses,” the SDNY’s press release explains. “In Under all these programs whistleblowers who have participated in illegal conduct can still qualify for a reward.” whistleblower laws and policy. .

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Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Imagine a world where projects are monitored in real-time, complaints are reduced, and citizens actively participate in shaping their communities. Citizen participation is on the rise, and projects now feel better owned by the community. In the heart of Uganda, a digital revolution is quietly reshaping the way public procurement works.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 12, 2024

One of its goals is to increase womens participation in the workforce from 22% to 30% by 2030. 1) The World Bank reports progress in this field too, albeit at a different rate: in 2016, the participation of women in the workforce was 16.1% In 2012, the Saudi Arbitration Law ( Royal Decree No.

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Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

And so you introduce a lot of complexity for any contractor that is thinking about participating in that market. The contractor may not even know, in fact, that they’re participating in an FMS sale. I think the Justice Department has characterized sanctions as the new FCPA, the new Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 21, 2024

Undisputedly, this is one of the practical advantages of this type of meeting, allowing any topic to be addressed or any question to be raised, and participants can express their personal positions freely, without worrying on being quoted publicly. Here, we can draw a parallel between the situation of national judges and those of arbitrators.

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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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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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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

On 13 November 2023, the UK Government published guidance setting out its ambitions for innovation procurement under the new Procurement Act 2023 (not yet in force, of which you can read a summary here). This further expands on the ambitions underpinning the Transforming Public Procurement project that started after Brexit. 94 PA 2023). 20 PA 2023).

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

JULY 10, 2024

Key Takeaway – The Decision Narrows Federal Government Authority to Prosecute Corruption by Local Officials By carving out rewards, or gratuities, offered and accepted after an official act, the Supreme Court has substantially narrowed the scope of Section 666. Chris Christie who participated in the “Bridgegate” scandal.

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 4, 2023

b) Standard of Review While endorsing Azov Shipping Co v Baltic Shipping Co [1999] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 68 , the Supreme Court held that the entitlement of a participating party to full review under section 67 was equal to the right given to the non-participating party under section 72.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 4, 2024

The Congress, taking place from 5 to 8 May 2024, consists of today’s opening ceremony, followed by three full days of engaging sessions for participants and speakers. This presentation sets the tone for a sequence of panels in which experts will examine the roles and expectations of the various participants in the field.

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Kluwer Arbitration

AUGUST 8, 2024

Procedural steps, including timeframe to deliver discovery, were agreed between the parties and the parties jointly appointed an Arbitrator. The Respondent did not dispute the serious delay on its part but asserted that any issue in relation to its delay ought to be made to the Arbitrator rather than the court.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 25, 2024

An arbitration agreement is an agreement to resolve disputes through arbitration. This might be crystal clear when the dispute only involves two disputing parties who have signed an arbitration agreement. This blog post will consider how this question is dealt with under Indonesian law. 1) Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 5. most recently, Decision No.

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Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

A modern arbitration institution, with an increasingly important role ” were the opening remarks expressed by Claus von Wobeser, who briefly referred to the beginnings of the PCA in The Hague and culminated by providing data on the cases initiated last year (which surpassed the previous year’s record). This is a frequently asked question to the PCA.

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Public Contracting Institute

APRIL 1, 2024

By leveraging blockchain’s capabilities, these entities can significantly mitigate corruption risks, streamline operations, and foster a more transparent procurement environment. Integrity Provides an immutable record, reducing fraud and corruption.

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Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 21, 2023

David is the founder of reAcción , a grassroots anti-corruption civil society organization that empowers young people in Paraguay to fight for government transparency and social accountability. I work in anti-corruption, leading an organization that focuses on the education sector in Paraguay. This is an edited version of his remarks.

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The “ ICCA Guidelines on Standards of Practice in International Arbitration ” (ICCA Guidelines), which were launched in 2021, attempt to go above and beyond the IBA Guidelines discussed above as they require that all participants in an arbitration act with integrity, respect and civility. A Code of Conduct for Arbitrators?

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Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 9, 2024

Trade expertise is to assist in understanding technical evidence, not to provide evidence for a party who has chosen not to participate. This removal was based on statements made by the arbitrator regarding the way he would treat expert witness evidence that gave rise to justifiable doubts as to his impartiality.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 14, 2024

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 But as with all construction projects of significant scale and complexity, disputes are unavoidable.

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Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The obligation of confidentiality in arbitration is, broadly, an obligation imposed on participants in an arbitration not to disclose to non-participants any matters arising from or disclosed during an arbitration, sometimes including the mere existence of the dispute. The scope of the obligation and its exceptions vary.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 27, 2024

A huge success in Edinburgh, the Quiz is a mix of serious and not so serious questions to a select panel of arbitration lawyers and with an active participation of the audience with attractive prizes. It is our hope that Kluwer Arbitration Blog will be that forum.” From the beginning we were very intentional about our editorial guidelines.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 9, 2024

Issues of corruption, investors coming in with unclean hands, as well as investors putting forward inflated claims are also some of the concerns of host states and other stakeholders. In terms of corruption, Prof. Dr. Ong said that there are currently no arbitration rules that define the standard of proof for corruption.

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Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

The Applicant contended that the award’s binding effect was limited to the parties involved in the arbitration, excluding other shareholders who had not properly participated. The ASC emphasized that the need for a binding effect on all shareholders requires the arbitration agreement to confer certain participation rights to all of them.

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 23, 2023

It is then up to the party with a jurisdictional objection to decide how to play their hand, including whether or not to participate in the arbitration, where to bring an objection, and at what stage of the proceedings. S32 allows a party to ask the English court to determine whether a tribunal has substantive jurisdiction.

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