The Procurement ClassRoom

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

It is not just a participant in the digital revolution—it is its foundation. The Role of AI in Procurement AI offers powerful tools to improve efficiency, accuracy, and transparency in procurement processes. Smart Contracts : Self-executing contracts automate payments and milestones, minimizing delays and disputes.

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Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Appreciation also to Albania’s Public Procurement Commission , which helped a sizable Western Balkan community to participate energetically. By becoming more open and transparent , the Commission ensures that the public directs its criticism at bad procurement practices, not at how complaints are handled.

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Public Procurement Intl

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Article 8, for example, warns the procuring agency, “when first soliciting the participation of. contractors in the procurement proceedings, shall declare whether the participation of suppliers or contractors in the procurement proceedings is limited,” and any “such declaration may not later be altered.”

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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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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. And despite the reforms aimed at improving accountability, perceptions of corruption in public procurement remained high.

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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. This holistic strategy—anchored in transparency, accountability, and technological integration—fosters a robust fiscal environment conducive to sustainable economic growth and enhanced public trust.

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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.

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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.

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Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

At #OGPEstonia, we had the pleasure of hosting about 200 frontline reformers sharing their experiences, challenges, and successes in boosting inclusion, integrity, participation, and digital transformation in public procurement. That was my focus at the OGP’s High Level Panel on Progress Against Corruption.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 8, 2024

The first ICCA Congress with recorded participants was held in Rotterdam in 1966, painting a picture of exclusivity and limited access. The 1966 Congress had 131 participants, predominantly from Western Europe, with only three attendees from outside this region—one from Yugoslavia, one from the USA, and one from Romania.

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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The guidance also indicates that ‘ Greater transparency of procurement data will make it easier to see what approaches have been successful and encourage use of those approaches more widely across the public sector.’ Therefore, that greater investment in expertise needs to be coupled with a culture change. 94 PA 2023). 48 and 46 PCR 2015).

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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. As Einer Fogh of GIZ Uganda highlights, “there is a vibrant civil society in Uganda, with many organizations working on transparency and anticorruption. This has changed,” she says.

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Nash underscored the need for institutions to be transparent about timelines and to take proactive measures, including intervening when arbitrators cause undue delays to the proceedings. The panel concluded that while disclosure is crucial for transparency, over-disclosure can lead to unnecessary complications.

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Minister Rajah nonetheless flagged that it was important for legal practitioners to be careful to guard against bias and to ensure ethical and transparent use of AI. The sessions also highlighted that trust in the dispute resolution system is paramount and that the ethics and values of both the users and institutions must be impeccable.

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Kluwer Arbitration

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Emotion AI tools could be used during a case management conference or hearing to monitor participants’ level of attentiveness, engagement, confusion, and anxiety in real time. In essence, it allows all participants to peep into each other’s ‘heads.’

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Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 6, 2024

There is room and necessity to take a de novo look at this discussion, especially considering that there are many new participants in arbitration proceedings comparing to a decade ago. Justice Knowles suggested that there might be an area where transparency can play a role.

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The panel discussed anti-doping, concussion, safe-guarding and transgender participation in sports. 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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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. Top CSR initiatives among Forrester survey respondents.

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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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How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 28, 2023

The 2020 data strategy stressed that Public procurement data are essential to improve transparency and accountability of public spending, fighting corruption and improving spending quality. However, data from only 20% of all call for tenders as submitted by public buyers is available and searchable for analysis in one place [ie TED].

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Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

This resulted in a 2018 award that ordered Ecuador to pay 88% of the consortium’s liquidation value for the termination, excluding Petromanabi, a state-owned company that was a member of the consortium, with a 12% share, as it did not participate in the proceedings. 3E0.2022.0079.01) at Ghent University.

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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

JANUARY 28, 2024

Participants can use them to afford more uniformity and certainty to the proceedings, i.e., agreeing to the accepted uses of AI at the initiation of a dispute resolution process. The Guidelines are intended to be used as a supplement, as necessary, to national laws. Vitaly Ivanovich Smagin , No. 22–381 (U.S.

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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

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

On 26 September 2024, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) hosted the 19th ICC New York Conference on International Arbitration, which brought together over 300 participants from 40 countries to discuss critical developments in international business and arbitration.

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Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 9, 2024

This principal violation is that even after iterated amendments of its Eligibility Rules the ISU has gatekeeper power (vis-à-vis other market participants including horizontal ones) to determine who runs sporting events for ice skating. 131), and applied in a non-discriminatory fashion, and sanctions must be objective and proportionate (para.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 23, 2023

He also emphasised that new initiatives are under consideration to develop transparency in the work of the domestic courts. For instance, the economic procedural code was amended to better serve the needs of the parties to arbitrations, including the enforcement of awards and interim measures.

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Kluwer Arbitration

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

This preliminary view was further explored through a survey among the conference participants. Finally , the law encourages the publication of awards with the agreement of the parties to increase transparency. Kai-Uwe Karl stressed the possibility and importance of redacting arbitral awards.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 11, 2024

In the recent pre-Tashkent Law Spring Forum event organized by the International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”) Young Arbitration and ADR Forum (“YAAF”), participants discussed the role of international dispute resolution in supporting development, the rule of law, and economic opportunity.

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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.” The JAMS AI Rules are new arbitration rules intended to govern disputes involving AI.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 23, 2024

The Advisory Centre’s Mandate Participating in ISDS proceedings requires time and money. 43 and 50); third-party funding of ISDS claims, which raises concerns about transparency and perverse incentives ( October 2019 Session Report , paras. The next few sections cover these issues in turn. 31-35; September 2022 Session Report , para.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Dispute Design and Public Participation In treaty ISDS, arbitration often follows the generic framework of an IIA, which restricts a state’s influence over the specific dispute, potentially impacting legitimacy as it may appear to surrender sovereignty to external entities. Yet, BRAMIA is not a universal solution.

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Kluwer Arbitration

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Dispute Design and Public Participation In treaty ISDS, arbitration often follows the generic framework of an IIA, which restricts a state’s influence over the specific dispute, potentially impacting legitimacy as it may appear to surrender sovereignty to external entities. Yet, BRAMIA is not a universal solution.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 5, 2024

In this regard, states and stakeholders would have to work on finding a more balanced approach which takes into account public participation, transparency and steps to make it more legitimate in the eyes of public. Where do We Stand?

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Inter-American Development Bank

JULY 18, 2024

Ensuring ease of doing business by simplifying bureaucracy and regulations, combating corruption, and advancing research and development. Fostering political stability, transparency, security, and a stable legal and regulatory environment. Strengthening institutions, rule of Law, and protecting property rights.

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Kluwer Arbitration

OCTOBER 20, 2024

What has been encouraging to see, and in my view will continue, is that more and more practitioners from Hong Kong and the region, including many who are fully bilingual in English and Chinese, have started practicing in international arbitration and participating in thought leadership. Past interviews are available here.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MARCH 13, 2024

These rules integrate contemporary practices and technological advancements to improve the arbitration process’ efficiency, transparency, and flexibility, in order to increase the prominent and stature of CRCICA in MENA. Arbitration Events Arbitration weeks and days have increased exponentially over the last few years.

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