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Why Malaysia needs a new public procurement law

Open Contracting Partnership

Among the reform areas identified was the country’s public procurement system. The strategy outlined in the NACP aimed to establish a dedicated public procurement law and revamp existing procurement practices. However, the real challenge lies in translating these principles into effective practices.

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B2Gov: Meet the open data bundlers turning binners into winners

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Paola Diegues is a self-proclaimed public procurement enthusiast. Her passion for helping others understand government contracting led her to join forces with data scientist Marcelo Blanco and establish B2Gov. Participating in public contracting represents a massive opportunity for businesses, but one that many fail to seize.

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Unlocking opportunities: How Ekiti State, Nigeria is enabling women businesses through better procurement practices

Open Contracting Partnership

Open contracting approach: Supported by OCP’s Lift Impact accelerator program from 2021, Ekiti State’s public procurement agency created better opportunities for small businesses and particularly women-led businesses, to participate in public contracts.

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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

The island’s procurement agency faced more than 250 open complaints and allegations of collusion and low competition in the procurement process. 1) Use of data to improve integrity: Better and open data Preventing corruption before it happened was a priority for Pimentel.

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How Ukraine’s procurement appeals tool Clarity App promotes fair competition

Open Contracting Partnership

Challenge: In Ukraine, a lack of machine-readable data about procurement appeals made it difficult for government suppliers to defend their rights and interests. In 2023, Ukraine awarded 270,000 public contracts through competitive procedures , worth 555 billion UAH ($15.2 of all procurement appeals in Ukraine.

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Paraguay’s procurement is open for small business

Open Contracting Partnership

They leveraged Paraguay’s high quality, publicly accessible open contracting data to measure the existing participation of these smaller businesses and to understand their challenges in working with government buyers. to as little as 1.8%, depending on the calculation method and source data.

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The 3 revolutions of public procurement in Africa

Open Contracting Partnership

Public procurement is like the heartbeat of public spending in most of Africa – by some estimates, it accounts for 17% of the GDP of African Countries. The second revolution: increasing independence, data collection and participation These limitations led to a subsequent second wave of reforms.