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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. This has since been expanded to an additional 5 MDAs.

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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

Approach: The new director of the procurement agency led the development of a data-driven corruption risk monitoring system and worked with a reform team to strengthen the institutional capacity of government buyers, improve cross-agency coordination and increase collaboration with civil society.

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7 Secrets to Quicky Become Proficient in Public Procurement

The Procurement ClassRoom

Over the years, I’ve come to the conclusion that to quickly achieve proficiency in public procurement management, there are seven things you need to do. As a public procurement practitioner you are also a public servant.