Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Throughout the pandemic, significant amounts of public funds were disbursed without seeking parliamentary approval, and the procurement process itself became tainted by multiple instances of corruption and cronyism. Among the reform areas identified was the country’s public procurement system.

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Public Procurement Procurement Corruption Transparency 123

Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

There is growing recognition that the public procurement system can be a strong force for policy implementation, helping to tackle major social and economic challenges faced by governments across the region. Procurement was long seen as a clerical administrative function, rather than a strategic lever.

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Public Procurement Procurement E-procurement Transparency 70

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 8, 2023

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.

Corruption 78

Corruption Collaboration Data Public Procurement 78

Open Contracting Partnership

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

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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Procurement E-procurement Public Procurement Bidding 89

Curbing Corruption in Government Contracting

APRIL 15, 2020

In the accompanying Red Flags Explainer , we drew on our experience of building and analysing datasets of government procurement over the past ten years to answer some Frequently Asked Questions about our work, explaining some of the challenges and what can be done to fix or work around them.

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Data Procurement Tender Public Procurement 52

Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 28, 2024

Challenge: Indonesia’s public procurement sector is highly vulnerable to corruption. Fragmented and inconsistent auditing practices across the decentralized government system have impeded effective oversight. There was also a lack of data on the volume and outcome of audits.

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Corruption Data E-procurement Procurement 90

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

VIGIA is a unique initiative that allows entrepreneurs to easily find public procurement business opportunities in Paraguay, as well as provide real-time high-quality feedback about irregularities. The platform was co-developed by OCP and the business community together with the government. For us, this was a discovery.

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