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In this blog post, we introduce our recent partnership with Zambia's Patents and Companies Registration Agency to overhaul how it collects #BeneficialOwnership data, boosting #transparency, fighting corruption, & curbing tax evasion.
Find out more: www.openownership.org/en/blog/bene...
#Zambia
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¿Sabías que la contratación pública es el principal riesgo de corrupción al que se enfrentan los países?
Consulta nuestra ficha informativa:
🔴 casos prácticos claros sobre la información de beneficiarios finales en la contratación pública
🔴 recomendaciones para autoridades competentes
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Did you know that #procurement is the #1 corruption risk that countries face?
Check out our factsheet on using #BeneficialOwnership information in procurement, including clear use cases and recommendations for procurement authorities:
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This Knowledge Partner Session will be led by speakers from @eitiorg.bsky.social, @occrp.org, the Ghana Petroleum Commission, the Philippines Department of Budget and Management, and Open Ownership.
🔍 Find out more at the link above.
Are you at the OECD Global Anti-Corruption & Integrity Forum this week? Join us today as we delve into how #BeneficialOwnership #transparency can be used as a tool for integrity in awarding licenses and contracts in high-risk sectors.
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@oecd-ocde.bsky.social
We will be joined by @eitiorg.bsky.social, @occrp.org, and the Inter-American Development Bank to discuss #BeneficialOwnership #transparency as a tool for integrity in awarding licences and contracts in high-risk sectors.
Meet Open Ownership colleagues at the Forum on Thursday, 26 March.
This week, we are delighted to be co-hosting a Knowledge Partner Session at the @oecd-ocde.bsky.social Global Anti-Corruption & Integrity Forum in Paris.
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The country has made critical steps towards more transparent and accountable extractive governance through legislative reform, improved data sharing, and increasing public awareness.
Find out more in the impact story above.
We are excited about the continued progress the #Philippines has been making on #BeneficialOwnership #transparency with support from #OpeningExtractives, our joint global programme with @eitiorg.bsky.social.
www.openownership.org/en/blog/phil...
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🗞️ In the first edition of our newsletter this year, we share global updates on #BeneficialOwnership #transparency and new research, as well as reflecting on 2025 and sharing plans for the year ahead.
Read the latest Disclosure: bit.ly/Disclosure28
We recently undertook a major piece of research to understand the experiences of those using beneficial ownership data. In revisiting this research, we have identified 22 features to make data more usable.
Take a look at our working paper above to find out more.
For #BeneficialOwnership data to be useful, it must be usable: only then can data be used to create impact.
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Since then, the country has advanced BOT, reflecting sustained advocacy, capacity-building, and legal reform. Senegal’s experience offers valuable lessons for other countries seeking to balance legal complexity with transparency goals.
Find out more in the impact story avove.
#Senegal has been making steady progress in advancing #BeneficialOwnership #transparency since joining the #OpeningExtractives programme, jointly implemented with @eitiorg.bsky.social, in 2022.
www.openownership.org/en/blog/sene...
As #BeneficialOwnership reforms are further recognised as key in tackling illicit financial flows and mobilising domestic revenues, the AfBOT Network is exploring how to drive and sustain effective implementation and impactful use of beneficial ownership registers across Africa.
The event brings together 16 member countries and several international partners to reflect on recent progress on BOT reforms from across the continent, share practical insights to tackle common challenges, and explore what the future should look like.
This meeting of the Network is hosted in partnership with the South African Financial Intelligence Centre.
Open Ownership is delighted to be convening the second in-person meeting of the Africa Beneficial Ownership Transparency (AfBOT) Network this week in Cape Town, South Africa. The network is co-chaired by the African Development Bank and the United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office.
In this blog post, Miranda Evans considers how implementers of beneficial ownership #transparency reforms can think through how artificial intelligence may impact their work.
🔍 Find out more in the link above.
In a world where opaque predictions of computer models are increasingly used to influence decision-making, the role of #BeneficialOwnership registers as sources of accurate, reliable information has become increasingly important
www.openownership.org/en/blog/pred...
Join us, the EITI, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, and the Inter-American Development Bank as we discuss competitiveness and prosperity in high-risk sectors: Beneficial ownership transparency, a tool to promote integrity in the award of licenses and contracts.
Open Ownership is delighted to be co-hosting a knowledge partner event at the OECD Global Anti-Corruption & Integrity Forum this month.
How can #BeneficialOwnership #transparency be incorporated into #integrity due diligence in contracting and licensing processes to deliver data-driven solutions to improve decision making?
@eitiorg.bsky.social @occrp.org @oecd-ocde.bsky.social
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This #OpeningExtractives impact story was published earlier this year, and takes an in-depth look at how the #Philippines has been strengthening extractive governance through #BeneficialOwnership #transparency
Read the full piece: www.openownership.org/en/blog/phil...
We are grateful to the co-organisers and everyone who contributed to the programme, as well as the active participants who joined us. We look forward to sharing the symposium report soon.
This was in collaboration with the World Bank Working Group on Beneficial Ownership Transparency and the Centre for the Study of Corruption at the University of Sussex.
@sussex.ac.uk @sussexscsc.bsky.social
In February, we were honoured to host the first-ever dedicated research symposium on #BeneficialOwnership #transparency, convening international experts from over 50 countries and almost 200 institutions in-person and online.