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OPENING UP GOVERNMENT DEALS & DOLLARS www.open-contracting.org Open Contracting Partnership

U US$9,500,000,000

> 5,000 students & teachers killed

What is open contracting? DATA DISCLOSURE ENGAGEMENT Improved disclosure of open, Business & civic An open data standard to timely, and accessible engagement to make sure foster re-useable tools and information for the full everyone has equal make government government contracting information to participate contracting data actionable process ANALYSIS MONITORING FEEDBACK & FIXES Smarter analysis, more agility INNOVATION and better solutions for public problems

Benefits of open contracting • Save governments money & time • Prevent fraud and corruption • Level playing field for business, esp SMEs • Improved service delivery = more agile procurement = more trusted government = improved quality of life for citizens

Our approach Multi-stakeholder collaboration Constructive engagement Working across entire contracting chain User friendly data Innovation Capacity building of stakeholders Tool development & adaptation Institutional mechanisms for feedback

Open Contracting Data Standard Planning Tender Award Contract Implementation Contract Record An op e n d a t a sch e m a d e scribin g how to r e l ea s e docum e nts a nd d a t a a t ea ch st age of a contr a ctin g proc e ss a s m a chin e r ea d a bl e , fl e xibl e , e xt e nsibl e , us e r fri e ndl y d a t a .

Unifi e d, structur e d d a t a & r e cords Line items & 
 Documents & notices their classification Milestones & 
 Buyers, suppliers & 
 performance organisations involved Location Key Dates Contract values, 
 Joined-up data links budget & spending

Fairer Less fraud Higher Better business and quality deals environm corruption services ent

Impact from Slovakia: 8% of citizen engaged Doubled competition Prevention of fraud and wasteful spending

Use cases Th e 4 us e c a s e s of op e n contr a ctin g : V a lu e for mon ey in procur e m e nt D e t e ctin g fr a ud a nd corruption Encour ag in g comp e tition for public contr a cts Monitorin g s e rvic e d e liv e r y

Examples: Nigeria, Philippines, Mongolia

Philippines Cost of textbooks: US$ 2 US $1

Mongolia ✴ Engaging citizen in contract monitoring ✴ Food Festival and open bidding to select local delivery at beginning of each school year = Improved delivery, hygiene and quality of “tea break”

Thank you! gneumann@open-contracting.org www.open-contracting.org @opencontracting