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opengavin.bsky.social @opengavin.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
📢📢 Great job with a great team 👇👇
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opengavin.bsky.social @opengavin.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Great to see UK wide Anti-Corruption Strategy released today. @ukanticorruptioncoalition.org: "After almost 3 years without a strategy, these commitments must turn into real impact – fast. We need bold, rapid action that the public can see & feel"💪 www.ukanticorruptioncoalition.org/work/from-as...
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From Aspiration to Action: Experts Call for Rapid Implementation Plans for New Anti-Corruption Strategy — UK Anti-Corruption Coalition
Monday 8 December 2025 — The UK Anti-Corruption Coalition welcomes the publication of the government strategy to tackle corruption, over 1000 days since the expiry of the previous strategy.  Wi...
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opengavin.bsky.social @opengavin.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Very excited about this... Help with #procurement of #AI was the No. 1 request from our global community, so we spoke to 50+ experts & frontline practioners to bring you the best advice, case studies & templates in one handy package 🤖👇
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Open Contracting Partnership @opencontracting.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Out now! Our new resource on #BuyingAI offers practical guidance and hands-on tips to get the best results from your AI procurement. buyingai.open-contracting.org #BuyingAI #publicprocurement #innovativeprocurement
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UK Anti-Corruption Coalition @ukanticorruptioncoalition.org · 21/10/2025
🚨 Current estimates of misspent Covid PPE waste total at around £10bn. 🗣️ "UK taxpayers have every right to feel robbed... If Labour wants to prove it stands with them, it must pull every legal, administrative and political lever to get that money back." ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ labourlist.org/2025/10/covi...
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'Labour promised to clean up Tory sleaze. That starts with mispent Covid contracts' - LabourList
This government came to power on a promise to restore trust in politics. That promise cannot be fulfilled unless it takes on the Covid clawback fight in full.
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opengavin.bsky.social @opengavin.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Labour promised to clean up Tory sleaze. That starts with mispent Covid contracts: labourlist.org/2025/10/covi... The #PPEMedpro case cannot be where the #CovidClawback ends. It must be where it begins💪@ukanticorruptioncoalition.org @transparencyuk.bsky.social @spotlightcorruption.org
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'Labour promised to clean up Tory sleaze. That starts with mispent Covid contracts' - LabourList
This government came to power on a promise to restore trust in politics. That promise cannot be fulfilled unless it takes on the Covid clawback fight in full.
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Open Contracting Partnership @opencontracting.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
At #OGPSpain, OGP CSO Co-Chair Stephanie Muchai on what she'd say to a taxi driver on why #opengov matters. "The roads are your office. You have to take care of them. #Opencontracting & better procurement can fix those roads using data to monitor corruption & flag what was done and what wasn't."
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Open Contracting Partnership @opencontracting.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
How a spending scandal catalyzed an #opencontracting renaissance in the Philippines: Our latest story speaks to the drivers behind the reform, WeSolve & the PS-DBM, bringing 🔎 transparency at a critical time for the country. www.open-contracting.org/2025/10/06/h... #OGPSummit
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How a spending scandal catalyzed an open contracting renaissance in the Philippines - Open Contracting Partnership
For those accustomed to icy or hostile exchanges between public officials and outspoken members of…
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opengavin.bsky.social @opengavin.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
A great result (& great headlines 👇) on #PPEMedpro but just the first step. 1️⃣ Will the government claw the money back & hold directors accountable? 2️⃣ Will this be the start of a wider push, not the end? We need 10–12 more cases like this to recover the estimated £1.5bn lost on substandard PPE.
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Transparency International UK @transparencyuk.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
📺 "It is probably the biggest misspending scandal in the UK of all time." A ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review from The Guardian for last night's The Covid Contracts documentary featuring commentary and analysis from our Chief Executive, @danieljbruce.bsky.social. Now available on ITVX ⤵️ www.itv.com/watch/the-co...
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opengavin.bsky.social @opengavin.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
🤯🤯🤯 www.itv.com/watch/the-co...
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opengavin.bsky.social @opengavin.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
🍿 This Sunday: UK's Covid PPE contracts scandal exposed on @itvx.com 🍿 🔍It will expose the UK's billion-pound PPE procurement scandal using hundreds of secret documents, emails & records. ✂️ Did our @ukanticorruptioncoalition.org contributions make the cut? www.itv.com/presscentre/...
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opengavin.bsky.social @opengavin.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Woah, it's hot in Paris today for the @oecd-ocde.bsky.social's #PublicProcurement Forum 2025 ☀️ I will be discussing public trust: it's hard to win & easy to lose, so I will be sharing 5 strategies to improve it (or win it back) in procurement. I'll share them here once I've spoken 😉
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Open Contracting Partnership @opencontracting.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
What do the first 3 months of new & improved UK public procurement data tell us? Gavin & Camila get into all the #datageek details in our readout! 🧵We found 👇 open-contracting.org/2025/06/23/u... #ProcurementAct #opencontracting
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UK Procurement Act implementation: what do the first three months of data tell us? - Open Contracting Partnership
We take a first look at the new UK procurement data now coming from 2023’s…
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opengavin.bsky.social @opengavin.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
So we share recommendations on: 1. Enhancing data quality & accessibility 2. Embedding business intelligence dashboards & indicators into the new central digital platform to track competition, value & social impact. www.open-contracting.org/2025/06/23/u...
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UK Procurement Act implementation: what do the first three months of data tell us? - Open Contracting Partnership
We take a first look at the new UK procurement data now coming from 2023’s…
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opengavin.bsky.social @opengavin.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
We found: 1. The new data regime is a major improvement, with new notices across the procurement cycle, new data fields & better identifiers. 2. Growing use of pre-market engagement & the new competitive flexible procedure. 3. Now we need to turn data into impact🎯
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opengavin.bsky.social @opengavin.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
The new UK Procurement Act went live on 24 Feb 2025. What do the first three months of data tell us? 🧐 open-contracting.org/2025/06/23/u... #ProcurementAct #opencontracting
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UK Procurement Act implementation: what do the first three months of data tell us? - Open Contracting Partnership
We take a first look at the new UK procurement data now coming from 2023’s…
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Open Contracting Partnership @opencontracting.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
#Publicprocurement data is the most widely available cluster of data in the 2025 #TheGDB @databarometer.bsky.social In Africa, Uganda, Kenya, South Africa & Rwanda show what's possible. Read why in our analysis of data fields, coverage & legislation www.open-contracting.org/2025/06/11/i...
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Open Contracting Partnership @opencontracting.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Insights from #TheGDB Global Data Barometer @databarometer.bsky.social: The state #publicprocurement data in Africa, #LatAm & the Caribbean: from planning to implementation & supplier identifiers to contract values. Our analysis by @lamilamila.bsky.social www.open-contracting.org/2025/06/11/i...
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Open Contracting Partnership @opencontracting.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
🆕 Our work impacted over 15 million people and $9 billion in public spending in 2024. Check out our latest Annual Report for more on the achievements of @opencontracting.bsky.social and our local partners worldwide: www.open-contracting.org/annual-repor...
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Our Annual Report 2024: Local partnerships for global impact - Open Contracting Partnership
In our 2024 Annual Report, we share how we put people at the center of our work and impact, to achieve our bold target to help one billion people to live in more equitable, prosperous and sustainable ...
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opengavin.bsky.social @opengavin.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
✅ Focus on value and outcomes from contracts, not just costs; ✅ Proactively engage small businesses & 'unusual suspects': "you have to go to them, don’t wait for them to come to you" Check in out 👇 briberymatters.com/post/how-pub... #AntiCorruption #OpenContracting #PublicProcurement
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How Public Procurement Reform Can Drive the Fight Against Corruption (Part 1)
According to the OECD, “public procurement is the government activity most vulnerable to waste, mismanagement and corruption,” and over “half of foreign bribery cases occurred to obtain a public procu...
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opengavin.bsky.social @opengavin.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
✅ Embrace digital tools; ✅ Keep politicians out of procurement decisions; ✅ Use simple, fair & transparent rules; ✅ Invest in a strong civil service & avoid “infantilizing” government by outsourcing everything;
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opengavin.bsky.social @opengavin.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
@georgneu.bsky.social & I had a great conversation with the team at Bribery Matters. We took stock of global progress on improving public procurement & shared six lessons from real-world success stories 🧵 www.briberymatters.com/post/how-pub...
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How Public Procurement Reform Can Drive the Fight Against Corruption (Part 1)
According to the OECD, “public procurement is the government activity most vulnerable to waste, mismanagement and corruption,” and over “half of foreign bribery cases occurred to obtain a public procu...
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Open Ownership @openownership.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
As we welcome our new International Advisory Board, we deeply thank our Steering Group who have supported and steered our work during the past years. Thank you to Gavin Hayman @opengavin.bsky.social, Executive Director of the Open Contracting Partnership, outgoing Chair of our Steering Group.
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Victory for wild camping at the Supreme Court! The verdict is a relief– but Dartmoor remains the *only* place in England & Wales where the public has a right to wild camp Labour must now pass a new right to roam act to defend & extend the public’s access rights www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Wild camping on Dartmoor is legal, supreme court rules
Case came to supreme court after court of appeal determined the term ‘open-air recreation’ included camping
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opengavin.bsky.social @opengavin.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
📢📢📢 Great job alert. Come join our fabulous team at @open-contracting.org as our senior manager in Asia. Lots of fantastic projects to work on inc in India, Indonesia, Philippines & Thailand. Apply below 👇 open-contracting-partnership.breezy.hr/p/70551a605a...
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Senior Manager for Asia at Open Contracting Partnership
Role: Senior Manager for Asia Location: South Asia, East Asia or Southeast Asia Salary: Commensurate with reputation, experience, and location Background Asia Pacific stands out for its diversity of...
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Open Contracting Partnership @opencontracting.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
We're particularly proud of this #opencontracting project, developed through our #Lift impact accelerator, as it brought together a coalition of civil society actors and government to improve access to a critical public service.
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Open Contracting Partnership @opencontracting.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Now live: Check out @trbrasil.bsky.social's Medicamentos Transparentes, a new platform to research and compare medicine prices in 🇧🇷 medicamentos.transparencia.org.br #opencontracting
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opengavin.bsky.social @opengavin.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Such a honour to represent our awesome @open-contracting.org & DREAM team in #Ukraine. Thanks so much @worldcc.bsky.social for recognising the transformational nature of DREAM to deliver #Infrastructure, #publicinvestment & the country's reconstruction 🏆
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Open Contracting Partnership @opencontracting.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Congratulations DREAM Ukraine on the World CC Innovation & Excellence Award! We’re honored to work with our incredible partners in Ukraine to transform procurement into a tool for trust, resilience & recovery. Thank you to everyone supporting this work! info.worldcc.com/innovation_a...
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Open Contracting Partnership @opencontracting.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Our @opengavin.bsky.social and Kristen highlight how finance tracking platforms like Ukraine’s DREAM can help shift us toward greater accountability and civic involvement in #ClimateFinance as we commit huge💰 to enhance climate adaptation & mitigation. Read 🔗 www.open-contracting.org/2025/04/22/d...
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Dude, where's my climate finance platform? - Open Contracting Partnership
Happy Earth Day! Many of the blogs and communications today will rightly be calling for…
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opengavin.bsky.social @opengavin.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
"Dude, where's my climate finance platform?" A good question for #EarthDay2025. The good news is that we already have models of transparent, trackable systems being used for other public spending that can inspire us. Read on... www.open-contracting.org/2025/04/22/d...
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Dude, where's my climate finance platform? - Open Contracting Partnership
Happy Earth Day! Many of the blogs and communications today will rightly be calling for…
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opengavin.bsky.social @opengavin.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
What are you up to this #EarthDay, 22 April? Excited for this launch with our amazing partners CDL India & @rockefellerfdn.bsky.social of our open source tools for climate & disaster resilience, now protecting 6m+ vulnerable citizens in India. Join us 👇 www.open-contracting.org/events/build...
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Building resilience: A new data-driven solution for disaster risk reduction (DRR) - Open Contracting Partnership
Join us for the global launch of our Intelligent Data Solution for Disaster Risk Reduction…
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opengavin.bsky.social @opengavin.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
📢 Great UK job alert 📢 We need a new senior communications coordinator at UK Anti-Corruption Coalition (role hosted by Transparency International UK) 👇 www.transparency.org.uk/who-we-are/w...
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Senior Coalition Communications Coordinator
Salary: £41,446 - £43,544
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opengavin.bsky.social @opengavin.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
I made a closing oral statement on behalf of the @ukanticorruptioncoalition.org to the UK Covid Inquiry today. I summarised our data-driven analysis of poor pandemic purchasing by the UK & shared our key recommendations 👇 docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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UKACC closing oral statement at Hearing (27th March 2025) UK COVID-19 PUBLIC INQUIRY #shared
UK COVID-19 PUBLIC INQUIRY BEFORE BARONESS HEATHER HALLETT IN THE MATTER OF THE PUBLIC INQUIRY TO EXAMINE THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN THE UK -----------------------------------------------------------...
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opengavin.bsky.social @opengavin.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
We stand by our analysis as @ukanticorruptioncoalition.org & we will remake these points to the Inquiry this Thursday. It really matters that we get to the bottom of how the UK wasted so much money & effort on buying the wrong things from the wrong people to learn lessons for the future.
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opengavin.bsky.social @opengavin.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Lord Agnew, who was in charge of procurement policy at the time, told the Covid Inquiry that “it was over-ordering by an order of magnitude because we didn’t have the data” & that “we had not got a clue what we had when we were ordering more”.
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opengavin.bsky.social @opengavin.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
If we then compare UK to its main economic peers, regardless of the exact form of their health system, UK medical consumables procurement looks a lot like them in 2019 but it is very differently in 2020, using much larger direct awards for much longer.
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opengavin.bsky.social @opengavin.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
NHS or not, European procurement in categories like 'medical consumables' are widely & consistently reported under EU's Procurement Directive (inc by UK at the time). In 2019 UK's share of EU procurement notices is entirely consistent with the size of its economy...
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opengavin.bsky.social @opengavin.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Last week, at the UK's Covid Inquiry, Matt Hancock incorrectly dismissed procurement data comparisons on the UK's runaway purchasing of PPE compared to its European peers. He is incorrect in his assertions 👇 www.ukanticorruptioncoalition.org/blog/matt-ha...
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Why Matt Hancock was wrong to dismiss our data — UK Anti-Corruption Coalition
Last week at the Covid Inquiry, the former Health Secretary Matt Hancock described some of our data as “meaningless” and lacking “factual value”. He is entirely incorrect in these claims, as we demons...
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UK Anti-Corruption Coalition @ukanticorruptioncoalition.org · 24/03/2025
👍 Our coalition's public procurement policy recommendations are here: www.ukanticorruptioncoalition.org/procurement 📅 Follow us ☝️ for updates as the Inquiry's Module 5 continues to hear evidence until 27 March.
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Public procurement — UK Anti-Corruption Coalition
Accounting for a third of all public spending, procurement is absolutely critical to our economy and national prosperity. But even during non-emergency situations, procurement is recognised by the OEC...
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UK Anti-Corruption Coalition @ukanticorruptioncoalition.org · 24/03/2025
📊 The data show that healthcare systems across Europe - both public and private models - followed broadly similar procurement patterns in 2019. NHS or not, the UK looks just like its European peers that year. 📈 But when the pandemic hit in 2020, the UK became a very dramatic outlier.
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UK Anti-Corruption Coalition @ukanticorruptioncoalition.org · 24/03/2025
🚨 📝 Last week, the former Health Secretary alleged our evidence submission to the Covid Inquiry contained “meaningless” data lacking “factual value”. ❌ This is a serious, but wrong, charge. 🧾 Our Co-Chair @opengavin.bsky.social kept the receipts: www.ukanticorruptioncoalition.org/blog/matt-ha...
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Why Matt Hancock was wrong to dismiss our data — UK Anti-Corruption Coalition
Last week at the Covid Inquiry, the former Health Secretary Matt Hancock described some of our data as “meaningless” and lacking “factual value”. He is entirely incorrect in these claims, as we demons...
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opengavin.bsky.social @opengavin.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
We are humbled to have been able to help these amazing folks & many others. Although we live in challenging times, we aren't going anywere. We plan to deliver better procurement & gov contracting for 1bn people by 2030 💪 #TheFutureIsOpen www.open-contracting.org/2025/03/24/m...
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Marking 10 years and $120 billion of better public procurement for people - Open Contracting Partnership
10 years ago, we launched the Open Contracting Partnership from a single desk in snowy…
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opengavin.bsky.social @opengavin.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Let's hear from the children, parents & teachers at Radist Kindergarten in Irpin, Ukraine, who have had their destroyed school rebuilt as a safe & modern playspace with the help of Ukraine’s new DREAM digital reconstruction ecosystem www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyTJ...
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A future rebuilt in Ukraine: Ruta Kindergarten rises from the ruins of war
YouTube video by Open Contracting Partnership
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opengavin.bsky.social @opengavin.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Let's hear from Laura & Grecia, residents of Villa 20, an informal settlement in Buenos Aires on how improved procurement transformed their disadvantaged neighborhood through new housing, infrastructure & community accountability www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5Xa...
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Villa 20 rising: A community shaping its own future in Argentina
YouTube video by Open Contracting Partnership
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opengavin.bsky.social @opengavin.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Let's hear from Cathyline on how open contracting helped her community in Buhanda, Uganda hold a politically connected contractor accountable, ensuring a much-needed maternity ward was built, bringing vital healthcare closer to her home. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1v6...
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Hope under construction in Uganda: Cathyline’s story
YouTube video by Open Contracting Partnership
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opengavin.bsky.social @opengavin.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
🥳We are celebrating 10 years of @opencontracting.bsky.social 💚10 years of transforming public procurement to better serve people & planet rather than bureaucracy 📈With amazing partners, we've helped improve $110bn of public spending & reach 200m lives www.open-contracting.org/2025/03/24/m...
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Marking 10 years and $120 billion of better public procurement for people - Open Contracting Partnership
10 years ago, we launched the Open Contracting Partnership from a single desk in snowy…
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