Open Contracting Partnership

Implementation & Infrastructure: We help governments with practical tools, resources and guidance on implementing open contracting at each step of the procurement reform process to get better reforms that stick. Through our in-country experts in all continents, we provide targeted and personalized support throughout the implementation journey towards more open, sustainable, and inclusive public procurement.

Advocacy & Communications: Public contracts matter. We tell compelling stories by partners and reformers worldwide about their efforts to open up and reform public contracting, using videos and graphics to help inspire the next generation of reformers and advocates. We use advocacy and communications strategies to help our community to make the case for lasting, sustainable institutional change in how public procurement is done, including supporting advocacy.

Data Products & Support Services: Through our data support team, we guide our community of government, civil society, and business experts to publish public contracting data and develop and use data analytics and monitoring tools to increase transparency, public oversight, efficiency, competition, and quality of service delivery in the government procurement market. Governments in over 30 countries are using the Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS), a free, non-proprietary open data standard to publish data and documents at all stages of the contracting process.

Community Building & Research: Our global community of engaged and empowered partners in public procurement is at the heart of our operations. We bring them together and support them to connect and exchange ideas, and continuously produce resources based on best practice, research, and our experience working across sectors and locations.