Topic Guide: Public Procurement

Open Contracting Partnership http://www.open-contracting.org

The Open Contracting Partnership brings together a broad range of stakeholders which also includes civil society. The Open Contracting platform operates a so-called community of practice which offers a social media-based space where interested stakeholders from civil society, government, private sector, media, academia and others to share, learn, connect and collaborate around experiences in open contracting. Apart from the community of practice, the Open Contracting portal offers access to the global principles (listed in the standards, principles and guidelines section above), and an Open Contracting data standard. The latter will ensure that partners across the world can gain access to joined-up data, supported by an ecosystem of tools and services, rather than facing many silos of disjointed contracting data. Tools for implementing open contracting standards, as well as research and measurement tools are not yet readily available for online access and download. It is understood that this is planned to be made available in the nearer future.