Uncovering Spending in Public Contracts
Over the past 15 years, OGP has helped establish open contracting as a global norm. Collectively, 59 percent of OGP countries are currently disclosing contracting data in Open Contracting Data Standard format.
The Open Gov Guide
The Open Gov Guide is the go-to resource for open government reformers. The guide provides concrete recommendations for policy makers, civil society representatives, and more on how to apply open government principles to real-world challenges. Readers can also use the guide to learn more about how governments at the national and local level are putting these values into practice through OGP action plans and beyond.
Learn more about this policy area in the “Open Contracting” chapter of the Open Gov Guide.
Challenge Commitments
As part of the Open Gov Challenge, the OGP Support Unit would like to recognize some of the most inspiring commitments made by participants to date. Read more about these exciting reforms on open contracting below.
For a full list of Challenge commitments submitted by members, visit our Open Gov Challenge Commitment Tracker.
BRAZIL
Open Contracting for Federal Infrastructure Projects
This commitment will address the lack of transparency and enhance CSO collaboration in the public procurement of federal infrastructure projects in Brazil. The government will apply open contracting principles to federal infrastructure projects by improving the public procurement portal and disclosing information for all projects.
PHILIPPINES
Improve Data Availability, Interoperability, and Public Participation in Procurement
The Philippines’ public procurement portal currently has gaps in data availability and accessibility, which makes it difficult to identify corruption and inefficiencies in contracting. The government committed to improve the portal by using the Open Contracting Data Standard, making it easier for the public to share feedback on high-risk areas, publicly disclosing beneficial ownership information, and focusing on interoperability.
SANTIAGO DE CALI, COLOMBIA
Open Contracting for Infrastructure Projects in Santiago de Cali
Santiago de Cali (Colombia) aims to increase competition in its public procurement process. The government will build a tool to centralize and publish contracting data and increase outreach to new bidders in the community. Build Public Dashboards for Open Contracting DataUNITED KINGDOM
Building on its current action plan, the United Kingdom aims to centralize public procurement data collected through the new Procurement Act into publicly available dashboards. The dashboards will make it easier to track Open Contracting Partnership red flag indicators and other key metrics, allowing civil society and government oversight bodies to monitor contracts across the procurement cycle.
All Commitments by OGP Members
Explore all open contracting commitments from OGP members.
The following list reflects commitments submitted through national or local action plans. For more details, visit OGP’s Data Dashboard.
Filter the commitments according to three categories evaluated by the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM): ambition, completion, and early results.
- Ambition: Beginning with 2020 action plans, the IRM assesses ambition using an indicator called “Potential for Results.” This indicator is an early marker of a commitment’s potential to yield meaningful results, based on how the commitment is articulated in the action plan and the state of play in the respective policy area.
- Completion: For each commitment, OGP’s Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) evaluates the degree to which the activities outlined in the commitment were implemented.
- Early Results: Beginning with 2021 action plans, the IRM assesses commitment results using an indicator called “Early Results”. This indicator compares the state of transparency, citizen participation, and/or public accountability before the action plan with the state at the end of the action plan.
Commitment List
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| Country/Locality | Year | Commitment Title | More |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estonia | 2025 | Improving the quality of public digital services | + |
| Indonesia | 2025 | Monitoring of Government Procurement of Goods and Services Systems | + |
| Armenia | 2025 | E-procurement system: Automated transfer of data of beneficial owners | + |
| Peru | 2025 | Develop a Public Procurement Observatory | + |
| Peru | 2025 | Institutionalizing multi-sectoral oversight in public procurement | + |
What is this showing?
This table shows all commitments that match the filters selected at the top of the page. At least one filter must be selected to populate this table. Use the tags above the table to further filter by commitment quality (e.g. ambitious, complete). Click on commitment titles to learn more about each commitment. Click on “Featured” icons to access stories, where available.
Why is this data helpful? (why did we choose it?)
This table enables finding existing commitments in specific policy areas, regions, and years, as well as top-performing commitments by using the built-in table filters.
How is this calculated?
The commitment performance metrics (e.g. ambitious, complete) are derived directly from IRM reports. See the terms below for details. The Year field shows the year in which the commitment was first submitted. Icons in the Featured field indicate that a story is available on the OGP website.
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