Open Ownership

One week to go until #OpenGovWeek 🌍 As we celebrate 15 years of OGP, it’s the perfect moment to spotlight the ideas, energy, and people driving transparency, accountability, and citizen participation forward. 👉 Submit your event: opengovweek.org/submit-an-event #OpenGovWeek #OGP15

🗞️ Open Ownership’s #Disclosure newsletter is relaunching soon! Look out for the new revamped version hitting your inbox in the coming days. For now, find the latest editions: bit.ly/Disclosure-Arc… And register for regular updates: bit.ly/DisclosureSign…

💡 This year, we launched the #BeneficialOwnership #Transparency Evidence and Measurement (BEAM) Programme: an initiative to expand the evidence base for the impact of BOT through collaboration, resources, and country programming. Find out more: openownership.org/en/blog/from-r…

🔓 Effective access should be: ➡️ user-centred – meaning information is usable by a wide range of actors, and ➡️ responsible – appropriately balancing transparency with privacy and #DataProtection

🔑 Who should be able to access it? Considering relevant legal frameworks and international standards to determine user groups 🔑 How should it be used? Understanding user needs and design appropriate features and safeguards to maximise data usability and impact

🔒 Access matters in #BeneficialOwnership #transparency. In our latest blog post, we explore highlights from our recent policy briefing on the subject. Find out more in the thread below, and read the full piece: openownership.org/en/blog/access…

The report identifies strategic opportunities for enhancement, and offers actionable recommendations to institutionalise current gains, strengthen data integrity, and maximise the register’s impact on anti-corruption and governance efforts.

In this report, Open Ownership provides a comprehensive assessment of Nigeria’s beneficial ownership transparency implementation.

#Nigeria has demonstrated exceptional leadership in corporate #transparency by becoming the first country in Africa to establish a comprehensive, publicly accessible, and free #BeneficialOwnership Register. Find out more below, and read our latest report: openownership.org/en/publication…

2 weeks to go until #OpenGovWeek 🌍 15 years of turning openness into concrete reforms that strengthen transparency, accountability, & citizen participation. There’s still time to be part of it. 📷 Submit your event and join the programme: opengovweek.org/submit-an-event #OGP15

We are grateful to Zambia’s @pacrazambia and Estonia’s Centre of Registers and Information Systems (RIK) for making this research possible. Read the paper above to find out more.

Drawing on two case studies in #Estonia and #Zambia, the paper outlines how high-quality, centralised shareholder data can support beneficial ownership regimes by enabling verification; reducing compliance burdens and costs; and avoiding duplication of information.

In our latest working paper, we examine how shareholder information can be leveraged to strengthen #BeneficialOwnership #transparency and improve understanding corporate structures or networks. Find out more in the thread below, and read the full piece: openownership.org/en/publication…

In this first blog post on the project, we explain why we’re taking this approach, how we got here, and what to expect the project to deliver in the coming months. Find out more at the link above.

OO is supporting the Zambian government to build the foundations of a system that will serve PACRA to digitise hundreds of services offered to 900,000 companies registered in Zambia within the next three years.

Zambia: towards a world-class business register For the next 12 months, we will be working closely with @pacrazambia and @giz_gmbh Zambia to build a one-of-its-kind business register to enable #BeneficialOwnership #transparency. openownership.org/en/blog/benefi…

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Three weeks to go until #OpenGovWeek 🌍 Open Gov Week is a chance to bring that progress to life. Through action, collaboration, and the exchange of ideas. Want to get involved? Now’s the time to host your event. 👉 opengovweek.org/submit-an-event #OpenGovWeek #OGP15

🌏 Consultancy opportunity! EITI is seeking a Project Consultant for #CentralAsia to support #transparency & accountability in the extractive sector. The consultant will support EITI implementation, preparation for Validations & more. Apply by 12 May 👉 eiti.org/offers/consult…