Have often been amazed how few Mongolians have read actual agreement even tho it has been available & some sections quite readable.
Points to central need to support engagement-thru-analysis beyond making data available.
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NRGI (@Dorjdari) has done this in various forms, analyses made available to public, but even that w/ ltd reach. Another approach: training of journalists (national & local) to build capacity to analyze contracts, EITI etc. Some GIZ efforts on that.
Are there other countries with good examples on this? @davidmihalyi @DavidManleyEcon @Open_Oil @SwahiliStreet @ElisaPeter @aidan_davy @GavinHayman_GW @opencontracting ?
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There are a few. In Paraguay, the procurement agency realized that training of civil society and journalists was key so that the data gets used. Understanding first what info is of interest crucial thoughhttps://medium.com/open-contracting-stories/paraguays-transparency-alchemists-623c8e3c538f …
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At this time of serious corruption accusations, rhetorics and investigations RT could proactively disclose its suppliers and prove it does not deal with companies of politicians who made decisions on OT
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All kinds of proactive disclosure that wld be even more helpful now than before!
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There are many ways to approach this depending on the policy context. That said the increase of contract disclosure has helped getting from speculation ("What deal was signed?") to more informed analysis & modeling work *much faster*. Example --> (1/2)
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In October 2016 Guyana revised an agreement with Exxon, Hess, Cnooc: http://resourcecontracts.org/contract/ocds-591adf-1399550295 … The contract was later disclosed &
@OpenOil released a model this March: http://openoil.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/oo_gy_stabroek_narrative_v1.0_180315_1025_jw.pdf … (2/2)
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