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Step Up’s 5 Case Studies Published by HIVOS

Five case studies that were part of the research paper on Open Contracting and Inclusion were published by HIVOS. The research project, managed by Step Up Consulting, was led by Michael Canares, Strategy Advisor of Step Up Consulting and Francois Van Schalkwyk of Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

As can be remembered, Miko (Michael) and Francois wrote the research paper “Open Contracting and Inclusion – A Synthesis Study” published by HIVOS two months ago. The five case studies that were the basis of the synthesis papers are as follows (click on the link to access the case studies):

  1. Bandung, Indonesia: an open contracting pilot project implemented the City of Bandung with the support of the World Bank and the National Procurement Agency. The citizen engagement component of the project was implemented by World Wide Web Foundation’s Open Data Lab Jakarta, the aim of which is to cultivate use of published contracting data by the city government of Bandung, Indonesia.  (download here)
  2. Bantay Kita, Philippines: Open mining governance to increase access, understanding and use of mining contract data in Cebu and Palawan provinces in the Philippines. (download here)
  3. Budeshi, Nigeria aims to ensure that public service delivery in Nigeria is opened to public scrutiny. Budeshi also requires that data across the budget and procurement processes are structured enough to enable various stages to be linked to each other and, eventually, to public services. (download here)
  4. Preferential Procurement, South Africa: Public procurement regulations introduced by the national government in 2017 stipulating that at least 30% of the value of all government contracts of ZAR30 million or more must be subcontracted to specified disadvantaged groups, including youth and women. (download here)
  5. Access to Government Procurement Opportunities, Kenya: Public procurement regulations introduced by the national government in 2013 stipulating that at least 30% of all government contracts must be subcontracted to specified disadvantaged groups, including youth and women. (download here)