![]() ![]() Next, we wanted to make the example data that Bluetail includes more relatable to our partners, too. ![]() We shared the translations on an open platform, Transifex, so that they can be reused by others. Here we had some great help from the GDMP team in Indonesia, as our Bahasa is sadly not as good as our Spanish or English just yet. Even better than that, we are able share our improvements back with the wider community, so that everyone benefits from our work: Since Bluetail is open source, we could easily get our own copy of the code and make these changes. To do this, we first needed to make some changes to the code so that it was possible, then undertake the work of translating everything. ![]() To enhance the value of Bluetail as a sales pitch for BO data, the first thing we wanted to do was translate the user interface into the languages of our partner countries: Bahasa Indonesian and Spanish. Importantly for our country engagements, it is also designed with government users in mind – giving them tools to screen tenders before awarding contracts. It is a clear example of where BO can help mitigate corruption risks in procurement. In Bluetail we saw an opportunity to make the case for open BO data. OO worked closely with mySociety and Spend Network to support Blutetail’s development, so it was natural for us to build on it for the TPS project as well. Bluetailīluetail is open source and freely available under an MIT licence. This blog will provide a quick overview of our work so far, as we prepare to step up a gear in the new year with our hiring of a local consultant, before the deadline of the project in March 2021. The aim for this project is to understand the benefits of using these prototypes in our target countries, whilst making the case for the standardisation of BO data. For this project, OO has built on Bluetail, a prototype system that uses BO, procurement, and politically exposed person (PEP) data to automatically flag corruption risks in tenders. Specifically, their prototypes worked with BO data in the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard (BODS) format and procurement data in the Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) format. GDMP commissioned mySociety and Spend Network to research and build prototypes that demonstrated what could be possible when BO data is connected to procurement data. On the tech side, OO has been helped by the Global Digital Marketplace Programme (GDMP), part of the UK Government Digital Service. OO has been working with Indonesia, Mexico, and South Africa to support their efforts to collect BO data and link it with procurement. OO’s role has been to understand and solidify the place of beneficial ownership (BO) data in these emergency processes and the recovery processes. The project is focused on developing mitigation strategies for corruption risks during the emergency procurement processes linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as building resilience for recovery. Since October, Open Ownership (OO) has been working on a project funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) called Transforming Procurement Systems (TPS).
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