The Commission and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development are joining forces with Open Contracting Partnership, public authorities and local civil society organisations to employ emerging technologies and innovative open data approach to address governments’ analytical challenges in respect to public procurement information and to facilitate easy access and availability of data on public procurement and public contracts.
The initiative will focus on developing innovative digital solutions for setting-up and developing a robust system of online and automated public procurement data collection and publication for analytical and monitoring purposes, in particular in relation to projects involving cohesion policy funding.