Shining a Light on the Dark Work of Shadow Companies
The UK leads the way with a pioneering beneficial ownership register, in an effort to stem corruption and strengthen measures against money laundering and tax evasion.
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OpenCoesione: Making EU Funds Expenditure More Transparent
Italy’s online platform OpenCoesione publishes both budgets and expenditures of European Union Cohesion Funds and Italian National Funds for territorial development to make public spending more transparent for its citizens.
Algorithm Accountability: What Government Can Do Right Now
In France, the Digital Republic Law requires that all algorithms used by the government be made open and accessible to the public. Etalab has produced guidance for government agencies on the legal framework and how to publish this information, and is working on practical guidance to build public registers of algorithms. Through this work, France’s citizens can start to see how the government uses algorithms to make decisions that may impact them, laying the groundwork for greater accountability.