Open Gov Challenge: Honduras
Increase Citizen Monitoring of Public Infrastructure
What’s the issue? There is limited access to reliable, complete and comparable data on contracts and infrastructure projects in Honduras.
What’s the plan? This commitment will make this data more accessible by publishing information on the entire project cycle, in line with the Open ContractingA transparent procurement process, known as open contracting, increases competition, improves public service delivery, and ensures governments better value for their money. Technical specifications: C... Data Standard for Infrastructure. The government also aims to raise public awareness of this data to promote citizen monitoring and control of public infrastructure projects.
Why is this ambitious? This commitmentOGP commitments are promises for reform co-created by governments and civil society and submitted as part of an action plan. Commitments typically include a description of the problem, concrete action... has the potential to increase public engagement in public infrastructure contracts throughout the entire project cycle, which is key to detecting corruption and inefficiencies in procurement.
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