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Open Ownership's blog is the space where our colleagues, or invited guests, can share their thinking on all aspects of beneficial ownership transparency reform around the world
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European Parliament issues proposals to improve beneficial ownership data access and quality
The European Parliament has announced a range of draft proposals in its Sixth Anti-Money Laundering Directive. If adopted, these would put in place important measures to ensure that journalists, civil society organisations, and academic researchers are given meaningful access to beneficial ownership data from EU Member States
Written by Open Ownership
Published: 29 March 2023
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What can global governance teach us about beneficial ownership policy?
In this guest blog post, Angus Barry discusses how governments respond to international pressure and domestic policy goals in deciding whether and how to pass corporate transparency laws, and create effective corporate transparency systems.
Written by Angus Barry
Published: 22 March 2023
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Beneficial ownership transparency: An urgent agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean
Opening Extractives event demonstrates growing community of practice and momentum on beneficial ownership transparency in the region
Written by Lucia Cirimello, Esteban Manteca Melgarejo
Published: 22 March 2023
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Meet Mutale and Emily
Meet Mutale Mukuka and Emily Manuel, the two newest members of staff at Open Ownership
Written by Kathryn Davies
Published: 14 March 2023
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Feedback sought to help shape version 0.4 of the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard
We are continuing our work on developing the world’s leading open standard for beneficial ownership data, and are requesting technical feedback on our latest draft proposals
Written by Stephen Abbott Pugh , Kadie Armstrong
Published: 07 March 2023
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How we visualised the ownership and control of state-owned enterprises using Open Ownership tools
In this blog post, we explain how we used Open Ownership’s open source technology tools to convert publicly available information on two state-owned enterprises into structured data
Written by Emma Howard , Stephen Abbott Pugh
Published: 10 February 2023
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Analyse and reuse beneficial ownership data from the UK, Denmark or Slovakia
Open Ownership has updated our data analysis toolkit to help those using open data published in line with the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard
Written by Stephen Abbott Pugh , Kadie Armstrong , Simon Whitehouse , Emma Howard , Lewis Spurgin
Published: 14 December 2022
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Beneficial ownership transparency gets closer to the ground in Philippines workshop
In November, representatives of civil society organisations from across the Philippines gathered in Manila to participate in a training on beneficial ownership data use
Written by Karla Espinosa
Published: 06 December 2022
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Sharing experiences: December’s Leadership Group technical discussion on legislation and verification
On 1 December, the Beneficial Ownership Leadership Group held its latest technical meeting. These virtual meetings provide a space for government officials at the frontline of reform to meet peers from around the world, discuss challenges, and share experiences
Written by Louise Russell-Prywata
Published: 05 December 2022