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Implementation

​Open Ownership’s technical and policy experts provide support and guidance on all aspects of how to implement beneficial ownership transparency reforms.

This page features some of our most-used tools and guidance, including the Open Ownership Principles and an overview of our Opening Extractives programme, undertaken jointly with the EITI. Grey tags such as 'Guidance' will take you to all content in that category. You can also browse our full range of resources which support implementation using the search function.

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    Guidance

    Guide to implementing beneficial ownership transparency

    This guide provides resources for those implementing beneficial ownership transparency. It covers the full implementation journey, including initial commitments, developing a robust legal framework, designing data collection systems, building registers and making data available

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    Principles for effective beneficial ownership disclosure - updated January 2023

    The Open Ownership Principles set out best practice standards for effective beneficial ownership disclosure

Implementation in practice

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    Opening Extractives

    Opening Extractives is an ambitious global programme aiming to transform the availability and use of beneficial ownership data for effective governance in the extractive sector

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    Forms

    Beneficial ownership declaration forms: Guide for regulators and designers

    This guide introduces a number of challenges for regulators and designers to consider when developing beneficial ownership declaration forms

    Published: 17 March 2021

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    Tools

    Beneficial ownership disclosure workbook

    This short, accessible workbook contains scenarios and illustrations on fictional company ownership structures

    Written by Kadie Armstrong

Latest publications

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    Briefing

    Beneficial ownership transparency and data protection in South Africa

    This policy briefing interrogates whether beneficial ownership transparency accommodates protection of personal information in South Africa

    Written by Amanda Manyame

    Published: 09 January 2023

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    Publication Opening Extractives

    Advancing beneficial ownership transparency: Opening Extractives progress report 2021/22

    Documenting the first year of the Opening Extractives programme’s implementation across 10 countries, including how countries have modernised data collection tools, improved disclosure systems, supported evidence-based advocacy and strengthened stakeholder capacity through peer learning

    Published: 16 December 2022

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    Publication Opening Extractives

    Senegal: Scoping assessment

    This report summarises findings from Open Ownership’s scoping study into beneficial ownership transparency in Senegal in 2022

    Written by Michael Barron, Moussa Gueye, Favour Ime , Tim Law

    Published: 10 November 2022

Latest blog posts

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    Blog post Opening Extractives

    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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    Blog post Beneficial Ownership Leadership Group

    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

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    Blog post Opening Extractives

    Using beneficial ownership data analysis tools to understand, investigate and visualise ownership structures

    In October and November, Open Ownership organised the first-of-its-kind workshop series to share the importance of structured beneficial ownership data

    Written by Agustina De Luca , Stephen Abbott Pugh

    Published: 23 November 2022

Latest news

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    News article

    Publication of revised Open Ownership Principles

    Open Ownership has released an updated version of its Principles for effective beneficial ownership disclosure in January 2023

    Written by Alanna Markle , Tymon Kiepe

    Published: 17 January 2023

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    News article Opening Extractives

    Designing verification systems: A sample implementation checklist for beneficial ownership data

    This document provides a suggested task list for implementing a very wide range of verification mechanisms

    Written by Peter Low

    Published: 06 September 2022

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    News article Opening Extractives

    Implementation checklist: Creating a public beneficial ownership register

    To assist with implementation planning, Open Ownership has developed the following task list which illustrates the typical reforms that governments will need to consider

    Written by Peter Low

    Published: 06 September 2022

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