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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.

  • Principles for effective beneficial ownership disclosure

    The Open Ownership Principles set out best practice standards for effective beneficial ownership disclosure. They are intended to support governments implementing effective beneficial ownership transparency reforms and guide international institutions in understanding and supporting this work

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    Guidance

    Guide to implementing beneficial ownership transparency

    Expert advice for implementing beneficial ownership transparency, covering the full journey from commitment to data use

    Published: 01 July 2021

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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    News article Opening Extractives

    Implementation checklist: Creating a public beneficial ownership register

    Open Ownership has developed a checklist for implementers looking to creating a public beneficial ownership register

    Written by Peter Low

    Published: 06 September 2022

Latest publications

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    Enhancing beneficial ownership data collection and use in Nigeria

    This report provides a comprehensive assessment of Nigeria’s beneficial ownership transparency implementation. It identifies strategic opportunities for enhancement, and offers actionable recommendations to institutionalise current gains, strengthen data integrity, and maximise the register’s impact on anti-corruption and governance efforts.

    Written by Stanley Achonu, Favour Ime

    Published: 30 April 2026

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    Publication

    Leveraging shareholder data for beneficial ownership transparency

    This working paper examines how shareholder information can be leveraged to strengthen beneficial ownership transparency and improve understanding corporate structures or networks.

    Written by Maria Jofre , Tymon Kiepe

    Published: 28 April 2026

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    Briefing

    Effective access to beneficial ownership information

    Taking into account ongoing debates about the balance between privacy and access to information, this briefing offers considerations for developing a beneficial ownership access regime – including to whom beneficial ownership information should be accessible, for which purpose, and in what ways – in order to create systems that are effective, responsible, and sustainable.

    Written by Julie Rialet , Tymon Kiepe

    Published: 16 April 2026

Latest news

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    News article

    European Union takes important steps towards standardised and interoperable beneficial ownership information

    European Union adopts new anti-money laundering package with interesting developments

    Written by Open Ownership

    Published: 25 April 2024

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    News article United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC)

    Beneficial ownership transparency events at the 10th Conference of States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption

    A planner for beneficial ownership transparency events at the CoSP10 in December 2023

    Written by Open Ownership

    Published: 16 November 2023

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    News article Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

    Canada passes law to create public beneficial ownership register

    Canada has passed landmark legislation to create a national public beneficial ownership register. It amends the Canada Business Corporations Act to require companies to make details about the real people who own or control corporations public

    Written by Open Ownership

    Published: 06 November 2023

Latest blog posts

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    Beneficial ownership and business register reform in Zambia: Announcing our new partnership with PACRA

    In this blog post, Miranda Evans introduces our recent partnership with Zambia's Patents and Companies Registration Agency and the German Agency for International Cooperation in Zambia to overhaul how PACRA collects data on the real owners of corporate entities

    Written by Miranda Evans

    Published: 06 March 2026

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    Emerging thinking Tax

    Considerations for creating a global register to support better international tax cooperation

    In this emerging thinking piece, we set out key considerations for connecting information to understand transnational beneficial ownership networks, including through the creation of a global register

    Written by Tymon Kiepe

    Published: 10 November 2025

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    Blog post

    Building momentum: Beneficial ownership commitments at FfD4 and the path forward

    In this blog post, we discuss the beneficial ownership transparency commitments the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development agreed upon to tackle illicit financial flows and improve domestic resource mobilisation

    Written by Open Ownership

    Published: 08 July 2025

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