Project Details


WSIS Prizes Contest 2018 Nominee

National Open Contracting Platform


Description

Mexico has been an Open Contracting Champion since the launching of the Open Contracting Partnership. In 2013 the country officially adopted the Open Contracting Principles, and since then, it has worked through a multi stakeholder initiative officially known as the Open Contracting Alliance MX, to:
- Build a multistakeholder mechanism to promote and follow up on the implementation of the Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) in Mexico
- Adequate the OCDS to the Mexican legal framework and existing regulations
- Implement the OCDS in priority infrastructure projects
- Develop and adapt regulations to the open contracting regime, and
Achieve a full fledged implementation of the OCDS for all federal government contracts.

In november 2017, the Mexican Government achieved all these objectives through the launch of the Open Contracting National Platform www.gob.mx/contratacionesabiertas, through which all federal contracts starting from January 1st, 2017 be are now being published in the OCDS format through a visualization platform that enable citizens a quick search and understanding of how contracts are being implemented in the country, as well as advanced functionalities for developers to use the data standard in third party initiatives to promote greater accountability and public integrity in Mexico.

Project website

https://www.gob.mx/contratacionesabiertas/home#!/


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Action lines related to this project
  • AL C1. The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development 2018
Sustainable development goals related to this project
  • Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions

Coverage
  • Mexico

Status

Completed

Start date

08 November 2017

End date

30 November 2018


Entity name

Coordination of the National Digital Strategy

Entity country—type

Mexico Government

Entity website

https://www.gob.mx/mexicodigital/

Partners

Ministry of Public Administration, Ministry of Finance, civil society organization Transparencia Mexicana, the National Institute for Transparency, Access to Information and Personal Data Protection (INAI), the Open Contracting Partnership (OCP) and the World Bank.