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An RDF vocabulary for beneficial ownership data, created with Blue Anvil

blogs Stephen Abbott Pugh · Feb 2022

One of Open Ownership’s Principles for Effective Beneficial Ownership Disclosure is that beneficial ownership data becomes more useful when it is available in a structured format.

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Meet two of the newest staff at Open Ownership

blogs Open Ownership · Feb 2022

This week’s blog post gives an informal insight into two of Open Ownership’s newest members of staff: Alanna Markle, our new Policy and Research Associate, and Cara Marks, our new Communications and Fundraising Associate. Learn where they came from, why...

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Opening up data: How Open Ownership works with Open Data Services to build the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard

blogs Kathryn Davies · Feb 2022

*In 2016 Open Ownership (OO) started working with Open Data Services (ODS), a worker co-operative that helps people to publish and use open data. In this blog post, Thom Townsend, our Executive Director, reflects on the relationship - how it...

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Beneficial ownership: Progress in Colombia

blogs Peter Low · Feb 2022

This blog post talks about the beneficial ownership reform and progress in Colombia, and will be of interest to governments, implementing agencies, and civil society organisations engaged in this work. Peter Low is our Latin America Country Manager, and this...

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The new UNCAC resolution on beneficial ownership: a real step forward

blogs Louise Russell-Prywata · Jan 2022

In December 2021, at the 9th Conference of States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), the States Parties approved a new resolution on beneficial ownership. The full text of the resolution has just been published, entitled “Enhancing...

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What if everyone knew who owned and controlled companies?

blogs Alanna Markle · Dec 2021

Have you ever looked at a news story about a government contract, a political advertisement, or an anonymous social media post and wanted to know: who is benefiting from this? In most societies, information about who truly owns and controls...

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