The Open Contracting Partnership (OCP) convened a meeting in London recently to discuss its draft ‘Open Contracting Principles’. The OCP Steering Group invited a range of external participants to provide critical feedback on the Principles and consider how and when they should be launched.

The need for the Principles was identified by a broad based practitioners meeting that was held in South Africa in December 2012. They aim to build on existing norms to create a transparent, accountable, and participatory framework for contract formation, disclosure and monitoring. Robert Hunja of the World Bank Institute has written a blog about the recent OCP meeting which is available here.

The OCP Steering Group includes the World Bank Institute, GIZ, CoST, Integrity Action, Transparency International, Oxfam America and the Governments’ of Colombia and the Philippines.