Georg Neumann
Georg Neumann heads communications at the Open Contracting Partnership. Previously, he led on digital and strategic communications at the Inter-American Development Bank and at Transparency International. He has written for a German journal on Latin America and online news websites. He worked in development projects in Mexico and Morocco and holds a Masters in Strategic Economic and Social Communications from Berlin’s University of Fine Arts.
Past courses
Summer Conference Event
— Training Workshop
7 July 2021
Investigating Covid Contracts
The COVID-19 response has put a spotlight on health sector spending, be it protective equipment for front-line staff, vaccines, or medicines. Globally, US $13 trillion is spent on contracts with private companies each year and spending on health is one of the largest areas – and also one of the most opaque.
Symposium Event
— Masterclass
19 November 2020
Investigating Procurement
The global response to COVID-19 has put procurement in the spotlight. Masks, school lunches, potholes: that’s where the government put taxpayer’s money to work. Globally, US $13 trillion is spent on contracts with private companies.
Symposium Event
— Roundtable
17 November 2020
Building Databases for Transparency
From troves of leaked documents to huge datasets and scraped collations of public records, what are the priorities of those that need these resources to dig deeper and use the information to hold the powerful to account, and to what extent do those needs fit with the possibilities and opportunities available to the experts working […]
