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.
Summer Conference Event
— Training Workshop
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
— Roundtable
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 […]
Symposium Event
— Masterclass
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.
