The Open Data Charter has collaborated with the government of Mexico, Transparencia-Mexicana and Cívica Digital, to test how open data can be used to combat corruption in Mexico. The project involves implementing the Charter’s Anti-Corruption Open Up Guide.
When money that should be spent on government services ends up in the hands of dishonest officials, it can have a damaging impact on political, economic and social spheres. Corruption is driven by networks of individuals, professional intermediaries and organised structures. In order to tackle this crime, it’s important to understand, identify and dismantle such networks, and to have legislation and preventive systems that discourage their formation. Corruption schemes frequently rely upon the law to secure ownership of companies, land and assets used to launder their proceeds. Opening up and using, government datasets can provide the information needed to prevent and fight corruption.
At the heart of the Anti-Corruption Open Up Guide is a list of the top 30 types of dataset that can be used for anti-corruption purposes, along with the features that each dataset needs to have in order to be effective.
