May Oxford POGO Club Call
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For this session, we hosted the first of a series of discussions on data and transparency across various aspects of public procurement.
The Procurement of Government Outcomes (POGO) Club is a knowledge sharing initiative that is open to anyone interested in capacity building in public procurement and in collaboration to improve social outcomes. We host monthly calls, maintain a maillist, and share other resources. Participants come from many different disciplines, sectors, and countries. Our chair is Anne Davies, Dean of the Oxford Law Faculty and Professor of Law and Public Policy.
Interested? Sign up to our new POGO working groups here & join the mailing list by emailing Ruairi Macdonald. Find us on LinkedIn here.
Session recording
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Session overview
As we try to improve social outcomes or start to “build back better,” are we making good use of data on public procurement, spending, or funding in public and social services? What are these data and what does “good use” look like? What are the opportunities and challenges over the next five years?
For this month's POGO Club session, we invited leading practitioners to explore data and transparency in social value procurement. This involved a presentation on the topic, followed by a response panel. See full programme here.
Background Resources
- Oxford POGO Club (2021), Response to Green Paper on Transforming Public Procurement
- Peter Smith. Radical Transparency: The future of public procurement
- Procurement with Purpose
- Peter Smith. 2020. Bad Buying, order book here
- Spend Network. 2021. Procurement Inequality: Understanding the gender pay gap in government contracting
Please contact Ruairi Macdonald or Leigh Crowley if you have any questions.