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How to use this toolkit
What is Open SPP?
What our users told us
Plan
Establish an enabling environment 
Prioritize
Monitoring & evaluation
Build support and capabilities
Create an Action Plan 
Implement
Assess needs
Choose a procurement method
Engage with the market
Set sustainability criteria
Prepare contract obligations
Monitor implementation
Open data & measuring progress
Options for data use 
SPP uptake
Carbon reduction
Gender inclusion
Life cycle costing
Economic Development
Sector guidance
Construction sector
ICT sectorResources
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Downloadable tools
Resource directory
Case study database
Guide to ecolabels 
Open SPP FAQs
The program offers volunteer citizens a course through which they become accredited to carry out monitoring activities. Monitoring activities include assessing the information that the government publishes regarding the procurement of public works, and visiting building sites to ensure compliance with contract conditions. Volunteers can then report cases of non-compliance through a government portal. This open government mechanism has made it possible to respond to the population’s key complaints, including: corruption in the execution of works, access to public information, outdated public information systems, and the lack of transparency in relation to the use of public funds.
In 2020, there were over 10,000 accredited volunteers, who had visited over 1,900 public works, and verified access to information in more than 1,000 public investment processes. As a result of these activities, 4,457 alerts have been issued on situations of non-compliance, which have resulted in visits to construction sites and remote monitoring activities.
The program is seen as excellent value for money. It is now managed by 32 employees, and the investment increasing with time from US$17,770 in 2017, to US$87,851 in 2020.