Bem interessante, Everton! Tem tudo a ver com o Proprietários, sim. Já me cadastrei na lista openspending e mando um email dizendo o que estamos fazendo e como podemos somar aqui no Brasil pra lá em breve... []s
2013/8/22 Everton Zanella Alvarenga <[email protected]> > Isso me parece bem interessante para o pessoal do Proprietários do Brasil. > > Adriano e Alan, seria legal levarmos o que tem ocorrido nesse sentido aqui > no Brasil para a OKCon, o que vocês têm feito por aqui e as dificuldades. > > E quem for no encontro da OGP em Londres, em outubro, poderia levar o tema > na perspectiva do Brasil. Aliás, quem do Brasil vai? (Lembro que alguém > mencionou a Carol da W3C Brasil. Estou certo? Alguém mais?) > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jonathan Gray <[email protected]> > Date: 2013/8/21 > Subject: [OKFN-Local-Coord] Governments supportive of public registries of > beneficial ownership? > To: Open Knowledge Foundation Local Coordinators Mailing List < > [email protected]> > > > Hello local coordinators! > > I just posted this on the OKF blog, which might be of interest to some of > you (copied below): > > > http://blog.okfn.org/2013/08/21/beneficial-ownership-registries-should-be-published-as-open-data/ > > As it says in the post, we are planning to do more in this area over the > coming weeks and months. > > In the first instance we're trying to find out if we can rally any more > national governments to come out in support of beneficial ownership at the > OGP this autumn, for a session on beneficial ownership as part of the > official summit in the UK. > > If anyone has any suggestions on this front - then I'd love to hear from > you! > > For example we've heard that in principle Italy might be supportive, but > we don't know who to talk to. We'd also be interested to hear from > countries with open government initiatives in the global south - e.g. > Brazil? > > All the best, > > Jonathan > > > --------- Forwarded message ---------- > > Beneficial ownership registries should be published as open data > August 21, 2013 in Campaigning<http://blog.okfn.org/category/campaigning/> > , Featured <http://blog.okfn.org/category/featured/>, Open > Data<http://blog.okfn.org/category/open-data/> > , Open Government Data<http://blog.okfn.org/category/open-government-data/> > , Policy <http://blog.okfn.org/category/policy/>, Public > Money<http://blog.okfn.org/category/campaigning/public-money/> > > In the coming months many governments around the world will decide whether > databases of who really owns and controls companies should be made public > or not. > > As we’ve said > before<http://blog.okfn.org/2013/06/25/what-data-needs-to-be-opened-up-to-tackle-tax-havens/>, > we think registers of ‘beneficial > ownership<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beneficial_ownership>‘ > (i.e. registers of who really stands to benefit from company ownership, not > just whomever it is convenient or expedient to list) should be published as > open data. > > *We call on open data and transparency advocates around the world to join > us in asking their governments to take action on this issue, and to push > for concrete commitments to publish registries of beneficial ownership > publicly, as open, machine readable databases.* > > A visualisation of legal entities that are part of the same corporate > grouping > fromOpenCorporates<http://opencorporates.com/viz/financial/index.html#goldman//2652> > Who gets to see who really owns companies? > > In June G8 countries committed to cracking down on hidden company > ownership. > > The Lough Erne > Declaration<https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/g8-lough-erne-declaration/g8-lough-erne-declaration-html-version> > and principles to prevent the misuse of > companies<https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/g8-action-plan-principles-to-prevent-the-misuse-of-companies-and-legal-arrangements/g8-action-plan-principles-to-prevent-the-misuse-of-companies-and-legal-arrangements> > from > the G8 both allude to better information sharing between tax authorities, > and state that tax collectors, law enforcers, financial intelligence units, > and financial institutions should be able to access information on who > really owns companies. > > But what about the rest of us? Shouldn’t journalists, campaigners and > citizens have access to information about who really owns companies – in > order to investigate illicit and unfair behaviour and to push for change? > The advantages of public registries > > We think that there are many advantages to having public registries of > beneficial ownership information. > > Firstly, *public registries would enable the media and civil society to > hold companies to account* – by helping them to identify corruption and > illicit activity. > > Secondly, studies by the UK, the EU and Global > Witness<http://www.globalwitness.org/sites/default/files/library/Anonymous%20Companies%20Global%20Witness%20briefing.pdf> > suggest > that *public registries would be significantly more cost effective than > the status quo*. > > Thirdly, *public registries will impose no additional administrative > burden on companies* – entailing only small modifications to existing > processes. > Making them public is not enough – they must be published as open data > > For registries of beneficial ownership to have maximum impact, we think it > is essential that they are published as *machine readable open databases*. > > Users of the data must be able to analyse the data and to easily cross > reference and combine datasets from different sources. Hence it is > essential that they are machine readable, and available for downloading in > bulk (as per the Open Definition <http://opendefinition.org/okd/>), > rather than published as non-machine-readable documents or through a search > interface which limits querying. > > Furthermore the data should be openly > licensed<http://opendefinition.org/licenses/> to > enable people to use it, republish it, and combine it with other datasets. > We think is essential if we are to gradually piece together a *shared, > collaborative ecosystem of data about companies and their activity around > the world*. > Now is time to act > > There are several major opportunities to make progress on this issue in > the coming months: > > - The *UK* currently has an open > consultation<https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/company-ownership-transparency-and-trust-discussion-paper> > on > beneficial ownership (closing 16th September 2013), which explicitly asks > for views on whether the registry should be made public. If you’re in the > UK and want to see the registry being made public as open data, we strongly > encourage you to > respond<https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/company-ownership-transparency-and-trust-discussion-paper> > with > arguments and evidence about why this matters. If the UK commits to making > registries public, then it is much more likely that other countries will > follow. > - The *EU* is also in the process of updating and improving its Anti > Money Laundering > Directive<http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/company/financial-crime/index_en.htm>, > which represents a major opportunity to increase transparency of beneficial > ownership in Europe. > - For the *Open Government Partnership partner countries*, the Open > Government Partnership > Summit<http://www.opengovpartnership.org/ogp-london-annual-summit> this > autumn will provide an opportune moment for governments to announce their > commitments to public registries of beneficial ownership. We hope to see as > many governments and civil society organisations as possible coming out in > support of public registries, published in accordance with open data > principles. > > You’ll be hearing more from us on this issue in the coming weeks and > months, so watch this space! If you’re interested in discussing this with > us, you can join our public > openspending<http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/openspending> > list. > Original post: > http://blog.okfn.org/2013/08/21/beneficial-ownership-registries-should-be-published-as-open-data/ > > > -- > > Jonathan Gray > > Director of Policy and Ideas | @jwyg <https://twitter.com/jwyg> > > The Open Knowledge Foundation <http://okfn.org/> > > Empowering through Open Knowledge > > okfn.org | @okfn <http://twitter.com/OKFN> | OKF on > Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/OKFNetwork> | > Blog <http://blog.okfn.org/> | Newsletter<http://okfn.org/about/newsletter> > > _______________________________________________ > OKFN-Local-Coord mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-local-coord > Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-local-coord > > > > > -- > Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom) > OKF Brasil - Rede pelo Conhecimento Livre > http://br.okfn.org > -- •[email protected]•
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