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Open Ownership's blog is the space where our colleagues, or invited guests, can share their thinking on all aspects of beneficial ownership transparency reform around the world
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Reflections on the British Virgin Islands’ proposed framework for beneficial ownership disclosure
In early 2025, the British Virgin Islands government ran a public consultation that sought feedback on the rights of access to its beneficial ownership register. In this blog post, we outline suggestions to amend and strengthen the proposed policy.
Written by Rodrigo Félix Montalvo
Published: 13 March 2025
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Updating the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard RDF vocabulary to help linked data users
This blog post explains how Open Ownership and Open Data Services have updated the Resource Description Framework (RDF) vocabulary for the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard to support people who want to use beneficial ownership data in a linked format.
Written by Amy Guy
Published: 11 March 2025
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Lessons from building a prototype single-search tool for beneficial ownership registers
In this emerging thinking piece, our Data Support Manager Miranda Evans describes the lessons learned in a recent experiment by Open Ownership, building a prototype single-search tool for beneficial ownership registers.
Written by Miranda Evans
Published: 07 March 2025
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Open Ownership welcomes new team members
In this blog post, we learn more about Open Ownership’s two new colleagues, Christopher Barwa from Namibia and Maria Jofre from Chile.
Written by Open Ownership
Published: 06 February 2025
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To finance development, tax agencies need to know who owns what
Tax dodging and corruption are draining billions from development. This blog post discusses how knowing who owns what can empower tax authorities to combat illicit financial flows and secure vital funds for public services.
Written by Alanna Markle
Published: 27 January 2025
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Event – Legislating for impact: Establishing beneficial ownership transparency frameworks in Asia Pacific
Watch the recording of our hybrid event, Legislating for impact: Establishing beneficial ownership transparency frameworks in Asia Pacific, during the 2024 OGP Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting.
Written by Open Ownership
Published: 24 January 2025
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Data Standard Working Group Meeting - February 2025
Join the next Beneficial Ownership Data Standard working group call to help push the standard forward.
Written by Open Ownership
Published: 23 January 2025
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