Public and Private Development Centre

Established in 2003, Public and Private Development Centre (PPDC) is a civil society organization advocating for and facilitating integrity in public procurement, contract implementation, and public access to information. With the previous grant, PPDC successfully developed and deployed Open Contracting Data Standards (OCDS) platforms for the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Kaduna, and Ekiti states and built the capacity of stakeholders to manage the database. With this final award, PPDC continues to offer technical assistance to Kaduna and Ekiti states, as well as Adamawa State, while improving citizen capacity to demand open contracting systems. PPDC enhances transparency and accountability mechanisms in public procurement in these states by assessing procurement practices in the health and education sectors. It supports improved compliance with existing public procurement legal frameworks, disclosure mechanisms, addressing citizen grievances, and gender inclusion and responsiveness in public procurement processes. PPDC continues to air the interactive radio program Budeshi, which popularizes open contracting issues. The award enhances the participation of marginalized voices, builds community accountability practices and strong institutions, and contributes to a reduction in corruption.

PPDC is a Nigerian nonprofit for promoting citizen’s participation in governance and strengthening transparency and accountability. It has more than 10 years’ experience in advocating and campaigning on integrity issues, especially in public procurement, contract implementation and public access to information. This award supports three participants from among On Nigeria grantees to the 2019 Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Hamburg, Sept. 26-29, 2019. The GIJC is one of the largest networks of investigative journalists, researchers, media owners and civil society in the vanguard for openness, accountability, inclusion and respectable media and journalism practice across the world. The support will enhance the contributions of participants and their organizations to accountability and anticorruption in Nigeria.

PPDC is a Nigerian nonprofit for promoting citizen’s participation in governance and strengthening transparency and accountability. It has more than 10 years’ experience in advocating and campaigning on integrity issues, especially in public procurement, contract implementation and public access to information. This award supports three PPDC’s staffers to the 2019 summit of Open Government Partnership; a multi-stakeholder initiative for openness, inclusion, transparency and accountability in public sector. The conference draws participants from government, development partners, civil society, media, academia and researchers to share knowledge, learning, and co-create new approaches for openness, transparency, accountability. Participation will improve capacity of key staff, networking and contributions of PPDC to accountability through the OGP processes in Nigeria.

Public and Private Development Centre (PPDC) began operations in Nigeria in 2001 as a nonprofit to promote the public’s participation in governance processes and improve ethics and integrity in the public and private sectors. With this award, PPDC is focusing on the National Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) and the Kaduna and Ekiti States Universal Education Commissions to promote transparency and accountability and reduce corruption in basic education. PPDC continues to build on support for an open contracting data management system for the Universal Basic Education Commission and Kaduna State. PPDC is expanding its work to Ekiti State to develop an open contracting data management system that enables the government to strengthen education and other social sector services. This award is part of a larger package of complementary awards that is expected to increase transparency in education finances in select states, strengthen local accountability practices, and contribute to a reduction in corruption.

Public and Private Development Centre (PPDC) began operations in Nigeria in 2001 as a nonprofit to promote citizens’ participation in governance processes and improve ethics and integrity in the public and private sectors. It is one of the leading organizations in Nigeria dedicated to promoting wider public participation in procurement as a way to curb corruption. With the goal of promoting effective and efficient utilization of public funds in the education sector, PPDC is focusing on the National Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) and Kaduna and Lagos States Universal Education Commission to reduce grand and retail corruption in basic education. To accomplish this, PPDC is developing and deploying Open Data Contracting Standards that allow procurement and budget data to be clearly and openly linked to the public infrastructure and services for basic education. This award is part of a larger package of complementary awards that is expected to increase transparency in education finances in select states, strengthen local accountability practices, and contribute to a reduction in corruption.