[okfn-br] Fwd: [OKFN-Local-Coord] Governments supportive of public registries of beneficial ownership?

Quinta Agosto 22 14:43:52 UTC 2013

Tom,

sem dúvidas essas são boas justificativas para pressionar pela abertura de
dados sobre empresas no Brasil.
Infelizmente, até onde sei, ninguém do Ministério do Planejamento vai ao
encontro da OGP em Londres.

Abraços,
Augusto Herrmann
Time de dados abertos - SLTI/MP

On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 12:58 AM, Everton Zanella Alvarenga <
everton.alvarenga em okfn.org> wrote:

> 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 <jonathan.gray em okfn.org>
> Date: 2013/8/21
> Subject: [OKFN-Local-Coord] Governments supportive of public registries of
> beneficial ownership?
> To: Open Knowledge Foundation Local Coordinators Mailing List <
> okfn-local-coord em lists.okfn.org>
>
>
> 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/
>
>
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>
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>
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