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

Quinta Agosto 22 18:37:20 UTC 2013

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 <everton.alvarenga em okfn.org>

> 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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> Jonathan Gray
>
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