Open data

Our main challenge was related to data availability: closed formats datasets, asset disclosure forms in diverse formats (handwritten, PDF, scan and photographs), lack of beneficial ownership data, operability of links, delivery of information from public agencies and denial of public access to certain data. However, we overcame these obstacles by manually uploading the information to set up our database and run our cross-checks.

Data availability and open sources formats are essential to enforce the human right of access to public information.

EITI is the global standard to promote the open and accountable management of oil, gas and mineral resources. Guided by the belief that a country’s natural resources belong to its citizens, the EITI has established a global standard to promote the open and accountable management of oil, gas and mineral resources. The EITI Standard requires the disclosure of information along the extractive industry value chain from the point of extraction, to how revenues make their way through the government, and how they benefit the public, in order to strengthen public and corporate governance.

Directorio Legislativo es una organización independiente sin fines de lucro que trabaja para fortalecer la democracia y hacer que las leyes y la formulación de políticas en América Latina sean más transparentes, representativas y participativas. Logramos esto mejorando el acceso a la información pública y mediante la creación de espacios para que los legisladores y políticos se involucren y sean influenciados por especialistas externos, la sociedad civil y el público en general.