Public-interest charter
Defines purpose, beneficiaries, principles, exclusions and the duty to publish limitations.
Read charterGovernance
Governance that makes development safe enough to learn
Public-interest purpose, procurement integrity, research ethics, conflict disclosure, badge control, corrections and accountable decision gates.
Governance is part of the product
Market Accord handles commercially sensitive questions, emerging businesses, professional volunteering, possible public procurement, participant evidence and public interpretation. A compelling mission does not remove those risks.
The governance system defines which decisions may be made, who owns them, what must be recorded, where commercial interests are disclosed and when a project must pause or stop.
Governance framework
Nine published controls
Each control has a dedicated page or policy, responsible decision point and correction route.
Procurement integrity
Controls preliminary market engagement, competition, conflicts and separation from live bid work.
Read protocolResearch and anonymity
Separates participation, consent, data use, case permission, anonymisation and publication.
Read protocolCommercial boundaries
Discloses funding, sponsorship, commissions, connected parties and Bid Champions services.
Read transparency pageVenture transparency
Requires the actual legal operator, responsibility, data and experience attribution to remain visible.
Read pilot controlsBadge licence
Defines status, permitted claims, verification, review, suspension, revocation and misuse.
Read licenceEditorial control
Separates automated source records from reviewed interpretation and sets correction standards.
Read policyComplaints
Provides a route for project, conduct, badge, privacy, research and procurement-integrity concerns.
Read processAccessibility
Commits to accessible participation, digital content and alternative formats within reasonable limits.
Read statementDecision gates
Every project can be stopped.
- Fit: does the question serve the purpose and affected parties?
- Responsibility: is the legal operator and delivery owner clear?
- Integrity: could the project distort a procurement or hide an interest?
- Safety and ethics: are risks, consent and affected users addressed?
- Capability: can the project be supervised and delivered responsibly?
- Evidence: will the records support the intended conclusion?
- Publication: can learning be released without disproportionate harm?
- Review: should the project proceed, change, pause or stop?
Planned maturation
Independent challenge grows with exposure.
During the founding phase, named internal leads and external specialist review may be used per project. As participant volume, funding and risk grow, Market Accord intends to establish an advisory panel with buyer, supplier, user, data, standards and public-interest representation. No such independent board is claimed as live today.
Challenge the governance.
Questions, conflicts, omissions and credible concerns are welcome. Use the correction route for content and the complaints route for conduct or process.