MODEL MONITORING AGREEMENT AND INTEGRITY PACT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE: AN IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE FOR CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS

One of the oldest weapons in Transparency International’s anti-corruption arsenal is the Integrity Pact, designed specifically to tackle corruption in public procurement – one of the biggest areas of corruption risk for governments. Infrastructure procurement faces particular risk of corruption due to projects’ complex contractual structure and size, frequent lack of transparency in the industry […]

Guardians of Accountability: How civil society in Peru saved USD 8 million to the state?  

Corruption in Latin America  Lava Jato is Latin America’s largest corruption scandal to date. Brazilian prosecutors discovered that construction companies were colluding with employees of the state-owned oil company, Petrobras to win public works contracts (Fuentes, 2016). Those involved in the scheme stole billions of state dollars (Leahy, 2016; Sandy, 2016). Prosecutors further revealed that bribes paid […]

Integrity Pacts in Public Procurement: what are they good for, why do we use them and what are the results so far?

On 14 December 2017, Transparency International Secretariat organized the conference “Integrity Pact Stakeholder Event” in Bucharest. It focused on the results of the collaboration between the entities involved in the European project “Integrity Pacts”. A relatively new concept in Romania, the Integrity Pact is a civic control mechanism created by Transparency International in the 1990s […]

What are the advantages and limitations of implementing IPs?

The Integrity Pact (IP) is a tool developed by Transparency International (TI) to help governments, businesses and civil society fight corruption in public contracting. It consists of a process that includes an agreement between a government or government agency (‘the authority’) and all bidders for a public sector contract, setting out rights and obligations to […]

What are the costs of the Integrity Pacts

The Integrity Pact (IP) is a tool developed by Transparency International (TI) to help governments, businesses and civil society fight corruption in public contracting. It consists of a process that includes an agreement between a government or government agency (‘the authority’) and all bidders for a public sector contract, setting out rights and obligations to […]

Let’s Understand what is an Integrity Pact in Public Procurement

Integrity Pacts in Public Procurement The Integrity Pact (IP) is a tool developed by Transparency International (TI) to help governments, businesses and civil society fight corruption in public contracting. It consists of a process that includes an agreement between a government or government agency (‘the authority’) and all bidders for a public sector contract, setting […]

There are stories in subsidies. Check out Subsidystories.eu !

Subsidystories.eu intends to increase transparency of EU-Funds by unravelling how the European Structural Investment Funds are spent. They collected and standardised all available beneficiary lists for the ERDF, ESF and CF for the 2007-2013 and 2014-2020 funding periods. These funds are partially funded by the EU and the Member States and allocated by regional authorities to local beneficiaries. […]

What’s the meaning of the Integrity Pact

The Integrity Pact (IP) is a powerful tool developed by Transparency International (TI) to help governments, businesses and civil society fight corruption in public contracting. It consists of a process that includes an agreement between a government or government agency (‘the authority’) and all bidders for a public sector contract, setting out rights and obligations […]

Project ‘Integrity Pacts – Civil Control Mechanism for Safeguarding EU Funds, Phase 2’

Corruption in public procurement harms the public interest, undermines public trust and has a negative impact on people’s lives. However, tackling effectively corrupt and fraudulent activities is a challenging task and requires a complex approach. Civil society as effective anti-corruption actor can give a valuable input in promoting transparency, accountability and preventing corruption. In order […]

DG Regio: Improving how funds are invested and managed

The European Commission provides support to Member States in order to help them make the best possible use of the Cohesion Policy funding, and to address problems with implementation. This support has been reinforced for the 2014-2020 funding period.   Boosting administrative capacity The capacity of Member States to manage European Structural and Investment Funds effectively is […]