28 June 2018

RAS presented the Integrity Pact project at the Center for Juridical Resources’ conference

On June 28th, 2018, RAS project coordinator, Valentina Dimulescu, presented the Integrity Pact at the “Corruption Preventive Mechanisms in EU-funded Projects” conference organized by the Juridical Resources Center and OLAF in Bucharest. The conference was funded by the European Union’s Hercule III Program (2014-2020), a program developed to promote activities in the field of the […]

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 […]

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 […]