Transparency International Romania

Corruption in local public administration. Premises of prevention and combating

a) Project aim and locale:

The project aimed to accomplish a research in three pilot-counties, on the conditions which favour corruption at the local level, as well as to offer assistance to local public institutions to use the research in defining local and institutional anticorruption strategies. The research was carried out in Harghita, Sibiu and Olt counties, and some activities were also carried out in Bucharest.

b) Project outcomes:

→ research report
→ materials to support the activities of local public institutions
→ media monitoring for reflections of corruption and related phenomena
→ final conference to present the project outcomes and formulate models for local and institutional strategies aimed at preventing corruption

c) TI Romania’s role in the project:

Transparency International Romania is the main organization implementing this project, in partnership with the County Councils in the three project counties: Harghita, Sibiu and Olt.

d) Budget:

80,000 USD

e) Project donors:

Open Society Foundation, Bucharest, through the Centre for Public Policies