Aim:
To reduce corruption risks in public procurement through civil control mechanisms in EU funds.
Implementation period:
April 2016 – March 2022
Partners:
The project is coordinated by Transparency International Secretariat in partnership with:
- Transparency International Romania (in partnership with Institute for Public Policy) in Romania
- ActionAid International Italy Onlus (in partnership with Associazione Gruppo Abele Onlus and Monithon) in Italy
- Amapola – Progetti per la sicurezza delle persone e delle comunità in Italy,
- Romanian Academic Society in Romania
- Stefan Batory Foundation in Poland
- Transparency International Bulgaria in Bulgaria
- Transparency International Czech Republic in Czech Republic
- Transparency International Greece in Greece
- Transparency International Hungary in Hungary
- Transparency International Latvia in Latvia
- Transparency International Lithuania in Lithuania
- Transparency International Portugal in Portugal
- Transparency International Slovenia in Slovenia
Objectives:
- To ensure transparency, integrity and accountability of projects co-financed by the EU Structural and Cohesion Funds by implementing Integrity Pact pilots in Romania
- To create demand for social accountability in large-scale public contracts.
- To draw lessons from this pilot for future replication and mainstreaming of Integrity Pacts
Activities:
- Preparing and signing the Integrity Pacts
- Setting up the monitoring framework
- Monitoring the bidding procedure
- Monitoring the contract implementation
- Outreach and advocacy
- Innovation and learning
Results:
- 2 Integrity Pacts developed and signed
- 1 monitoring strategy for bidding procedure and contract implementation
- Outreach and advocacy pack
- Project website and social media outreach
- 1 whistleblowing line
- Civil Society Transparency Groups
- 2 final monitoring reports
- 1 policy proposal
- Launching and ending events
- Impact assessment strategy and report
Total value of the project:
503,125 Euro (for Transparency International Romania)
Donor:
European Commission Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy