Aim
To reduce corruption risks in public procurement through civil control mechanisms in EU funds.

Implementation period:
April 2016 – September 2019

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