Public procurement processes are prone to leakages and corrupt practices around the world. While this fact is highlighted regularly and documented by both media outlets as well as civil society, there is seldom a home-grown and consorted effort to tackle the problem out front, civil society and public authorities joining…...
Citizen Action for Accountability in Education Procurement
Government Watch has long been in a partnership with the Department of Education. The six rounds of Textbook Count have resulted in a well-established collaboration of the government and civil society. Improvements were also significantly observed in the areas of textbook price, the amount of time spent in the procurement…...
Training on Preventing Corruption in Public Procurement and Judicial System
The project was aimed at preventing and curbing corruption in the Mongolian judicial systems. Its main objectives were to: (a) enhance awareness of corruption in the judiciary and public procurement among the target groups (judges at all court levels, CSO’s, journalists and investigators); (b) increase skills in reducing corruption by…...
Monitoring Local Government Procurement Based on the Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Government Procurement Reform Act
Problems of delays, collusion, lack of transparency, excessive use of discretionary criteria, and lack of competition have long plagued government procurement of goods, consulting services and infrastructure projects. These problems have led to rampant and extensive graft and corruption and have increased the costs of doing business for both the…...
Medicine Monitoring Project
Since 2004 there has been a partnership between the Department of Health (DOH) and NAMFREL with a focus on the procurement, distribution and inventory management of medicines. In 2005 NAMFREL joined the Integrity Development Committee (IDC), DOH's anti-corruption unit, and NAMFREL volunteers also became members of the regional IDCs of…...
Anti-Corruption and Transparency Project (Government Vehicle Monitoring)
Despite its sluggish economic progress, Oroquieta City is blessed with abundant natural resources like rivers and rain-forests. In fact, it has been coffered nationally as the “Cleanest and Greenest Component City” in the entire Philippines for several years already. The “Layawan” river, the source of potable water to Oroquieta’s 30…...
Transparent Public Procurement in Serbia
Lack of transparency in public procurements related corruption is one of the biggest national level problems in Serbia. Corruption in public procurements, institutions and measures for fight against it are essential political and socioeconomic issue at all levels – from local, national to international level (due to their importance for…...
Supporting Activities of Integrity Pact Cell in India
The project goal was to improve the effectiveness, credibility and sustainability of the Integrity Pact as a means for increased transparency and accountability on public contracting processes and systems. To increase the influence of Integrity Pact through the inclusion of more Public Sector Undertakings as well as governmental and private…...
Monitoring the Construction of Offices by the State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan
The influx of petrodollars into Azerbaijan in recent years has paved the way for considerable expenditures in the state budget and the State Oil Fund of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOFAZ). Azerbaijan’s oil revenues are mainly allocated to finance projects for road construction, transport, water supply, building of houses for refugees…...
