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The procurement market can go up to a quarter of the GDP in some European countries. With these high figures, the procurement processes become a target for political parties and affiliated companies that are interested to participate to the tenders and get as many of them. Therefore, a part of the allocation and procurement procedures ···
In a consortium of 6 NGOs, the project provides a detailed analysis and strategic on the phenomenon of clientelism in state-owned companies (SOEs) in four EU Member States (3 new Member States, Romania, Bulgaria and Czech Republic and an old member state, Italy), characterized by significant state interference in the economy. The project designs common ···
Since next year there we will have local elections and people are concerned about the quality of municipal services/utilities (water, sewerage, sanitation, heating, public lighting), we started a new project: a monitoring of 8 cities with participatory citizens and investigative journalists from local media. On 3rd-4th December 2015 we held a first meeting in Bucharest, ···
Romania’s political scene is degraded by the existence of systemic corruption and its natural consequences: clientelism, monopoly of power, decision obscurity, the abuse of emergency ordinances or real recovery of public budget assets. Even though citizens are aware of law breakings, they do not oppose and do not fight against it, for they do not ···
You have surely often heard terms such as rule of law, anticorruption, transparency, public participation; but you also heard of oligarchs, moguls, clientelism and populism. All these factors influence your way of life, how public funds are spent, how the government works is or how politic and economic relations are developed. Furthermore, it affects the ···
Although the accession to the European Union has been a powerful ally for the internal fight against corruption and weak rule of law, it is now clear that the external pressure for change is not enough and there is a need for more active citizens, implicated in the public decision. The democratic derailments are not ···
The topic under scrutiny is the governance and performance of Romania’s energy regulator, using an established World Bank / EC framework and measurable indicators, adapted to local risks and tested with success in 3 previous monitoring exercises. The advocacy objectives of the project are: ❶ to improve the governance structure and the institutional powers of ···
There are few published public policy analyses that are relevant, independent and available to public opinion, and authorities decisions are often ad hoc, in spite of receiving free consultancy. Where they exist, analyses are oriented towards domains of public policy that are within the interest and expertise area of think tank members. Thus, the project ···
2013 ended as the previous year prefigured: with a major side-slip on justice and rule of law, determined by the political factors. The good news, if there are some, is that until now the institutions have resisted the assault led by an unbalanced political environment, without any efficient parliamentary opposition. The external political signals suggest ···
The project Civil Response to Clientelism in Media – MEDIA CIRCLE is built on more than a decade of strategic engagement of Partnership for Social Development (Croatia) and its partners in fighting against corruption, increasing transparency and building integrity in all areas of public interest (public administration, media, investigative journalism and civil society) in SEE region ···