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37 companies in Bulgaria and 10 in Romania (compared to 3 in Spain and 0 in Italy) stand out in the procurement exposure per employee ratio, a red flag raised when companies with an insufficient number of employees win tenders that require a larger workforce. SceMaps initiative demonstrates how big data could be used ···
Benchmarking Reports of Nine Public Organisations in Bulgaria, Italy, Romania and Spain The report summarises the results from the assessment of the anti-corruption policy implementation in nine public organisations, that exert governance, regulatory or control functions in three preselected economic sectors (construction, wholesale of fuels, and wholesale of pharmaceuticals) in Bulgaria, Italy, Romania and Spain. ···
SceMaps makes its assessments by combining ‘red flags’, each of which indicates a risk situation which might be the result of possible corruption or conflict of interests. SceMaps’ big-data analyses were designed to demonstrate that real-time risk assessment is possible, by implementing red flags obtained throughout the tendering process, and integrating these into countries’ e-procurement ···
In Romania, the public administration produces valuable data, but it is lost because no one collects it to monitor and improve public policy processes. For example, during the pandemic, the police applied sanctions, but we do not know exactly to whom and for what, because there was no interest in keeping a detailed record. This ···
Europe’s Vulnerability to Chinese Propaganda is Homegrown A new form of Orientalism makes the West susceptible to propaganda narratives from China that ultimately aren’t even primarily intended for them. That Western societies are under pressure from Chinese propaganda is no news at all. What is less frequently appreciated is that our susceptibility to it stems ···
EFOR contributed to the special edition of the Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences dedicated to the COVID-19 pandemic, with an article on the Romanian sanctioning policy during the two months of state of emergency. EFOR also published a public policy report on the sanctions applied during the state fo emergency in May 2020. The articole ···
EFOR monitors China’s influence in the Black Sea Countries, with a focus on Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Ukraine and Georgia. While less conspicuous than Russia, China is increasingly present in our region through various channels and political formats. We will report on all these. Europe’s Vulnerability to Chinese Propaganda is Homegrown A new form of ···
In 2020 we worked hard, and it seems that the pandemic provided us with a lot of topics. We published 27 reports, more than a quarter of the total number of reports published by EFOR so far. We observed local and parliamentary elections, held several public debates on organizing elections during the pandemic, launched the ···
The parliamentary elections were a competitive process, with multiple electoral options. The authorities organized the process efficiently, but several key regulations were published late and were not communicated effectively. Although the authorities’ efforts to give quarantined and isolated voters the opportunity to vote were more visible than in the local elections, electoral legislation has ···