Poder Ciudadano - TI's chapter in Argentina - attempted to insert a limited Integrity Pact to be signed by pre-qualified bidders and the City of Buenos Aires involved in a tender to build a new subway line. Poder Ciudadano facilitated public hearings on the tender to increase transparency in the pre-tender phase. Ultimately the IP was not used in the tender given the inopportune timing of its application.

Mendoza Province was the first entity in Argentina to promote the use of Integrity Pacts for regional public procurement in 1997.

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• Procurement authority: Mendoza Province
• Monitor: Poder Ciudadano (Transparency International Argentina)
• Language: Spanish
• Start year: 1997
• End year: 1997

Poder Cidudadano – TI’s chapter in Argentina – was one of the first TI chapters to promote the use of Integrity Pacts to oversee public procurement in Latin America in the late 1990s. Various contracting agencies – at the national, regional, and city levels – piloted IPs from around 1997 – 2003.

TI-Zambia used an Integrity Pact to promote transparency and engage citizen monitoring to oversee a local road construction project. The road ultimately allowed citizens to take their farm produce to the market. The IP experience was seen as a positive contribution to transparency, public trust, and economic development.

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• Monitor: Transparency International Zambia
• Language: English

TI-Zambia has used an Integrity Pact to promote transparency and engage citizen monitoring to oversee the construction of clean drinking water facilities.

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• Monitor: Transparency International Zambia
• Language: English

The Transparency International Zambia chapter has promoted the use of Integrity Pacts in public works procurement at the local level in several instances. Its emphasis has been on playing a coordinating role in liaising between the contracting authorities and economic actors on the one hand and local citizens on the other. TI Zambia believes these efforts have resulted in growing public trust in government procurement and cost savings due to the pressure of external monitoring.

Transnet is a South African state-owned rail, port, and pipeline company. It has developed an Integrity Pact that it requires suppliers and bidders to sign when engaging with the company. The IP does not trigger any particular monitoring oversight.

Eskom is a South African public utility company. It has developed an Integrity Pact that it requires suppliers and bidders to sign when engaging with the company. The IP does not trigger any particular monitoring oversight.

At least two South African state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have developed Integrity Pacts that it requires all suppliers or bidders to sign when engaging with the company or participating in a tender. The relevant IP texts from these SOEs indicate integrity and anti-corruption obligations of the supplier/bidder as well as obligations of the contracting authority. The IPs do not establish independent monitoring procedures.

In 2016, TI-Rwanda used Integrity Pacts to oversee the tender process of nine infrastructure projects in four districts. The tender value was approximately USD 17 million.

The Integrity Pacts were accompanied by various forms of civil society procurement monitoring and citizen engagement. The use of IPs and civic monitoring in these projects had numerous positive impacts on the procurement process.