TI-Hungary signed an IP with the Municipality of the XII-District of Budapest to monitor the tender and contract implementation of a nursery refurbishment.

Additional information

• Procurement authority: Municipality of XIII-District of Budapest
• Monitor: Transparency International Hungary
• Language: Hungarian
• Start year: 2013
• End year: 2014
• Tender value: EUR 1.3 million

The Hungarian National Bank was the first public financial institution to use an Integrity Pact. It signed an IP with TI-Hungary to oversee the procurement of taxi services on the one hand, and acquisition of computer workstations on the other.

Additional information

• Procurement authority: Hungarian National Bank
• Monitor: Transparency International Hungary
• Language: Hungarian
• Start year: 2010
• End year: 2010

The Hungarian National Bank was the first public financial institution to use an Integrity Pact. It signed an IP with TI-Hungary to oversee the procurement of taxi services on the one hand, and acquisition of computer workstations on the other.

Additional information

• Procurement authority: Hungarian National Bank
• Monitor: Transparency International Hungary
• Language: Hungarian
• Start year: 2010
• End year: 2010

From 2011 to 2016, nine IPs were implemented in Hungary, two at the national level and seven at the local/municipal level. Information is only available on some, but not all, of these IPs. The IPs covered procurement in sectors from public relations and financial management services, to technical controller, planning, construction, taxi services, and computer hardware acquisition.

Athens faces devastating floods due to heavy rains on an annual basis. TI-Greece has entered into a Cooperation Agreement and developed an Integrity Pact with the regional authorities of Attica near Athens to oversee the tender and construction of anti-flood pipelines.

This IP is part of the “Integrity Pacts Programme – Safeguarding EU Funds” project funded by the European Commission.

One Integrity Pact has been implemented in Greece in the context of the Integrity Pacts Programme - Safeguarding EU Funds in Europe project.

TI-Germany advised the Howege Housing Association on the development of an Integrity Pact to oversee its construction procurement since 2010. In 2010, two monitors with technical, economic, and legal backgrounds oversaw the planning and construction of a project for modernising and repair of 2300 apartments in Berlin. Since then, the IP text remains mandatory for bidders to sign when participating in Howege Housing Authority tenders.

The Regional Health Agency Gesundheit Nord signed an Integrity Pact with TI-Germany in 2010 to oversee the tender and contract implementation of the construction project for the Siloah Health Clinic in Hanover. The IP was deployed as a proactive corruption prevention measure.

Additional information

• Procurement authority: Gesundheit Nord
• Monitor: Transparency International Germany
• Language: German
• Start year: 2010
• Tender value: EUR 180M

The Regional Health Agency Gesundheit Nord signed an Integrity Pact with TI-Germany in 2009 to oversee the planning and construction of the Bremen-Mitte Clinic. An independent expert with a legal and construction background contributed to the monitoring. The construction project experienced delays and finished with higher costs than anticipated. But a parliamentary inquiry determined that there was no corruption with the use of the IP.

The German federal government and States of Berlin and Brandenburg decided shortly after German unification to build a major new international airport for Berlin. Flughafen Berlin-Schönefeld GmbH (FBS), a limited company owned by the three public authorities proceeded with plans for this construction. From the time that planning started in 1995 onwards, the project was plagued by corruption scandals.