Rafael García Aceves
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Publications
Integrity pacts in the EU: Suitability, set up, and implementation
Transparency International’s practical guide to civic monitoring of public contracting projects emerges from the Integrity Pacts – Civil Control Mechanism for Safeguarding EU Funds project.
Under this project, between 2015 and 2021, 15 civil society organisations monitored 46 public contracting procedures in the EU.
The goal was to understand how to systematically embed integrity pacts into the monitoring of EU-funded contracts. This guidebook is designed to support advocates and implementers in advocating for, setting up and implementing integrity pacts.
It covers three broad areas:
- Achieving broader recognition and adoption across the EU
- Designing fit-for-purpose integrity pacts
- Ensuring effective monitoring
Safeguarding EU-funded investments with Integrity Pacts: a decision-maker’s guide to collaborative public contracting
This concise brief sets out key considerations for European authorities interested in implementing Integrity Pacts to reduce the likelihood of corruption and fraud in public contracting, as well as improve contracting outcomes and public trust. The sections cover:
- Benefits of Integrity Pacts
- What an Integrity Pact entails
- Getting started with an Integrity Pact
Many of the considerations can also be applied to non-EU contexts.
This publication has been developed in the framework of the project Integrity Pacts – Civil Control Mechanism for Safeguarding EU Funds, Phase 2 funded by the European Commission.