Each year in the EU, over 250,000 public authorities spend roughly 2 trillion euros buying goods and services for public projects. From schools and hospitals to power plants and dams, this means big budgets and complex plans, providing opportunities...
Transparency International and the European Commission’s Department for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO) are holding the conference ‘Building Transparency with Integrity Pacts in Europe’ drawing on the experiences and lessons learned...
Following a successful online edition in 2020, the 19th Week of Regions and Cities will take place between 12 and 14 October 2021. The four-day event will focus on EU recovery and will explore themes related to the green transition, cohesion,...
Transparency International’s EU chapters and local partners call for an open and vibrant public contracting system for the EU The next seven-year European Union (EU) budget – the ‘MFF’ – and COVID-19 recovery funds are at risk of abuse...
On 5-24 October 2020, the annual European Week of Regions and Cities (EWRC) will virtually bring together local and national authorities, EU representatives, civil society, academia and the private sector to foster citizen participation in cohesion...
European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) boost growth and jobs and help build everything from transport infrastructure to schools, housing, water and power supply and fund other community improvement projects. But with vast expenditures,...
Readers of a certain age will be familiar with “A Shot in the Dark”, a comedy caper starring Peter Sellars that was part of the Pink Panther series in the ‘60s and ‘70s. It may seem unlikely starting point for a blog about the European...
One of Europe’s greatest and perhaps least publicised achievements is the use of Structural and Social funds to help provide much needed investment in European regions. From Galway to Varna the EU has provided funds which have helped build...
Only one thing is certain among the allegations, counter-allegations and rumours that are swirling around EU Home Affairs Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos in recent weeks – the truth will not be known for a very long time. As Transparency...
