Public procurement in Slovenia and EU: fostering transparency and integrity of public spending Lubijana, 4 December 2019

1. Trends and new technologies for curbing
corruption in public procurement:
the Italian experience of OpenCoesione
Public procurement in Slovenia and EU: fostering transparency and integrity of public spending,
Lubijana, 4 December 2019
Simona De Luca, Gianmarco Guazzo
OpenCoesione Team

2. Cohesion policy aims at reducing disparities
In Europe and in Italy
All over Italy (although mostly in the South)
in many different policy sectors
in order to reduce disparities, attract business
and enhance opportunities and the quality of
services
EU funds + national cohesion fund
More developed regions
Transition regions
Less developed regions2007-2013
~ 100 bn €
2014-2020
~ 145 bn €

3. The Italian open government strategy on Cohesion Policy for:
 a more efficient and effective use of resources and
destination of funds consistent with people’s needs
• improve decision making and policy design, also by
increasing access to and quality of information
• increasing involvement of stakeholders and civic partners
• broadening the opportunities for analyses and evaluations
on relevant policy issues
• encouraging the creation of new tools and services
revolving around the availability of open data

4. At the school of
Open cohesion

5. www.opencoesione.gov.it provides access to searchable data on:
 Implementation of cohesion policy in
Italy (projects financed by the European Structural Funds, the National
Development and Cohesion Fund and the National Cohesion Action Plan)
 resources planned and spending
 locations
 thematic areas
The OpenCoesione web portal
downloadable
open-format
data

6. Open data licence to support re-use
Information on each single
projects financed is collected
from National and Regional
Administrations (Managing
Authorities):
• description
• funding (amount and
sources)
• locations
• thematic areas
• public/private subjects
involved
• deployment timing
200+ variables for each
project
The web portal: www.opencoesione.gov.it

7. OpenCoesione: administrative data on…
PROJECTS ENTITIES TERRITORIES
Programming period
Fundings (national and EU)
Theme and type of
investment
Status (completes, settled, open, not
started)
Expected/effective start and
end date
In-depth thematic studies
on implemented projects
(Research and Innovation, Tourism,
Culture and Nature, Confiscated Assets)
Planning Body
Implementing Body
Beneficiaries
Where does the funding
go?

8. Citizens
Journalists
Media
Policy makers
Researchers
Other Data users

9. From transparency to anticorruption
TACOD Report (2015) “TOWARDS A EUROPEAN STRATEGY TO REDUCE
CORRUPTION BY ENHANCING THE USE OF OPEN DATA”
Italian case studies:
Confiscati Bene
OpenPolis initiatives
OpenCoesione
OpenExpo
OpenPompei
OpenRicostruzione
but:
the bridge between open data community and
anticorruption movement is under
construction…
there are many challenges to face, especially
due to the lack of participation linked to the
digital and data divide issues

10. OPEN DATA, DATA JOURNALISM AND CIVIC MONITORING
ON COHESION POLICY IN ITALIAN HIGH SCHOOLS
www.ascuoladiopencoesione.it
OpenCoesione data reuse for participation

12. The ASOC model (by the independent Monithon platform to realize
cìvic monitoring researches) is used to involve civil society
Civic monitors together with affected stakeholders:
● have access to information
● review and analyse documents and data
● undertake site visits
● take part in institutionalised participatory processes
● perform social audits
● collaborate to raise awareness on anti-corruption
● write monitoring reports
TheIntegrity Pactin Sibari (Italy)
Data on the projects funded by cohesion policy in the Archeological
Park in Sibari are published on the OpenCoesione web portal

13. Sibari Archeological Park: data on projects

14. Sibari Archeological Park: civic monitoring
Apr. 2017 Feb. 2019
Site visits before and during execution
Civic monitoring labs and webinars

15. www.opencoesione.gov.it
info@opencoesione.gov.it
www.ascuoladiopencoesione
.it
asoc@opencoesione.gov.it