Transparent Town. Audit, preparation and application of selected anti-corruption measures in Martin

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1 Transparent Town Audit, preparation and application of selected anti-corruption measures in Martin

2 Basic facts about the town of Martin 8 th biggest town in Slovakia inhabitants 1284: The first written mention about Martin as Villa Sancti Martini 1994: National council of SR legitimized the Town of Martin as the center of national culture of the Slovaks

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4 public finances public property public procurement employee recruiting contracts invoices complex package of anti-corruption measures

5 Increased transparency in the decision making processes far above the mandatory scope set by law Reduced potential space for corruption Increased public engagement in governance Regain public trust in public administration and politicians Saving of public finances and assets Introduction of a complex package of anti-corruption measures in various areas of the town activities Increased information flow to the citizens

6 Mayors decision to fight corruption Town Council agreement to finance the project (23,235 EUR) Contract agreement with Transparency International SVK In-depth policies audit Audit Report (17 policies) Preparation and recomendetion of specific anti-corruption measures Preparation of obligatory regulations Approval by the Town Council Training and implementation First electronic auction Step by step process

7 First Open day in Mayor s office Massive 3- step campaign: Monitor us! EU Conference: Fighting Corruption at Local and Regional Level Launch of Map of elctronic auctions First Electronic market researches for low cost procurement Major redesign of online database with town contracts, orders and invoices with new tools for searching and sorting data Step by step process 2010 present day 2010

8 Increased transparency Increased public involvement in governance and accountability Saving significant financial resources Regain of public trust in self-governance Media exposure Town s prestige leads to more investments

9 Basic tools for citizens how to monitor our municipality 24/7 at web site Electronic auctions public procurement (above ) Electronic market researches ( ) Contracts Invoices Map of electronic auctions Employee recruiting Mayor s diary Town budget and assets Town grants Open days in Mayor s office on monthly basis

10 Electronic auctions public procurement Every participant is hidden behind numeric code generated by our software Administrators view during electronic auctions Administrators view after electronic auctions

11 Electronic auctions public procurement online database of all electronic auctions on our project web site auction winner subject or company name amount of a winning bid bid amount number of bids

12 Electronic auctions public procurement Introduction of electronic auctions used for the procurement purposes and purchases of goods and services = SAVINGS Since July 2009 savings 303,807 EUR 23% Saves procurement costs Decreases expenses for the purchase procedure Shortens the time between putting out a tender and purchase Restricts the corruption environment to minimum

13 Online map of electronic auctions name of electronic auction live link to online archive with all details amount of a winning bid auction winner subject or company name date of electronic auction saving real position within the town territory of the project which financing was procured through electronic auction

14 New database of town contracts, invoices and orders tool for filtering and sorting data subject of contract matter parties concerned link to document scan tool for typing in, searching and sorting criteria date of payment amount paid

15 Monitor your municipalities! Massive campaign carried out in 3 steps used to inform our citizens about the project and tools they can use to monitor us. 1 st step (January 2010) Look under the lid of your municipality 2 nd step (February 2010) Everybody can see into our kitchen 3 rd step (March 2010) flyer in 20,000 mailboxes Monitor us!

16 20,000 flyers in every mailbox in the town

17 Andrej Hrnciar Mayor of Martin Thank you for your attention! more at: Contact person: Mr. Jozef Petras, ,