DEBARMENT (BLACKLISTING)

Fair, transparent and effective blacklisting systems are one of the most effective deterrents of corrupt activities. Several International Organizations, among them the World Bank and the European Commission, countries, and other agencies, are developing and improving their blacklisting systems. For an overview of fair and transparent debarment systems, please click here for the reference included in our GCR 2005.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT

Local governments are key areas for anti-corruption work. From big cities to small towns, local governments seen as closed administrative units provide ample opportunity to effectively implement far-reaching anti-corruption tools. Moreover, the increased tendency of decentralisation needs to be followed with strategies that ensure local governance, thus avoiding the displacement of corruption from the centralised to the decentralised level. In the area of procurement/contracting, local governments play a key role because they usually deal with projects and purchases that are meant to benefit the local community directly, and are therefore of great impact and easier to monitor.

Several TI Chapters have undertaken work in procurement at the local government level, introducing tools that benefit not only procurement processes, but also the transparency of broader public management processes.

For further reference, see for example TI and UN-HABITAT’s “Tools to Support Transparency in Local Governance”.