What have we done so far?
- Policy paper: Transparent decision making during the Emergency and Alert states.
Analyses: Public tenders in the Health system and How public money was spent during the pandemic - „On Guard” mobile app aimed at checking the status of the Health system, straight from the source
- Open data on hospital tenders (.zip format, 161 MB in size): 543 health institutions during January - September 2020. The description of the 3 .xlsx files from the archive is available here.
- Journalistic investigations
In Romania
- Matei Balș cumpără măști de la un offshore din Cipru
- Poliția Locală sector 1 atribuie direct contracte de 1,2 milioane euro
- Sectorul 5 cumpără măști, prin achiziție directă de 100.000 euro, de la o firmă de imobiliare
- Afacerea seringa
- Vaccinarea paralelă! Datele publicate de ministrul Vlad Voiculescu scot la iveală un sistem de vaccinare care ocolește platforma oficială
- Banii europeni în pandemie. Ep.1. Bani cheltuiți fără transparență de Administrația Spitalelor București
- Institutul Balș | Banii europeni pentru combaterea pandemiei, la o firmă acuzată de dare de mită
- 2018-2020. Achiziții directe de 20 milioane de lei la Balș. Una dintre firme i-ar fi oferit mită Sorinei Pintea, iar altele n-au niciun angajat
- Politia Sectorului 1, comandă de măști de protecție de la un Xerox din Voluntari
- Nouă avioane cu măști
- Journalistic investigations the emerged from reports received through "On Guard" (details about the app are here)
In The Moldavian Republic
- O parte din banii europeni donați Găgăuziei pentru echipament medical a ajuns la o firmă creată urgent de un activist pro-rus de la Comrat
- Sindrofie pe timp de pandemie: aproape două milioane de lei pentru desfăşurarea Zilelor Moldova ECO Energetică
- Lux pe patru roți. În pandemie, unele primării și consilii raionale au dat sume enorme pe mașini confortabile
- Carantină de lux. Unii demnitari s-au izolat anul trecut la vilele de la Holercani de frica virusului. Nota de plată – 2 milioane de lei bani publici
- „Diplomația, un lux costisitor” sau cum ambasadele R. Moldova au cumpărat automobile scumpe într-un an pandemic
- Viteză pandemică: Găgăuzia a alocat acum un an peste 5 milioane de lei pentru deschiderea unei secții COVID la Vulcănești, dar nici în acest an clădirea nu va fi gata
- Brazi împodobiți cu sute de mii de lei
Project description:
Joint action of journalists and civil society in Romania and the Republic of Moldova to promote transparency, especially when it comes to public budgets, during the crisis generated by COVID-19.
The project also has an advocacy component. Journalists will write about cases of misconduct and their implications, and to encourage people to report such situations, we will lay the groundwork for a platform dedicated to whistleblowers.
Activities:
1. Information and communication campaign - on social media and on the website, intended for the press, but especially for whistleblowers.
2. Establishing partnerships with the press - from Romania and the Republic of Moldova.
3. Building a safe space for whistleblowers
- Piece on the legality and impact of the act of whistleblowing.
- Launching and disseminating a dedicated platform.
- Promotion among the target group.
4. Publishing and promoting press articles and position papers, inspired by the input received from the dedicated platform.
5. Advocacy
- Requests under Law 544/2001 to all public authorities to request data related to expenditures and acquisitions.
- Research on legislative changes related to transparency of information during the state of emergency, including a comparative analysis (compared to other approaches in the Black Sea area and the EU).
- Position paper on ensuring transparency and good governance in times of crisis, translated into English and sent to national and European decision-makers.
- Monthly public calls (press releases, social media) to demand transparency in data related to health crisis management. At the end of the project we will publish a report detailing the results of our advocacy activities.
Calendar
1.06.2020 – 15.03.2021
Budget
$38,290 (of which $25,000 received from The Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation).
Financed by:
