Good Practices
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Infrastructure red-flag system
A public infrastructure monitoring platform uses disclosed project data and community reports to flag warning signs. These include missing feasibility documentation, limited competition, cost overruns, project abandonment, environmental violations, and…
View initiative →Invoice-level payments transparency dashboard
Invoice-level disclosure makes contract payments easier to track during project delivery. It shows billing, payment status, outstanding balances, and payment performance. This helps identify delayed payments, unusual payment patterns, and…
View initiative →Parliamentary amendments transparency portal
A public transparency portal makes parliamentary budget amendments visible. It shows who proposed the amendment, where funds are directed, who benefits, and how much has been committed or paid. This…
View initiative →Community auditing and public works vigilance committees
An institutionalised citizen oversight mechanism uses social audits and citizen oversight committees to monitor public works. Committees review disclosed project information and may conduct field visits. Their findings are submitted…
View initiative →Maintenance map and citizen defect-reporting system
A public maintenance platform combines citizen defect reports with live maintenance information. Citizens can report infrastructure problems through photos. The platform also shows where maintenance crews are working. This makes…
View initiative →Procurement digital dashboards for infrastructure
Digital procurement dashboards analyse contract award data, funding patterns, contractor performance, maintenance contracts, and unit prices. They help identify weak competition, pricing anomalies, and poor delivery performance.
View initiative →Methodology for budget savings
Use of the CoST methodology, including the infrastructure data standard and independent review oversight, increased transparency in infrastructure procurement. It strengthened competition and encouraged lower contract prices. It also helped…
View initiative →Accountable Infrastructure / ICRAT project monitoring
A structured corruption risk assessment identifies integrity risks in major infrastructure projects. It focuses on weaknesses in appraisal, design, financing and decision-making arrangements. This helps organise monitoring before risks become…
View initiative →Panama university-based social accountability for major infrastructure
A university-based social accountability model uses published project information to scrutinise major infrastructure projects. Students analyse project data, engage stakeholders, and prepare formal recommendations. This supports external review during project…
View initiative →OpenRoads / KALSADA geotagged road-verification case
Geotagged photos, videos, maps, audits, and public progress tracking are used to verify reported road works. They help identify ghost roads, incomplete delivery, and gaps between budget data and physical…
View initiative →CoST Infrastructure Transparency Initiative data publication and independent review approach
A multistakeholder infrastructure transparency approach combines publication of project and contract information, independent review, and social accountability. It helps identify data gaps, unexplained changes, weak disclosure, and accountability risks across…
View initiative →Colombia transport infrastructure standard bidding documents (Documentos Tipo)
Mandatory standard bidding and consulting documents set common rules for transport infrastructure procurement. They cover qualification requirements, technical and economic evaluation factors, forms, contract conditions, and risk matrices. This limits…
View initiative →Netherlands Commission for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) / independent review model
An independent review body examines environmental and social impact assessments before they inform project decisions. It reviews scope, quality, completeness, stakeholder participation, and decision-usefulness. It also uses independent experts with…
View initiative →ProZorro / DOZORRO open contracting and civic monitoring reform
An open contracting reform uses a single electronic procurement system, full tender disclosure, complaint channels, automated risk indicators, and civic monitoring. These tools make tender decisions more transparent and easier…
View initiative →Open Ownership / beneficial ownership transparency in public procurement
A beneficial ownership transparency initiative supports the use and disclosure of information on who ultimately owns or controls bidding companies. This helps identify hidden control, political links, related parties, and…
View initiative →ANAC collaborative supervision / Expo Milano 2015 anti-corruption and anti-criminal-infiltration model
An early-review procurement oversight system examines tender and contract documents before key decisions are finalised. It uses legality checks, transparency review, and controls against criminal infiltration risks. The aim is…
View initiative →Transparency International Integrity Pacts / independent monitoring for clean public contracting
Integrity Pacts combine written anti-corruption commitments with independent monitoring. They involve the contracting authority, bidders, and civil society. They also support public disclosure, complaint channels, and follow-up when concerns arise.
View initiative →CoST independent review (assurance) / site-based validation of infrastructure delivery data
An infrastructure transparency model, the CoST independent review process applies third-party technical verification of project and contract data. It includes site visits, publication of findings, and follow-up on recommendations. This…
View initiative →ChileCompra beneficial ownership disclosure and conflict monitoring reform
Beneficial ownership disclosure links supplier ownership data to procurement monitoring. It shows who ultimately owns or controls companies participating in public procurement. This helps identify hidden links, related parties, conflicts…
View initiative →OC4IDS / OCDS implementation and maintenance disclosure model
A shared open-data standard links project-level infrastructure information with contract-level data. It supports consistent publication of spending, milestones, contract changes, maintenance, and completion records. This helps users track project and…
View initiative →Janaagraha / I Paid a Bribe (IPAB) citizen-reporting and anti-corruption reform platform
A citizen-reporting platform collects reports of bribes in public-service delivery. It records the type, location, frequency, and value of reported demands. The data can help identify recurring bribery patterns and…
View initiative →Technical Integrity Monitor
An investor safeguard embedded in mega-project financing agreements appointting an independent technical integrity monitor to oversee tender compliance, review key decisions, and identify and address integrity risks during tendering.
View initiative →Civil Society Monitor – Integrity Pact
Use of an Integrity Pact by the Pakistani government to oversee procurement related to the Greater Karachi Water Supply Scheme, nearly USD 1 billion, appointing Transparency International Pakistan as the…
View initiative →Clean Construction System
A construction information transparency system adopted in the Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality, in Turkiye, in the aftermath of the 2023 earthquakes. Citizens can track the progress of reconstruction projects in real-time.
View initiative →Wage Protection System (WPS)
An electronic wage payment system designed to pay wages directly into the bank accounts of workers, ensuring construction workers are paid fully and on time, and with no manipulation and…
View initiative →Dirt List of Contractors
A “dirty list” of contractors or employers is a public transparency mechanism used to identify companies and individuals found responsible for serious labour rights violations, such as conditions analogous to…
View initiative →Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Use of Building Information Modeling (BIM) during project operation and maintenance (O&M) phase allowing accurate, real-time asset registers and maintenance logs, verification of works, parts, and labour against physical assets…
View initiative →Anti-Corruption Clean Construction System
A construction information transparency system adopted in Seul combining digital payment monitoring, project management systems, and public disclosure tools to increase accountability across the construction lifecycle.
View initiative →Oversight Committee
A multistakeholder group established to strengthen transparency, accountability, and participation in relation to the MXN 6.2 billion infrastructure loan contracted by the Government of Jalisco during the COVID-19 recovery period.
View initiative →Tender Social Witness
A Testigo Social (Social Witness) is a citizen or civil society organisation formally accredited by the Secretaría de la Función Pública (SFP) to participate in and observe certain public procurement…
View initiative →Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs)
Tracfin, the financial intelligence unit of France’s Ministry of Economy and Finance, detected suspicious financial transactions involving more than €150,000 between 2015 and 2017, which were linked to alleged bribery…
View initiative →Infrastructure community meetings (Barazas)
In Uganda, barazas (a Kiswahili word meaning public meetings) are community-based meetings used to monitor the performance of government programmes implemented by local governments. Building on this existing mechanism, CoST…
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