STRATEGIES
Step by step process:
A) Start point was a decision of Mayor Andrej Hrnciar
B) Town Council agreement to finance this project
C) Contract agreement with Transparency International Slovakia (TIS)
D) In-depth policies audit
The 17 key policies were the subject of the audit:
1. The policy of sale of fixed and non-fixed assets
2. The policy of rent of fixed and non-fixed assets
3. The policy of hiring new employees for the town hall and other town
organizations
4. The policy of public’s participation in municipality decision making
5. The policy of access to information on how the municipality runs
6. The policy of ethics – ethical infrastructure and conflict of interests for
elected town representatives
7. The policy of ethics – ethical infrastructure and conflict of interests for
town employees
8. The policy of ethics – ethical infrastructure and conflict of interests for
town organizations’ employees
9. The media policy
10. The policy of zoning plan and building office
11. Additional town policy
12. The policy of transparency with corporate entity founded by the town
13. The policy of procurement
14. The policy of concluding the Public Private Partnerships
15. The policy of assigning the apartments
16. The policy of assigning rooms in social institutions of which the town is a
grantor
17. The policy of preparing the budget and informing the public of the issue
Next steps:
A) Preparation of specific anticorruption measures
B) Preparation of town laws and regulations
C) Approval by the Town Council
D) Training and implementation
Project’s main objective is to increase the transparency in the decision making
processes way above the mandatory scope given by law resulting in an increased
public engagement in the governance and accountability, to increase the
information flow to the citizens and minimize the potential space for corruption.
The increase in information flow should ensure better public access to the
policy making in the town. An important step to the future is an implementation
of the already existing Digital Town project.
As of today, the most effective tool is the eBIT auctions:
An advantage of the online auction is the support of online processes when
issuing the invitation to tenders and choosing proposals. It also allows for the
purchases at actual prices, increases transparency of supplier relations and
solves supervision of town employees responsible for the purchases. The
authentication of the user is assured by generating the login and password
during the registration process each user has to go through (login and password
are generated as a combination of letters and numbers). At each logging in to
eBIT portal or eBIT client, the user must use these login data. All
communication is encrypted. Participants are presented by code which changes
during auction and of course from auction to auction.
eBIT auctions are a huge benefit. It assists in saving procurement costs,
decreases expenses for the purchase procedure, shortens the time between
announcing a tender and purchase itself, and it restricts the space for
corruption to minimum.