Integrity pact

As "a tool for preventing corruption in public contracting", an integrity pact is a multi-party agreement entered into by a public body seeking to procure goods and services of significant value, the companies interested in bidding to supply the goods and services, and a third party organisation such as a civil society organisation who will have a role in monitoring compliance with the pact.

Integrity pacts are promoted and supported by the German-based anti-corruption organisation, Transparency International [1] and by the European Union.[2] Transparency International highlights Mexico and Pakistan as countries which make effective use of integrity pacts.

In January 2014, the Government of India cancelled a US$630 million deal with AgustaWestland for purchasing 12 AW 101 helicopters citing "breach of the Pre-contract Integrity Pact and the agreement by AWIL (AgustaWestland International Ltd)".[3]

According to the European Commission, "Integrity Pacts have been around since the 1990s, and have been applied in more than 15 countries and 300 separate situations".[4] As part of a pilot project entitled Integrity Pacts - Civil Control Mechanism for Safeguarding EU Funds, an international conference was organised by the Transparency International supported by the European Commission and held on 5 May 2015 in Brussels.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Transparency International, Integrity Pacts, accessed 15 June 2016
  2. ↑ European Commission, Integrity Pacts, accessed 15 June 2016
  3. ↑ Rs 3,600 crore VVIP chopper deal with AgustaWestland scrapped in view of bribery allegations accessed 15 June 2016
  4. ↑ What are Integrity Pacts? accessed 15 June 2016
  5. ↑ Conference "Integrity Pacts - Safeguarding EU Funds" - Brussels, 5 May, accessed 15 June 2016
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