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Identifying and Reducing Corruption in Public Procurement in the EU Key findings and recommendations

PwC Count sharks 31 October 2013 Identifying and Reducing Corruption in Public Procurement in the EU 2

PwC The study Identifying and reducing corruption in public procurement in the EU Content An innovative methodology that enables estimating the costs of corruption in public procurement in the EU for the first time Positive and negative practices to prevent, detect and investigate corruption Recommendations And more! Available from the OLAF-website: OLAF website: October 2013 Identifying and Reducing Corruption in Public Procurement in the EU

PwC Scope of the study In 2010 a total of € billion - or around 20% of EU GDP - was spent by governments, the public sector and utility service providers on public works, goods and services Public procurement worth € 447 billion (19% of this total expenditure) was published in the TED-database in 2010 The study focused on public procurement in 5 sectors in 8 Member States 31 October 2013 Identifying and Reducing Corruption in Public Procurement in the EU 4

PwC Example of corruption in public procurement Millions worth of contracts sold for football tickets and trips to Formula 1 races 31 October 2013 Identifying and Reducing Corruption in Public Procurement in the EU 5

PwC The methodology to estimate costs of corruption 31 October 2013 Identifying and Reducing Corruption in Public Procurement in the EU 6 Estimate direct costs of corruption in sectors of MS studied Apply findings to random samples representative sample of 183 cases TED Compare two groups of cases 27 identified red flags differences in performance and public loss Collect sample of cases 96 corrupt/grey cases96 clean cases

PwC The 27 red flags 31 October 2013 Identifying and Reducing Corruption in Public Procurement in the EU 7

PwC Key findings from the application of the methodology to estimate costs of corruption Corrupt cases differ markedly from clean cases A combination of 14 red flags proved to be the strongest predictors for a higher probability of corruption in a procurement case A clearly higher public loss in the corrupt cases was identified: 13% of the performance problems in corrupt/grey procurements can be attributed to corruption Direct public losses in corrupt/grey cases are typically a result of cost overruns, delays of implementation and loss of effectiveness (e.g. inferior quality, questionable usefulness) 31 October 2013 Identifying and Reducing Corruption in Public Procurement in the EU 8 corrupt cases clean cases

PwC The methodology to estimate costs of corruption and key findings The two tests on random samples appear to come to comparable results, especially in the case of road and rail construction as well as waste water treatment The overall direct costs of corruption in public procurement in 2010 for the five sectors studied in the 8 Member States constituted between 2.9% to 4.4% of the overall value of procurements in the sector published in the TED, or between € million and € million During the course of the study, 4 main types of corrupt practices in the 96 corrupt/grey cases were encountered: 31 October 2013 Identifying and Reducing Corruption in Public Procurement in the EU 9 Bid rigging Kickbacks Conflict of interest Other – including deliberate mismanagement / ignorance The overall direct costs of corruption in public procurement in 2010 for the five sectors studied in the 8 Member States constituted between 2.9% to 4.4% of the overall value of procurements in the sector published in the TED, or between € million and € million

PwC Other findings In many Member States, data on public procurement is difficult to obtain: no (central, structured) databases, insufficient data in databases, databases not publicly accessible In most Member States, data and statistics on investigations and prosecution of corruption in public procurement are difficult to obtain It is difficult to draw clear-cut conclusions on the effectiveness of anti-corruption measures and programmes since there is –even with these study results – too limited factual knowledge about the scale of corruption or changes in corruption levels in public procurement 31 October 2013 Identifying and Reducing Corruption in Public Procurement in the EU 10

PwC Positive practices Independent audits and evaluations performed according to EU-wide audit and evaluation standards Optimal transparency in the entire public procurement process The administrative data on tenders, bidders, projects and contractors are collected and stored in a structured way, available for controls, investigations and analyses Proper screening of contractors and beneficiaries, especially their ultimate beneficiary owners Corruption risk management that not only focuses on the contractors, but also on subcontractors and others involved in the proper execution of the contract Specialised, well-trained public procurement staff who share their expertise and market intelligence across Member States' borders 31 October 2013 Identifying and Reducing Corruption in Public Procurement in the EU 11

PwC Negative practices The context of corruption in public procurement is fragmented: many very different actors involved in the prevention, detection and investigation of corruption - none of these actors has fighting corruption in public procurement as its sole or main task There are no authorities at national or EU-level that link or integrate all data on public procurement, relevant for the prevention, detection and investigation of corruption With regards to EU Structural Funds, the internal systems of Managing, Certifying and Audit Authorities set up in Member States - to prevent, detect and correct irregularities and suspected fraud, and recover amounts unduly paid- are not designed for the detection of corruption, and evaluators of these programmes do not always focus specifically on it 31 October 2013 Identifying and Reducing Corruption in Public Procurement in the EU 12

PwC Recommendations Central collection of public procurement data Central collection of statistics on corruption in public procurement Public availability of documents and data Central collection of public procurement data Central collection of statistics on corruption in public procurement Public availability of documents and data More data Audit, evaluate, investigate More research October 2013 Identifying and Reducing Corruption in Public Procurement in the EU Adequate tools and methods for audits and evaluations to signal the presence of corruption Focus on substance of projects rather than procedural compliance More/ better monitoring, analysis and reporting technology Adequate tools and methods for audits and evaluations to signal the presence of corruption Focus on substance of projects rather than procedural compliance More/ better monitoring, analysis and reporting technology Expand this pilot to other sectors and Member States Research on ways to measure causality and effectiveness of instruments and practices to prevent, detect and investigate corruption Expand this pilot to other sectors and Member States Research on ways to measure causality and effectiveness of instruments and practices to prevent, detect and investigate corruption

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