El Salvador

Public Works Integrity Pacts in El Salvador – Country Overview

Fundación Nacional para el Desarrollo (FUNDE); Social Initiative for Democracy

Public Works Integrity Pacts in El Salvador – Country Overview

Mission

Promote transparency and integrity in public procurement processes in El Salvador

Activities

Between 2009 and 2014, the Ministry of Public Works of El Salvador applied 31 Integrity Pacts in the context of five major public works contracts. Two civil society organisations served as monitors: FUNDE (the El Salvador Chapter of Transparency International: Fundación Nacional para el Desarrollo) and the Social Initiative for Democracy.

The Ministry and CSO organisations collaborated to draft an Integrity Pact model that would be suitable for the Salvadoran legal framework. In 2012, support for the use of Integrity Pacts to oversee public procurement became part of the Salvadoran government’s Open Government Partnership action plan.

At the conclusion of the project, the Ministry and CSOs agreed that the Integrity Pacts had played a significant role in promoting transparency and a deterrent effect on anti-competitive or corrupt practices. Since then, an Integrity Pact has been used at least once by the Salvadoran Road Maintenance Fund in 2017 appointing citizens as social witnesses with the power to request information to ensure that the contracting authority and contract implementers comply with commitments undertaken in an Intergrity Pact.

Additional information
Procurement authority: Ministry of Public Works
Monitor: FUNDE (Transparency International El Salvador); Social Initiative for Democracy
Language: Spanish
Start year: 2009
End year: 2014
Tender value: Combined total of USD 62 million

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Status

  • completed
    Work has finished and deliverables/tasks have been completed.

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Scope

  • national
    Initiative that operates in and focuses mainly on one country, whether on a national or sub-national level.

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Stakeholders

  • Private sector
    Privately owned commercial (for-profit) entities of all sizes, including SMEs
  • Public sector
    National and sub-national, local government entities, agencies from all branches (policy-making, executive, adjudication)
  • Civil society
    non-governmental organisations (national or international), foundations funded by private entities, faith-based organisations, Professional associations, Industry associations, Chambers of Commerce, Local Global Compact Networks

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