Moldovan Government opens access to 16 thousand contracts data

Chisinau, June 30 /MOLDPRES/ - The Public Procurement Agency (AAP), in partnership with the Government Center and the World Bank, have launched a website containing data on around 16,000 state contracts, with the number on the rise, informs the World Bank Office in Moldova.

The portal of database on concluding contracts allows citizens open access to information on all public procurement activities – recorded at AAP since 2012. Given that procurement activities are registered in the government e-auction system, the data is simultaneously updated in the portal.

“Thanks to the data portal on concluding contracts, anyone can see the procurement made by the state and who received the contract. This requires real transparency and is an effective way to fight corruption in Moldova”, said Alex Kremer, World Bank Country Manager for Moldova.

Besides applications on analysis of some data aspects, the portal lets users to download data in open and reusable formats. Available data is modelled according to Standard Data on Open Contracting. This allows the downloaded portal data to be easily linked with other data sets.

Portal joins open data set of applications developed by the Government of Moldova. Programming code for analytical applications available in the portal is an open source and allows access to creators of databases opened at the online platform managed by the eGovernment Centre.

Starting Moldova’s accession to the World Bank Group in 1992, over 1 billion dollars has been allocated to 60 projects in Moldova. Currently, the World Bank portfolio includes 10 active projects, with a total commitment of 355.5 million dollars. Support areas include regulatory reform and business development, education, social security, e-government, health, agriculture, environment and local roads etc.

International Finance Corporation’s portfolio in Moldova is 63.6 million dollars (60.2 million dollars unpaid). The portfolio consists of 83 per cent loans and 17 per cent equity and quasi-equity. Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency has provided guarantees totaling 95 million dollars. Both institutions are members of the World Bank Group.

(Reporter A. Mardare, editor M. Jantovan)