„Transparency and open data serve as weapons against corruption.”
József Péter Martin
Open data means less room for corruption
Oriana Ivković Novokmet
CEO, GONG
“Open spending is essential for governments, civil society, and the private sector to work together towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.”
Antonio Greco
"Transparency of spending increases the public's trust in governments and aids in preventing and combatting corruption"
Nina Trček
Tim Goedhart-Vos
“Public procurement is the key datasource to create innovative software tools to help and control to governments, companies and citizens”
Manuel Garcia
PhD, University of Oviedo
“Data analytics holds the key to turn open data into actionable insights, supporting NGOs, journalists, and public bodies to improve efficiency and counter corruption.”
Mihaly Fazekas
Government Transparency Institute, Hungary
“Transparency in public procurement is about a fair public management for businesses and citizens”
Daniel Arosa Otero
Procurement researcher, Spain
“Failed investments lower citizens' trust in governments, now the credibility of a united Europe is at stake”
Francesco Saija
Parliament Watch, Italy
“Can't stop corruption without open and clean contracting”
Karina Carvalho
Transparency International, Portugal
“It's all about tax payers' money”
Krzysztof Izdebski
Open government expert, Poland
“To do our job well, journalists have to know where the tax payers' money go”
Adriana Homolova
Data journalist, Slovakia
“We need HD transparency in procurement - turning paper into linked open data - so that governments can shop smartly and fight money-wasting”
Karolis Granickas
Open Contracting Partnership
“Right of access to information is one of the instruments to defend democracy”
Helen Darbishire
Access Info Europe, Spain
“Citizens should have a say in how their money is spent”
Sandor Lederer
K-Monitor, Hungary
“I like finding patterns in data”
Elena Calistru
Funky Citizens, Romania
"Transparency on public spending allows citizens to monitor the effectiveness of policies and programs on the ground"
Luigi Reggi
Monithon, Italy
"More transparency and accountability in public spending is a good first step in restoring citizen's trust in institutions and our democracies as a whole"