Transparency in Chișinău Municipality
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A study analyses how the budgetary resources of Chișinău Municipality are formed and managed. It examines the framework for budget transparency at every stage of the budget process, as well as the use of public property through lease, rent and privatisation, and finds the current level of transparency insufficient.
The study concludes that budget transparency in Chișinău is at an unacceptably low level, incomparable with international practice. The quality of information in local budget documents does not meet even the requirements of domestic legislation.
It also finds that the public procurement process involves serious breaches of the existing regulatory framework, and that current practices for managing public property carry a high risk of its alienation. According to the text, such low transparency creates conditions for corruption to flourish and allows money to be spent on projects that are not priorities for the municipality, at inflated costs.
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