Increasing Transparency of Local Public Enterprises

The goal of this assignment is to provide technical assistance to up to four GAI counterpart local governments, to introduce a regular procedure for collecting and publishing data on LPEs and LPIs on their websites.

It will include assessing existing practices; developing a methodology for collecting, publishing, and updating data on LPEs and LPIs on their websites (meeting all legal requirements and best practices), which would serve as a model for other GAI counterpart LSGs, as well all other LSGs in Serbia to support transparency improvements of LPEs and LPIs; providing technical assistance to selected LSGs to implement developed methodology and proposing protocols for regular and timely data exchange between LPEs and LPIs and local governments.

Some of the activities are: 

1. Transparency Serbia will assess existing practices in publishing data of local public enterprises and other local public institutions in selected LSGs.
2. Transparency Serbia will develop a draft methodology for collecting, publishing, and updating data on LPEs and LPIs on their websites.
3. Transparency Serbia will organize 4 round tables/workshops (or online meetings) with representatives of LSGs, LPEs and LPIs. At these round tables TS expects to reach agreement on the final version of the methodology, as well as on the action plan (if LSGs agree to come out with it) for implementing recommendations from the methodology.
4. Transparency Serbia will develop a final methodology based on input from round tables/work shops and action plans
5. Transparency Serbia will draft and propose protocols (or similar acts) for regulating regular and timely data exchange between LPEs and LPIs and local governments for establishing and updating relevant LSG’s webpage. These acts will be delivered to LSGs.
6. Transparency Serbia will provide technical assistance to selected LSGs to implement developed methodology – to collect required data and to publish them on websites, according to the methodology. TS will be available to LSGs for consultation how to solve any open issues regarding choice of information, choice of the presenting solutions and similar. This does not include assistance for building/designing webpage and/or database.