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RESPOND Online Seminar #3 examines how connected data can expose political favouritism in public spending
The latest RESPOND Online Seminar, organised by the Government Transparency Institute, explored how linking public procurement records with electoral, corporate and other administrative data can provide new evidence of corruption risks and political favouritism. Ágnes Czibik, Managing Director of the Government Transparency Institute, opened the seminar by explaining why public procurement data is particularly valuable…
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RESPOND at the FALCON Final Event
RESPOND is pleased to announce its participation in the final event of the Horizon Europe project FALCON (Fighting Corruption and Organised Crime), which will take place on 9 July 2026 in Vilnius, Lithuania. The event marks the conclusion of three years of collaborative research dedicated to developing innovative tools and approaches to detect, prevent, and…
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RESPOND Annual Meeting 2026, 18–19 May
18–19 May, meeting of Work Package leaders and the project’s General Assembly, hosted by ICS-ULisboa. The meeting brought together researchers from across Europe and advisory board members to review progress and coordinate the next phase of the EU-funded project on corruption and democratic resilience. Discussions focused on the project’s core research strands, including the theoretical and…
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Webinar on LEGDAT
A Global Infrastructure for the Study of Legislative Processes and Lawmaking On 21 November, a webinar was held to present LEGDAT, a pioneering dataset designed to systematically capture how legislative processes unfold across countries. Legislatures play a central role in policymaking, yet comparative research has long lacked comprehensive and harmonized information on the advancement of…
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RESPOND Participates in the iMonitor Final Conference
On 27 March 2025, S-Com had the opportunity to participate in the Final Conference of the iMonitor project, held at Hotel Indigo in Brussels. Organised by the Government Transparency Institute (GTI) and project partners, the conference marked the closing of a two-year EU-funded initiative that sought to enhance integrity in public procurement by combining data-driven…
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Report on RESPOND Co-Creation Workshops
The RESPOND Co-Creation Workshops played a pivotal role in deepening the understanding of political corruption by bringing together experts from various fields. Through their active contributions, they helped refine the data, indicators, and analyses gathered by the RESPOND partners CEU, UGOT, UCSC – TRANSCRIM and KLC. These four workshops, held throughout February and March 2025,…