T-index Questionnaire

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The T-index is ERCAS’ most recent project. It aims at measuring government transparency in practice, verifying if prescriptions provided by law are effectively implemented by the government in each of the 120 observed countries.

To help review our research, we have set up this questionnaire. The 14 questions below seek to determine whether a country’s government provides certain types of information to the public.

Please choose an answer to each question based on your expertise in the selected country and remember to include a source (link/URL) that justifies your choice. If a country has no open source available on a certain topic, please just say so in the source field.

Obs.:
● The questionnaire focuses on the activities of the central government and does not address the role of state and local governments.
● If the information is only available until a certain point in time, which is not the most recent calendar year (2018 or 2019), it should be considered as not available, and 0 points should be given.

Which country are you evaluating? *

Q1 Are PAST public expenditures published online?

Last fiscal year budget is accessibile online in its full detailed form = 1

Last fiscal year budget is accessibile online in a very limited form = 0.5

Last fiscal year budget is not available online = 0

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Source(s) and comment(s) to Q1

Q2 Are CURRENT public expenditures published online?

An online tracking system with itemzided expenses is available = 1

An online tacking system is available but not detailed = 0.5

An online tracking system is not available = 0

Clear selection

Source(s) and comment(s) to Q2

Q3 Is there a public procurement portal where both announcements and allocations are posted?

Both calls for bids and awarded contracts are published online = 1

Only calls for bids OR awarded contracts are published online = 0.5

No procurement portal exists online = 0

Clear selection

Source(s) and Comment(s) to Q3

Q4 Is land property registered in the form of an online cadaster?

A land property register is available online and for free (even if the register is ran by a private company) = 1

A land property register is available but payment is required to access it = 0.5

A land property register does not exist online / only exists physically = 0

Other:

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Source(s) and Comment(s) to Q4

Q5 Is there a register of commerce where shareholders and main data of companies is visible?

A register of commerce is available online with free access (even if ran by a private company) = 1

A register of commerce is available online but payment is required to access it = 0.5

A register of commerce is not available online OR it only contains information for publicly traded companies = 0

Clear selection

Source(s) and comment(s) to Q5

Q6 Is the annual report of the General Auditor (controller) public?

The annual report of the General Auditor is available online and it contains detailed information on the cases looked at = 1

The annual report of the General Auditor is available online but with few/no details = 0.5

The annual report of the General Auditor is not available online = 0

Clear selection

Source(s) and comment(s) to Q6

Q7 Are supreme court HEARINGS public and accessible online? (Please consider the Constitutional Court if your country has one)

All court information is available online (calendar, time of the hearings etc.) = 1

Information for politically sensitive cases is not available = 0.5

No information is available online = 0

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Source(s) and comment(s) to Q7

Q8 Are supreme court SENTENCES published online? (Please consider the Constitutional Court if your country has one)

All court sentences are available online = 1

Sentences of politically sensitive cases are not available = 0.5

No information is available online = 0

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Source(s) and comment(s) to Q8

Q9 Are financial disclosures of public officials available online?

Financial disclosures are available online for all civil servants = 1

Financial disclosures are available only for top officials / some civil servants = 0.5

Financial disclosures are not available online = 0

Clear selection

Source(s) and comment(s) to Q9

Q10 Are conflicts of interest disclosures of public officials available online?

Conflicts of interest disclosures are available online for all civil servants = 1

Conflicts of interest disclosures are available only for top officials / some civil servants = 0.5

Conflicts of interest disclosures are not available online = 0

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Source(s) and comment(s) to Q10

Q11 Are Official Development Assistance - ODA resources published online?

Both incoming and outcoming funds are available online (when a country is both a donor and a recipient of ODA) = 1

Incoming or outcoming funds are available online (when a country is only a donor or a recipient of aid) = 1

Only incoming OR outcoming funds are available, in a situation when there should be both = 0.5

No information on ODA is available online = 0

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Source(s) and comment(s) to Q11

Q12 Are mining concessions public?

Information on mining concessions is available online = 1

Information on mining concessions is available but a payment is needed to access it = 0.5

Information on mining concessions is not available online = 0

Clear selection

Source(s) and comment(s) to Q12

Q13 Are building permits in the country’s capital city public?

Information on building permits is available online = 1

Information on building is available but a payment is needed to access it = 0.5

Information on building permits is not available online = 0

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Source(s) and comment(s) to Q13

Q14 Is there official legislation that makes publishing laws mandatory? Based on such legislation, does an official gazette exist (online)?

Yes, both exist = 1

Such law exists, but there is no official gazzette online = 0.5

No law and no official gazzete exist = 0

Clear selection

Source(s) and comment(s) to Q14

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