Strengthening the Strategic Approach to Public Integrity in Belgium, including the integrity of public procurement processes and data-driven approach in procurement risk

The European Commission provided technical support to enhance public integrity in Belgium, focusing on federal-level integrity policies and their implementation. It strengthened integrity management, particularly in public procurement, and employed data-driven approaches to mitigate corruption risks in tendering processes. Long-term goals were to create a more effective integrity system and reduce corruption in federal procurement. Short- to medium-term outcomes included adopting integrity tools, embedding a data-driven risk model in procurement, and enhancing capacity for AI-supported model to improve the planning of audits across the public procurement cycle.  Outputs included an inception report, analytical studies, tools for integrity management and capacity-building activities such as workshops.

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