[2] According to the European Commission, the objectives include:[3] Integrity pacts are promoted and supported by a German-based anti-corruption organisation, Transparency International,[4] which first developed the concept in the 1990s.
[8] The aim of the pilot is to evaluate the effectiveness of Integrity Pacts in achieving their intended objectives of safeguarding procurement projects from corruption, fraud and other irregularities, as well as draw out best practice for future implementation.
[9] A Mid-Term Learning Review published in November 2018 [10] referred specifically to the necessity of political will and to the value of implementing Integrity Pacts early in the pre-tendering phase.
For example, an Integrity Pact applied to procurement related to the Greater Karachi Water Supply Scheme in Pakistan in 2001 contributed to saving around a fifth of the total contract price.
[18] There is evidence that even when an Integrity Pact "fails" to guarantee a procurement process free of corruption, it nevertheless contributes to transparency and the highlighting of fraud and other irregularities.
[19] The monitor appointed to oversee an Integrity Pact for a tramline project in Riga, Delna, also publicly withdrew from the process in 2019 due to "suspicions of fraud, mismanagement and unacceptably high risks".