2021 - The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) held a meeting with members of the Federal Audit Court (TCU) and the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office (MPF) to follow up on the initiatives of its global project COVID-19 Anti-Corruption Response and Recovery which is supported by the Bureau of International Law Enforcement and Narcotics (INL/USA) The objective of the project is to assist nine countries from Africa and Timor-Leste) in recovering from the COVID-19 crisis and promoting effective responses to possible future crises The meeting was attended by the UNODC program coordinator Chantal Castro; the director of DIPOG/SEMAG of TCU Lucieni Pereira; the acting Secretary-General of External Control Nicola Espinheira da Costa Khoury; the president of the Association of External Control Auditors Nivaldo Dias Filho; the TCU Secretary of External Health Control Also attending the meeting were the Federal Auditor of the TCU of the Secretariat for Combating Corruption Roberto Sergio do Nascimento; the Secretary of External Control of Special Accounts Jose Ulisses Rodrigues Vasconcelos; the Federal Auditor of External Control Leonardo Naves Souza; the Federal Auditor of External Control Renata Silveira Carvalho; the Secretary of External Control of Logistical Acquisitions Tânia Lopes Pimenta Chioato; and the Federal Prosecutor of the Combating Corruption Center of the MPF in Pernambuco Among the proposals presented is the provision of technical assistance to be conducted by the non-governmental organization Open Contracting Partnership The NGO is specialized in the management and analysis of open data and seeks to provide assistance and advice to control agencies in the improvement of transparency in public procurement the possibility of holding a "hackathon" was discussed which is a programming marathon in which hackers get together for hours discuss new ideas and develop software or even hardware projects The idea is to develop a technological solution to the challenge of tracking and monitoring the investment of federal funds passed on as a mandatory transfer to other federative entities especially in emergencies such as the current pandemic "The initiatives seek to present structural solutions for the efficient allocation and ensure transparency in the decentralized investment of federal funds since all entities must provide accounting and system established by the central accounting body of the Brazilian Government," said the National Project Officer "technology can and should be an ally in preventing corruption and promoting transparency and integrity in public management envisioning innovative solutions to complex problems from the mobilization of public and private sectors said that "the exchange of experiences and views among UNODC TCU auditors and members of the MPF on such a sensitive issue as transparency of public spending is of utmost importance to overcome elementary difficulties regarding the traceability and auditability of public spending between the Union and subnational entities during pandemic times." Read more about the global program: COVID-19 Anti-Corruption Response and Recovery To know more:  http://www.agenda2030.com.br/ This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page.