[open-government] Fwd: FreeBalance: Government of Timor-Leste Accelerates Accountability with Transparency Portal

Thu Mar 17 11:28:17 UTC 2011

Interesting. The site looks quite powerful.

This is timely for me, as I am doing a report on freedom of the media  
(including access to information) in East Timor. It may be a bit of an  
exaggeration to say that with this site, "the Government of Timor- 
Leste demonstrates worldwide leadership in transparency", but it  
certainly represents progress over what they were disclosing previously.

Best, Toby

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On 17 Mar 2011, at 07:28, Daniel Dietrich wrote:

> FYI
>
> I did not know about FreeBalance before.. so I thought this might be  
> of interest.
>
> Daniel
>
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>> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>> Betreff:	FreeBalance: Government of Timor-Leste Accelerates  
>> Accountability with Transparency Portal
>> Datum:	Wed, 16 Mar 2011 07:34:30 -0400
>> Von:	ETAN <fbp at igc.org>
>> An:	east-timor at lists.riseup.net
>>
>> http://www.prweb.com/releases/prwebgrp-software/timor-leste/prweb8210093.htm
>>
>> Government of Timor-Leste Accelerates Accountability with  
>> Transparency Portal
>>
>>
>> Portal Enables Citizens, the Press, Donors, NGOs and Civil Society  
>> to Monitor Government Budget Execution Interactively and in Real-Time
>>
>> FreeBalance, a Government Resource Planning (GRP) software For  
>> Profit Social Enterprise (FOPSE), today announced that the  
>> Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (RDTL) has  
>> launched the web-based Transparency Portal.
>>
>> The Timor-Leste Transparency Portal allows citizens to access  
>> historical and recent government financial information to monitor  
>> RDTL state funds effectiveness. Detail provided includes amounts  
>> allocated expenditure location, and program data. Citizens can  
>> investigate projects further to view budget transactions to ensure  
>> the budget is being spent as intended. This ensures honesty and  
>> transparency to improve citizen and investor confidence. The Timor- 
>> Leste Transparency Portal provides 10 years of budget information:  
>> the budget that was approved and the actual budget spent. Reports  
>> and filtered results can be exported in PDF, Word,    Excel, XML  
>> and HTML formats.
>>
>> "With the launch of the FreeBalance Transparency Portal, the  
>> Government of Timor-Leste demonstrates worldwide leadership in  
>> transparency, trust and accountability,” said Manuel Pietra,  
>> President & CEO of FreeBalance. "Timor-Leste continues to  
>> modernize    rapidly by adopting transparency initiatives, some of  
>> which have yet been implemented in more developed countries.  
>> Transparency and accountability are dominant themes in governance  
>> and are key factors at reducing corruption. Government transparency  
>> creates participation and confidence. Oversight improves government  
>> efficiency and effectiveness, strengthens capacity, and budget  
>> execution."
>>
>> The Government of Timor-Leste has leveraged rich web technology  
>> from FreeBalance so that it can integrate data from multiple  
>> sources, simplify finding information and make information  
>> externally available for other systems. The Governments now has the  
>> option to display information from multiple sources, including  
>> other government financial databases. The Transparency Portal  
>> integrates seamlessly within the FreeBalance Accountability Suite.
>>
>> FreeBalance has been working with the RDTL since 2000. FreeBalance  
>> has provided GRP software and PFM services supporting improved  
>> governance, accountability, and transparency. The Government of the  
>> Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste uses FreeBalance Financials,  
>> Purchasing, Assets, Human Capital Accountability, Treasury, and  
>> Performance Budgeting modules. The RDTL and FreeBalance worked  
>> closely to implement a range of products including a Minister’s  
>> Dashboard.
>>
>> FreeBalance customers span the globe and the user community  
>> includes public financial management professionals in 18 countries.  
>> FreeBalance operates in 15 customer time zones. FreeBalance has  
>> more than 60,000 users around the world. FreeBalance software  
>> manages a global civil service workforce of 1,500,000, and also  
>> manages a quarter trillion ($US) annual budgets worldwide.
>>
>> About the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
>> Internationally recognized as an independent state in 2002, Timor- 
>> Leste is located in South East Asia. After 400 years of occupation,  
>> 24 years of war, two years of a United Nation’s led transitional  
>> administration, Timor-Leste restored its independence. Timor-Leste  
>> has witnessed rapid development in recent years and has been ranked  
>> one of the top ten fastest growing economies in the world for the  
>> last three consecutive years. Tetum and Portuguese are the official  
>> languages.
>>
>> About FreeBalance
>> FreeBalance helps governments around the world leverage robust  
>> Government Resource Planning (GRP) technology to accelerate country  
>> growth. FreeBalance software solutions for public financial and  
>> human resource management support reform and modernization to  
>> improve governance, transparency and accountability. Good  
>> governance is required to improve development results. For more  
>> information, visit http://www.freebalance.com.
>>
>> Media Contact:
>> Matthew Oliver
>> Director, Global Marketing & Alliances
>> Email: molivier(at)freebalance(dot)com
>> Ph: +1 613 301 9653
>>
>> ###
>>
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