[OpenSpending] EU Budget and Spending Contract Research Opportunity

Wed Feb 25 11:21:35 UTC 2015

On 25 February 2015 at 09:39, Petra Reszkető <
petra.reszketo at budapestinstitute.eu> wrote:

> Hi Rufus,
> am reading your info on the research opportunity below with high interest.
> May I come back to you with some quick questions, clarifications:
> - first of all, what is the deadline for expressing interests and sending
> the required docs? (surely, as soon as possible, but still...)
>

I would say deadline for EOI would be 5pm GMT on Monday.

> - would OKF accept (small) team application or it is a call for individual
> experts?
>

We're happy with either. Note total budget for project is 10-20 person days
so if you have a team its going to be only a few days per person.

> - to what extent would OKF be interested in having a series of thematic
> papers on the topics listed below and enriched with infographics (where
> useful) rather than having one narrative report
>

The report can be broken down - we need the sections more than a single
narrative.

> based on our experience, in case of orientation both journalists and
> professionals prefer thematic notes to narrative reports (even if
> multi-section ones)
>

agree and thematic is fine.

Rufus

>
> I look forward to hearing from you
> Bests,
> Petra
>
>
> On 24 February 2015 at 18:28, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I wanted to advertise the contract research opportunity below that Open
>> Knowledge currently have available. If you are interested please email me (
>> rufus.pollock at okfn.org) including both an approximate quote (or
>> day-rate) and a short CV or cover letter explaining your qualifications and
>> interest.
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> Rufus Pollock (Open Knowledge)
>>
>> EU Budget and Spending Contract Research Brief
>>
>>
>>    -
>>
>>    Summary: produce a research report on EU budgeting and finances
>>    -
>>
>>    Total time for the project: Negotiable - likely around 10-20 person
>>    days
>>    -
>>
>>    Timeline: Strong preference for delivery by early April (however
>>    later is possible)
>>    -
>>
>>    Output: a multi-section report suitable for publication on the web
>>
>> Context
>>
>> There is currently a substantial gap in public understanding and scrutiny
>> of many aspects of the EU budget and spending. This is a major issue to
>> address as understanding and accountability of public finances are of
>> fundamental importance to democracy and public integrity across the EU (as
>> evidenced by the problems in the recent financial crisis).
>>
>> The current unavailability and/or opacity of EU budget and spending data
>> is a significant problem for researchers, journalists and activists who
>> wish to advance an informed public conversation about public finances in
>> the EU. Data is either scattered across different locations, available in
>> opaque formats or hidden deep in unknown EU websites. (For an overview of
>> the current situation see http://community.openspending.org/research/eu/)
>> Research Project Brief
>>
>> Produce a summary and overview of EU budgeting process, key datasets,
>> availability, inter-relationship, and structure. Produced in a form that is
>> publicly usable by others including non-experts.
>>
>> This work can build on and extend existing work such as:
>> http://community.openspending.org/research/eu/
>>
>> Specifically we want to produce:
>>
>>
>>    -
>>
>>    [Required] A description of the EU budget process (how are budgets
>>    set and agreed)
>>    -
>>
>>       Description and process diagram for the MFF (multi-year financial
>>       framework)
>>       -
>>
>>    [Required] Overview of where money comes from and how mechanism works
>>    -
>>
>>       Basic funding mechanism
>>       -
>>
>>       Which member states etc
>>       -
>>
>>    [Required] Overview of where money flows to. This should include 1-2
>>    page description of main "funds" and areas of expenditure including:
>>    -
>>
>>       Links to (detailed) data sources if any
>>       -
>>
>>       Description of efforts to obtain detailed data so far (e.g. FoI
>>       requests, EU data releases) and their timeline
>>       -
>>
>>       Description of decision-making process over expenditure
>>       -
>>
>>    [Desirable] Summary of keey research / investigations so far (e.g. FT
>>    investigation of structural funds, academic research)
>>
>>
>> NOT required
>>
>>    -
>>
>>    Any detailed financial analysis of current expenditures
>>
>>
>> Other requirements:
>>
>>
>>    -
>>
>>    Final report prepared in "markdown" format. (If you do not know what
>>    markdown is do not worry - it easy to convert from word or similar to
>>    markdown)
>>
>> Appendix
>>
>> This appendix lists some of the key datasets related to EU spending and
>> budgeting of which we are already aware.
>>
>> Dataset
>>
>> Type
>>
>> Comments
>>
>> EU Budget - Annual
>>
>> Budget
>>
>> Multi-annual Financial Framework
>>
>> Budget
>>
>> Financial Transparency System (spending under the EU Commission)
>>
>> Spending
>>
>> FTS contains all spending executed by the European Commission
>>
>> Regional Funds - Structural Funds & Cohesion Funds
>> Spending
>>
>> Data on Structural Fund payments are of significant interest to
>> journalists, but the barrier of entry is currently high as the data is
>> being published by member states in various formats.
>>
>> Agricultural subsidies (CAP)
>>
>> Spending
>>
>> Contracts (Tenders Electronic Daily)
>> Spending
>>
>> TED contains all official EU contracts but also all major major contracts
>> (greater than 100k) by EU member states. Again whilst important and
>> interesting (especially  to journalists) this is probably a lower priority
>> dataset.
>>
>>
>>
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