[OpenSpending] EU Budget and Spending Contract Research Opportunity
Petra Reszkető
petra.reszketo at budapestinstitute.eu
Wed Feb 25 13:04:04 UTC 2015
thanks for quick reply!
p
On 25 February 2015 at 12:21, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
> 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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>>
>>
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Reszkető, Petra Edina
Co-Director
Budapest Intézet/ Budapest Institute
1074 Budapest Dohány u.84./ H-1074 Budapest Dohány u.84
m: +36 70 7788 191
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