In the last years, the demand for transparency in the field of public administration has been exponentially growing in Italy.
Transparency has become a more necessary element for improving the economic, financial and organizational management of public
matters. Moreover, transparency stimulates the accountability of what has been accomplished, and this brings a noticeable
improvement to the quality of public administrations, both in terms of supplied services, and in the organizational field.
The particular emphasis for this theme has also been facilitated by a strong pressure from the Italian civil society and by
international movements that take inspiration from the basic OPEN GOVERNMENT principles. This collaboration has helped spread
the value of transparency, in particular for: 1.The participation of citizens 2.The collective control 3.The performance assessment
and the accountability of public managers 4.The prevention of corruption
... a real transparency framework has been developed, that includes: 1.Standard and uniform rules for the syntax and semantics
of the publication (guidelines for PA websites) 2.Well defined processes for the publication of the contents on the website
3.Software online tools for real time check and monitoring of the fulfillment of the transparency laws.
