Transparency as a public service and instrument to combat fraud and corruption, its impact on local Administration, and with special reference to Andalusia

Abstract

After ten years of the entry into force of the Law on Transparency, Access to Public Information and Good Government, this article aims to review the concept of transparency in a descriptive way and attempts to structure and systematize its impact at the local level, with the objective to bring together and guide local Administration professionals, public employees and rulers, their different aspects and their projection in the future.

From this eminently practical approach, transparency is based on two pillars, the right of access to public information and the obligation of active publicity, which will allow the Public Administration to be built, transformed and converted into an open, more accessible Administration, which It will reflect the most relevant aspects of its activity, organizational structure, regulations, resources and decisions, through electronic means, achieving more efficient, effective and democratic public management.

Furthermore, with this study with impact at the local level, the aim is to highlight transparency as a public service to citizens, which allows a better understanding of public management and, on the other hand, encourages citizen participation in decision-making and in the control of public management, weakening corruption.

State regulations, and particularly Andalusian regulations, recognize the relevance of transparency at the local level and establish mechanisms to guarantee the right of access to public information, active advertising and principles of good governance.