Kalousek wants greater transparency in awarding of public grants and subsidies

Czech daily Pravo has reported that the Minister for Finance Miroslav Kalousek wants to make information concerning requests for grants from public coffers available on the internet. If Mr Kalousek has his way it will be possible to go online and view all grant applications and decisions on awarding public monies. Currently, billions of crowns in public money are dispensed to non-profit organisations, cultural institutions, schools and research facilities every year. In most cases, the decisions on awarding public funds are made by civil servants whose work has not yet been subject to any public scrutiny.