Assistance for the development of open competitions in the municipality of Colonia Caroya, Córdoba, Argentina

This report contributes to leave a precedent of a technical assistance between a public university and a municipal government for the development of public tenders process. The important contribution that public universities can make to the modernization and professionalization of public administration and in particular to ensure transparency in the process of entering Public Administration is demonstrated. For the formation of the evaluators courts where took into account criteria of suitability, publicity, transparency, pluralism and independence from any interference which would infringe equal opportunities for the candidates during the selection process. Thus, a qualified professional for each court was proposed by IIFAP and the remaining two members of the court were municipal councilors seeking a balance between different political forces. In addition, the whole process was attended by an observer member of the Municipal Workers' Union and a member observer of the executive branch to ensure transparency. Results shows that a total of twenty seven citizens were registered but only eighteen participates of the process (representing 66.6%) and five candidates (27.7%) failed the first test of the process