Strengthening integrity in the Italian public sector

Over the last few years, Italy has introduced major reforms designed to modernise public administration, improve services, and increase citizens’ participation in public decisionmaking. This chapter presents an overview of these reforms. Legislative Decree 150/2009, known as the “Brunetta Reform”, provided a comprehensive framework for improving labour productivity as well as civil service efficiency and transparency. The chapter summarises some of the open-government-related tools that leverage web 2.0 technologies for innovation in the civil service and citizens’ engagement.