Slovenia's anti-graft watchdog has been running a tool that allows anyone to track public money flows into the private sector since 2011, but has now upgraded it to expand the data available to the public.

The upgraded version of Erar, the web app that replaced in 2016 what was formerly known as Supervizor, allows users to track not only transactions to companies but also to physical persons.

The latter are available from September 2024 provided their amount exceeds the gross monthly salary of the country's president, at €6,700.

The app provides a more transparent display of changes in the assets of public office holders and a better insight into lobbying records and restrictions on doing business.

The names of those who lobby and those who are lobbied are shown except when the lobbyist is employed in an interest group.

Transactions abroad are also tracked when the recipient is registered in the Slovenian companies register or when the transactions top the amount of the president's salary.

The app also tracks data on donation, sponsorship and consultancy contracts, and royalties.

Transactions are mostly available for going back ten years and are being refreshed daily.

The tracking of tax debtors and interesting facts, such as the list of NGOs and their transactions, has also been improved.

Presenting the upgraded app at a press conference on 5 March, Robert Šumi, the head of the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption, said the goal was to strengthen transparency and oversight over how public money is spent, reduce corruption risks and boost integrity.

The app, which is to be upgraded further, is to make the work of the media and researchers easier.

The current upgrade cost just shy of €300,000.

Not everyone is happy with the upgrade. Gen-I, the energy company that used to be run by Prime Minister Robert Golob, has asked the Constitutional Court to review the legal provision for the expansion of data available on Erar. They told Forbes Slovenia their concern was that salaries of some non-executive staff could become public.