The Road to the Establishment of the EU Anticorruption Report Special EU Barometer on Corruption The EU Anticorruption Report

1. This project is funded by the European Union
Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) Civil Society Facility (CSF)
The views expressed in this presentation do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission
A project implemented
by a consortium lead by
the Center for the Study
of Democracy
EU Practice in Monitoring Corruption

2. Content
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The Road to the Establishment of the EU Anticorruption Report
•Special EU Barometer on Corruption
•The EU Anticorruption Report

3. The Road to the Establishment of the EU Anticorruption Report
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Enlargement Reports (Chapter on Judiciary and fundamental rights)
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The Stockholm Programme
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Cooperation and Verification Mechanism

4. Special Eurobarometer on Corruption 2011
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Nine questions in three categories:
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Perceptions of Corruption within the Member States
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Perceived Reasons for Corruption within the Member States
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Fighting Corruption

5. I. Perceptions of Corruption within The Member States
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Is corruption a major problem in Europe?
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Institutional corruption
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How well informed are citizens about corruption?
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Has the level of corruption changed in past 3 years?
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How widespread is corruption?
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Personal effect and experience of corruption

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Having explored Europeans’ perceptions and experience of corruption in their own country the survey goes on to examine why Europeans think corruption occurs in their country.
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Respondents were shown a number of potential causes of corruption and asked which they felt contributed to corruption in their country, up to a maximum of three.
II. Perceived Reasons for Corruption within the Member States

7. III. Fighting Corruption
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Who should prevent and fight corruption?
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Is corruption unavoidable?
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Are national and EU actions effective?
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Transparency and supervision of political parties’ finances
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Links to organised crime
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Prosecutions and sentences
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Trust in institutions and other bodies

8. The EU Anticorruption Report
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Prompting stronger political will in the Member States and enforcement of the existing legal and institutional tools.
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will provide a clearer overview of the existence and effectiveness of anti-corruption efforts in the EU
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will help identify specific causes of corruption
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Will provide grounds for sound preparation of
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future EU policy actions.
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will act as a 'crisis alert' to mitigate the potential risks

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Cooperating with existing monitoring and evaluation mechanisms to avoid additional administrative burdens for Member States and duplication of efforts:
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Council of Europe's Criminal Law Convention on Corruption;
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GRECO;
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Civil Law Convention on Corruption;
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Twenty guiding principles for the fight against corruption;
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the UNCAC;
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the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention.

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The Anti-Corruption Report comprises:
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A thematic section
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Country analyses
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Trends at EU level
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The EU Anti-Corruption Report is managed by the Commission assisted by:
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An expert group
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A network of local research correspondents
Methodology

11. Content of the EU Anticorruption Report
6. Society and Corruption
1. Relevant Corruption and Anti-Corruption issues
2. Politics and Strategies/Policies
3. Institutional setting, Law Enforcement and Judiciary
4. Public Administration
5. Management of Public Funds and Accountability of Public Spending

12. Relevant Corruption and Anti-Corruption issues
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Overview of new/recent corruption and anti- corruption issues, including new information/developments related to ongoing issues

13. Politics and Strategies/Policies
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Overall political context
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Financing of political parties and electoral campaigns
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Lobbying
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Immunities of MPs, other elected officials
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Parliamentary integrity
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Asset disclosure for MPs, other elected officials
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Conflicts of interests and incompatibilities of MPs
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High-level corruption cases
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National/federal anti-corruption strategies/policies
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Regional/local, sectoral or institution-specific strategies
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Legislative framework

14. Institutional setting, Law Enforcement and Judiciary
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Focal multi-purpose point when it comes to anti- corruption policies
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Mechanisms in place inspection, integrity issues, disciplinary matters, audit
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Cooperation among institutions
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Criminal proceedings
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Immunity rules applicable to judges and prosecutors

15. Public Administration
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Internal and external audit
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Risk assessments
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Training on integrity-related issues and awareness
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Transparency and accountability of administrative procedures
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Integrity and professionalism in public service
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Codes of conduct
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Conflict of interests

16. Management of Public Funds and Accountability of Public Spending
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Public procurement
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Subsidies and tax exemptions
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State-owned or state- regulated companies
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Vulnerable sectors
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Local/regional variations

17. Society and Corruption
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Surveys/studies and perception
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Reporting and whistle-blowing
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Private sector corruption
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NGO’s
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Media/FOIA
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Black economy/organised crime, etc
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Follow-up of GRECO, OECD and UNCAC recommendations

18. This project is funded by the European Union
Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) Civil Society Facility (CSF)
The views expressed in this presentation do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission
A project implemented
by a consortium lead by
the Center for the Study
of Democracy
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