Strategic framework for public integrity

Strategic objectives are established for reducing corruption and integrity risks

Strategies must be adopted at the level of the government (council of ministers or equivalent), or by parliament, and be in force. Objectives relating to curbing corruption or mitigating integrity risks facing public officials qualify. Objectives targeting risk in the private sector and public corporations, state-owned enterprises and public-private partnerships are also accepted. Strategic objectives may be established in various documents touching upon the subject (e.g. Action Plan for Chapter 23; rule of law strategic documents, etc.).

All strategies contain outcome-level indicators for the public integrity objectives

Strategies must be adopted at the level of the government (council of ministers or equivalent), or by parliament, and be in force. Objectives relating to curbing corruption or mitigating integrity risks facing public officials qualify. Objectives targeting risk in the private sector and public corporations, state-owned enterprises and public-private partnerships are also accepted. Strategic objectives may be established in various documents touching upon the subject (e.g. Action Plan for Chapter 23; rule of law strategic documents, etc.). If no strategic objectives are established at the level of the government (council of ministers or equivalent) then 0 points are automatically awarded. If there are more strategies in force and any are without outcome-level indicators or target values, then 0 points are awarded.

All strategies set target values for all outcome-level indicators

Strategies must be adopted at the level of the government (council of ministers or equivalent), or by parliament, and be in force. Objectives relating to curbing corruption or mitigating integrity risks facing public officials qualify. Objectives targeting risk in the private sector and public corporations, state-owned enterprises and public-private partnerships are also accepted. Strategic objectives may be established in various documents touching upon the subject (e.g. Action Plan for Chapter 23; rule of law strategic documents, etc.). If no strategic objectives are established at the level of the government (council of ministers or equivalent) then 0 points are automatically awarded. If there are more strategies in force and any are without outcome-level indicators or target values, then 0 points are awarded.

All strategies have action plans

The action plan must specify activities, timelines for each area of work, as well as the responsibility for implementing activities at least at the level of organisations. The action plan(s) must be published. If no action plan is in place, then 0 points are automatically awarded. If there are more strategies in force and any are without an action plan, then 0 points are awarded.

All strategies have monitoring reports

The monitoring report(s) must be published and produced at least annually. If no monitoring report is developed and published, then 0 points are automatically awarded. If there are more strategies in force and any are without a published monitoring report, then 0 points are awarded.

Reported implementation rate of integrity activities (%)

Analysis of the implementation rate of activities related to strategic objectives for public integrity for the last full calendar year, as presented in the monitoring reports provided by the national authorities. Implementation rate is calculated based on the planned actions of all action plans of all valid integrity-related planning documents that comprise the strategic framework on public integrity during the last full calendar year. Activities that are only partially implemented will be counted as not implemented. Continuous activities that span over more than one year and which do not have a clear timeframe, annual targets and deadlines established in the action plan are excluded from the calculation of the implementation rate. If there is no information on implementation of the action plan(s) of one or more strategies establishing strategic objectives for public integrity, it is assumed that the activities planned for the reporting year have not been implemented from the list of all planned activities of all strategies. Points are allocated based on the reported implementation rate of planned activities (x): • x ≤ 25% = 0 points. • 25% < x < 90% = linear function. • x = 90% = 5 points.