Strength of basic accountability mechanisms between ministries and subordinated bodies
Expert review of laws and government documents, specifying the accountability system for a sample of five central government bodies subordinated to three ministries (the MoF, the ministry of economy and the ministry of interior). Assessors select subordinated bodies with the highest staff numbers, ensuring that there is at least one body subordinated to each ministry.
For each of the following five criteria, 1 point is awarded if the criterion is met by all five government bodies (total of 5 points).
Criteria fulfilled: 3/5
Yes
No
No data available / not assessed
| Responsibility for monitoring the subordinated body is clearly assigned to the relevant organisational unit of the ministry (1 point) | |
| The ministry has the right to appoint and dismiss the head of the subordinated body (or the government makes the decision based on the minister’s proposal) (1 point) | |
| The ministry has the right to request any documents produced and collected by the subordinated body (1 point) | |
| The regulations set a requirement for an annual plan and annual activity report to be submitted to the ministry (1 point) | |
| A budgetary proposal is required to be submitted to the parent ministry (not directly to the MoF, parliament or similar) (1 point) |