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The Corruption Prevention Programme of Hungarian Government

Ms. Eszter Dargay Head of Department, Secretariat of the State Secretary Rule of Law: Implementing a Comprehensive and Integrated Approach in Prevention and Fight against Corruption in the Danube Region, Pravetz 21-22 May 2012 1

CORRUPTION IN HUNGARY - BACKGROUND

• Hungary is a

medium touched country

with deteriorating tendencies (TI CPI scores 2009: 5,1; 2010: 4,7, 2011: 4,6)

→ ACTION IS NECESSARY

• The number of

ARE NECESSARY detected corruption crimes

yearly is around 850

→ NEW METHODS

• The Eurobarometer survey on Corruption of 2012 shows that 97% of the Hungarian have the opinion that

major problem corruption is a

in Hungary .

→ LARGE SUPPORT

MEASURES AGAINST CORRUPTION SINCE 2010

• • • • • •

Strengthening the anti-corruption capacities

of the Prosecution Service and the Court of Justice Introduction of the

integrity testing

for the professional personnel of armed forces and public servants, executed by the newly established National Protective Service Revision of the

Criminal Code Act

and other regulations for a more efficient and effective prosecution of corruption crimes 2009-2012 –

Integrity Project

of the State Audit Office (new, value-based approach, mapping corruption risks and promoting integrity of public administration organisations)

Common declaration

on a coordinated, effective anti-corruption action plan (2011) Adoption of the 2-years

Corruption Prevention Programme

(29. 03. 2012) 3

THE CORRUPTION PREVENTION PROGRAMME

• • • • Adopted by the Government, based on the Common Declaration and on the Integrity Project of the State Audit Office

Value-based approach

, the main goal is to promote integrity inside the public administration

Focus on the State

, parallel measures in party-financing and parasolvency in the health care

Principles

: credibility, gradualism (step-by-step), simultaneous action against corruption in the public administration and economy, co-operation with NGOs, prevention and organisation development 4

PROGRAM ME CONTENT I. - ETHICS

• • • Implementation of

the integrity management system

and

integrity officers

in the Hungarian public administration organizations (pilot: 2012, general: 2014)

Green book on ethics

for public servants (adoption a Code of Ethics by the Corps of Public Servants) Establishment a

whistleblowing system

in the public administration (local and governmental level) 5

PROGRAM ME CONTENT II. - EDUCATION

• • Organisaton of

trainings

and

e learning courses

for public servants (focus group: leaders and scholars) National University of Public Service –

studies on ethics and integrity

• • Complementation the

National Core Curriculum

with ethics and anti-corruption requirements (for primary school students)

Information campaign

for the society and Hungarian enterprises about the risks of corruption 6

PROGRAMME CONTENT III. - LEGISLATION

• • • • Revision of the current

impact assessment system

for reducing corruption risks in the legislation process Revision of the legal system for the

better implementation

of the Anti-bribery convention of the OECD New law for

strenghtening the criminal liability of legal persons

Internal rules for the public administration organizations on

transparency relations with lobbyists

PROGRAMME CONTENT IV. - COORDINATION

• • • •

Center of policy coordination

: Ministry of Public Administration and Justice Providing information for the ministry about the integrity measures of the public administration organisations (contact points: integrity officers) Enlargement of the participants of the Common Declaration for integrity Governmental transparency: joining to the

Open Government Declaration

(concrete commitments) 8

FINANCIAL BACKGROUND

• • • • Initiation of a

Corruption Prevention Project

Program’s goals (EU founded priority project) for realising the Budget of the Project:

1,63 million EUR

(one of the largest anti corruption projects in the EU) Realization:

2012-2014

(2 years) Project owner: Ministry of Public Administration and Justice 9

Anti-corruption activities of the Ministry of Interior in Hungary

Corruption cannot be successfully fought against in general!

THE NATIONAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE



Established: 1

January 2011



„Protected” organizations:

• Law enforcement agencies • • Civilian secret services Administrative government agencies 

Strong powers – strict legal guarantees

Almost 100.000 personnel!

THE TASKS OF THE NPS I.

Crime prevention and detection Prevention and detection – NOT investigation:

→immediately report to the competent investigation authority →pass the collected data to the prosecutor’s office 13

THE TASKS OF THE NPS I.

Crime prevention and detection

       Main cases are detected by the NPS:  Crimes related to office Bribery Abuse of personal data Harbouring a criminal Forgery of official documents Blackmailing Crimes committed in place of service or related to the activity of the office Military crimes (except for the escape, the rebellion and the threat to combat readiness) 14

THE TASKS OF THE NPS II.

Lifestyle monitoring  Applicants & the proffesional staff, who have already been employed  More strict requirements!

THE TASKS OF THE NPS III.

Integrity test  NPS creates „realistic conditions or situations”  Do the staff member fulfill the statutory obligations?

PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION MONITORING PROJECT

Information providing based on aerial photography Explore and discover illegal construction activities Anti-corruption effect  Authorities has no discretional power  Changes the builders’ attitude for the better 17