The UN Office on Drugs and Crime is a global player in the fight against drugs and international crime. Its headquarter is located in Vienna. Its mandate is to assist Member States in the fight against drugs, crime and terrorism. It played an active role in the drafting of the UN Convention against Corruption, which entered into force on 14 December 2005. Hungary ratified the Convention on 19 April 2005.
On 28 February 2023, the National Protective Service organised a conference for the representatives of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) entitled "Purity in Business", which was the last stage of the EU project "Anti-corruption training - with a special focus on international bribery".
The next stage of the EU project "Anti-corruption training - with a special focus on international bribery", implemented by the National Protective Service, was a training activity organised for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' domestic (resident) staff, which took place on 20-22 February 2023.
A series of training courses for law enforcement and judicial professionals organised by the Corruption Prevention Department of the National Protective Service (NPS) in the framework of an EU project "Anti-corruption training with a focus on international bribery" has come to an end.
World Anti-Corruption Day has been celebrated on 9 December since the entry into force of the UN Convention against Corruption in 2005. On this occasion, the National Protective Service (hereinafter as: NPS) organised for the first time an international conference on "Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Corruption Prevention" on 07 December 2022 with the financial support of the European Union.
The conference was opened by Major General Szilvia Tomin dr., Director General of the National Protective Service.
Hungary, within the anti-corruption governmental program 1227/2012 (VII. 6) joined to the so called Open Government Partnership initiative in 2012. The purpose of the OGP is to provide framework, to enhance and improve publicity, civil and social participation, and transparency.
With the establishment of the new government formation, the organizational structure responsible for combating corruption changed.
Péter Klotz, anti-corruption expert from the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, and dr. Erik Drabos, lawyer, are giving lectures to government officials on 16 May 2014, Friday, as part of the in-service training programme on measures for combating bribery of foreign public officials and strengthening organisational integrity. The event will be hosted by the Hungarian Investment and Trade Agency.
The Ministry of Public Administration and Justice organised the second National Conference for Integrity Advisors on 26 March 2014. Like the previous conference held in October 2013, last week’s event mainly attracted already appointed integrity advisors and first and second year students participating in the integrity advisor training programme.
On Friday, in Budapest, advisor qualification was awarded to government officials responsible for exploring corruption risks and strengthening integrity in public administration.