AWARENESS-RAISING / TRAININGS
The practical and effective implementation of domestic anti-corruption activities are essentially ensured by a synergistic relationship based on the interaction of three pillars.
1. The first pillar is the legal environment, which provides guidance for anti-corruption activities by setting out substantive, organisational and procedural rules.
2. The second pillar relates to the establishment and a continuous maintenance of the institutional system.
3. The third element is human resources, i.e. the continuous, up-to-date information on corruption prevention for the staff of the organisation. In order to reduce corruption, public sector employees need to be familiar with the rules that ensure the integrity of public administrations in order to be more sensitive to integrity issues and to acquire skills in the initial detection and prevention of corruption. This should be accompanied by the development of knowledge of ethical values.
Integrity advisor specialised training
The key players in the operation of the integrity management system introduced in the field of public administration are the integrity advisors appointed at the individual bodies, who acquire legal, sociological and psychological knowledge at the specialised training of the National University of Public Service, which they can use to effectively support the value-based, corruption-resistant operation of public administration bodies. For more information on the training, please click here.
Trainings
Training courses on ethics, integrity and integrity management in the public administration, lasting 20 and 8 hours respectively, are continuously being held for civil servants. The primary objective of these trainings is to sensitise public service staff to the challenges of corruption. Priority will be given to increasing the resilience of law-enforcement personnel to corruption.
Awareness-raising in public education and among citizens
In addition to public education, the issue of corruption is also becoming more prominent in higher education, given that ethics, integrity and corruption prevention have been integrated into the curricula.
At its meeting of 28 March 2012, the Government approved Government Decision 1104/2012 (IV. 6.) on government measures against corruption and the adoption of the Corruption Prevention Programme of the Public Administration. The legislation is a key measure in the fight against corruption, given that it already reflects a major change in approach that emphasises prevention and the strengthening of organisational resilience alongside criminal law. The implementation of the programme was carried out between 2012 and 2014 by the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, with the involvement of the National University of Public Service as a consortium partner.
In line with the government priority set out in the National Cooperation Programme, the organisational framework for government anti-corruption activities changed at the end of 2014. The Government has transferred the coordination of its anti-corruption activities to the competence of the Minister of the Interior, including the National Protection Service.
