Integrity Toolkit

prevention of corruption

Public Procurement Guide – Managing Corruption Risk in the Public Procurement Cycle

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Integrity in public procurement is crucial to ensure that public money is spent efficiently and effectively, where it is most needed. As a strategic area of governance, with overarching impact on the whole of society, public procurement needs to be equipped with robust anti-corruption safeguards, tailored to its specific risks. To this end, the French Anti-Corruption Agency (AFA) and the Department for Public Procurement (DAE) published a guide on how to manage corruption risks in the public procurement cycle. Combining the inputs of both ethics and procurement practitioners, this guide aims to help public sector entities to design, develop, and implement effective corruption prevention systems, while raising integrity standards and promoting professionalism in public procurement.

 

Corruption and economic crime reporting platform, with the possibility to report and communicate anonymously

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Corruption and economic crime damage companies and the general public.

For more than 10 years there has been a tried and tested possibility of submitting reports on the Internet and communicating anonymously with the officers of the State Criminal Police Office (LKA) Lower Saxony. Around 2,600 whistleblowers have already made use of this.

The Internet-bases communication platform BKMS® Incident Reporting provides the possibility of anonymous reporting of suspected corruptions and economic crimes and to communicate with the police case handlers while staying completely anonymous.

The system only accepts and processes corruption and economic crime reports, such as fraud, breach of bookkeeping duties, corruption, embezzlement, copyright infringement, competition offences and bankruptcy offences. All other reports are automatically rejected and the reporting person gets informed about alternative reporting channels (e.g. nearest police station). The system also informs the reporting person about the possible “key offence” arising from the content of the report.

One of the main strengths of the system is the possibility to set up an individual anonymous mailbox, where employees of the LKA Lower Saxony can give feedback on what is happening with the report or ask you questions if details are still unclear. The reporting person is still granted anonymity.

The platform can be accessed via the Website of the LKA Lower Saxony or directly  via https://www.bkms-system.net/bkwebanon/report/clientInfo?cin=lka149ni&c=-1&language=ger

Corruption Prevention / Risk Analysis Rhineland-Palatinate

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The integrity of the public administration is of central importance for a state governed by the rule of law. Corruption can cause great damage and seriously affects the reputation of the state. The state government of Rhineland-Palatinate is therefore actively trying to prevent corruption in the administration. Rhineland-Palatinate takes full action against corruption, to ward off damage to the state and to protect its reputable contractual partners.

The main elements of the program for the prevention of corruption are set out in an administrative regulation issued by the state government on January 22, 2019. The website provides the administrative regulation with its annexes, guidelines and Q6A.

The guideline for risk management corruption was introduced with the 2019 administrative regulation. A flowchart for risk analysis corruption can be found via the website as well as excel sheets and templates to conduct the necessary risk analysis (Attachment 1 to Annex 1)

Die Integrität der öffentlichen Verwaltung ist für einen Rechtsstaat von zentraler Bedeutung. Korruption kann großen Schaden anrichten und beeinträchtigt das Ansehen des Staates erheblich. Die rheinland-pfälzische Landesregierung versucht daher aktiv, Korruption in der Verwaltung zu verhindern. Rheinland-Pfalz geht konsequent gegen Korruption vor, um Schaden vom Land abzuwenden und seine seriösen Vertragspartner zu schützen.

Die wesentlichen Elemente des Programms zur Korruptionsprävention sind in einer Verwaltungsvorschrift der Landesregierung vom 22. Januar 2019 festgelegt. Auf der Website finden Sie die Verwaltungsvorschrift mit ihren Anhängen, Richtlinien und Q6A.

Der Leitfaden zum Risikomanagement Korruption wurde mit der Verwaltungsvorschrift 2019 eingeführt. Über die Website finden Sie ein Flussdiagramm zur risikoanalyse sowie Excel-Tabellen und Vorlagen zur Durchführung der notwendigen Risikoanalyse (Anlage 1 zu Anhang 1)

Guidelines for combatting corruption in higher education

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This is an advisory statement for effective international practice in combatting corruption and enhancing integrity. It was developed by IIEP-UNESCO together with the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and addresses contemporary challenges for the quality and credibility of higher education. It also provides some guidelines to the various stakeholders for effective international practice in combatting corruption in higher education – with a special focus on the role that quality assurance should play. Finally, it includes a matrix that lists some of the major issues for action and indicates which stakeholders should address them.