practical initiatives for enhancing transparency in local self-government - lviv workshop, april...
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Practical Initiatives For Enhancing Transparency in Local Self-Government - Lviv Workshop, April 2008
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Public Ethics Benchmark and Improvement Programme
- Council of Europe project in Spain, Moldova, Ukraine and Romania
- 5 participating Ukrainian municipalities
- Producing : 1.Scorecard of model
transparency initiatives 2. Handbook of local self-
government law
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Transparency Initiatives
• Registers of councillor interests, expenses and allowances
• Guidance on – - political party funding - elections & monitoring• Codes of Conduct for
councillors and officers • Policy on access to
information
• Revised councillor and officer training
• Peer reviewing• Publication of: - annual anti-corruption strategy - public survey results - available positions - tenders for contracts
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Codes of Conduct – Ethical Values The 7 “Principles of Public Life”
• Selflessness• Integrity• Objectivity• Accountability• Openness• Honesty• Leadership
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Transparency & Standards
Through: - Codes of Conduct- Publicising the Code and
standards- Toolkits (scorecards,
guidance, audits)- Publicising case results- Ethics Committees- Annual report on the
ethical framework
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Code of Conduct for Councillors
• Promote equality• Treat people with respect
Members should not - • Bring the authority into disrepute• Misuse their position to advantage or disadvantage
themselves or others• Disclose confidential information• Stop someone seeing papers they are allowed to• Not unduly influence authority officers• Misuse council resources
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Code of Conduct (cont.)
Addressing:• conflicts of interests• incompatible posts
Obligation to declare -• personal interests• prejudicial interests• gifts and hospitality
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Experience from the UK & Serbia
Achievements in –- Councillors removed
for misconduct- Established Ethics
Committees- Improved councillor
conduct- Improved public
confidence in local government
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NGOs and Ethics Committees
Assisting:- Political neutrality- Appointments to the
Committee- Committee resources- Publicise its work
through public seminars and in the media
- Publicise case outcomes
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Tenders for public contracts
• Information and Meet-The-Buyer meetings
• Public guidance• Simplify tender process• Adopt e-procurement• Offer feedback to
unsuccessful tenders• Encourage sustainable
procurement