Combating Conflict of Interest in Local Governments in the CEE Countries

Fülszöveg

over the last decade, privatization, decentralization, and public procurement
processes in Central and Eastern Europe have provided opportunities
for unscrupulous public officials and their cronies in business to benefit financially from their unfair, and often illegal, access to public funds.
conflict of interest involves the power of public officials to promote their priváté interest, the priváté interests of their relatives, or the commercial enterprises in which they participate. A legal and regulatory framework on conflict of interest would prohibit public officials from engaging in priváté businesses that could benefit from their public positions, require officials to disclose priváté interest in any issue under consideration, or force them to withdraw from participation in such decisions.
Among its strongest conclusions, Combating Conflict of Interest recommends:
the establishment of a clear legal regime related to local government employees and elected officials; the... Tovább

Fülszöveg

over the last decade, privatization, decentralization, and public procurement
processes in Central and Eastern Europe have provided opportunities
for unscrupulous public officials and their cronies in business to benefit financially from their unfair, and often illegal, access to public funds.
conflict of interest involves the power of public officials to promote their priváté interest, the priváté interests of their relatives, or the commercial enterprises in which they participate. A legal and regulatory framework on conflict of interest would prohibit public officials from engaging in priváté businesses that could benefit from their public positions, require officials to disclose priváté interest in any issue under consideration, or force them to withdraw from participation in such decisions.
Among its strongest conclusions, Combating Conflict of Interest recommends:
the establishment of a clear legal regime related to local government employees and elected officials; the development of a monitoring, accountability, and sanction systemj the implementation of an effective audit and risk assessment mechanismj efficient legal remedies against biased decisions on concessions, licenses, subsidies, tax breaks, and land management; legal and binding declarations of local officials' priváté interests; the adoption of an obligatory code of ethics; withdrawal procedures from potential conflicts of interest for all officials; and a commission on ethics for reporting and investigating cases and enforcing sanctions.
reports on conflict of interest in bulgaria, latvia, poland, romania, russia, and slovakia are included in this new volume of the local government policy
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