The strategy was developed by the Ministry following preliminary consultations with public officials, representatives of the business environment and civil society, through meetings and public debates hosted with the support of the Romanian Academic Society, the Legal Resources Center, the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation and the National Integrity Center.
Between September 26 and 30, the Justice Ministry will hold public debates through five cooperation platforms: independent authorities and anticorruption institutions, central public administration, local public administration, the business environment, civil society.
The strategy ensures the implementation of the European Commission’s recommendations, while also incorporating specific suggestions expressed in the independent Evaluation on the implementation of the National Anticorruption Strategy for 2005-2007 and the National Anticorruption Strategy regarding Vulnerable Sectors and Local Public Administration for 2008-2010.
The document also aims to prepare for the GRECO fourth evaluation round, concerning “Corruption Prevention in respect of Members of Parliament, Judges and Prosecutors.”
The strategy emphasizes methods to promote institutional integrity and proposes new instruments, recognized as European best practices, such as a methodology for the self-evaluation of corruption risks and integrity plans.
By cooperating with agencies tasked with preventing and fighting corruption, a mechanism will be developed to best use the case law of the National Anticorruption Department, General Prosecutor’s Department, National Integrity Agency and the Interior Ministry’s General Anticorruption Department.
Through the use of preventive measures and associated evaluation indicators, the strategy proposes running regular self-evaluations in every institution on the efficiency of anticorruption measures. This will be joined by themed evaluation missions carried out by mixed teams, comprising experts from various institutions and public agencies, or non-government organizations. This mechanism will use the best practices established by GRECO, the UN and the OECD.