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Public Integrity Indicators Slides
The document discusses transparency and oversight of political party financing. It finds that financial contributions to political parties are not fully transparent and are still vulnerable to political and foreign influence. Additionally, financial reports from political parties are not always publicly available or submitted on time according to regulations.
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- 1. Financial contributions topolitical parties are still not fully transparent or protected from political/foreign influence. Ban on anonymous donations Ban on contributions from foreign states or enterprises Ban on contributions from publicly owned enterprises 11 6 1 1 None of these 3 bans 4 Financial contributions to political parties are still not fully transparent or protected from political/foreign influence.
- 2. Financial reports frompolitical parties are not always publicly available or submitted on time 86% 14% Regulations require that parties and/or candidates report their finances during electoral campaigns. 76% 24% Regulations require political parties to make financial reports public, including all contributions exceeding a fixed ceiling. 29% 71% All political parties have in practice submitted accounts related to elections within the timelines defined by national legislation. 71% 29% Financial reports from all political parties are publicly available in practice. Financial reports from political parties are not always publicly available or submitted on time Yes No
- 3. 3 Practice (de facto) Regulatorysafeguards (de jure) Conflict of interest 73% 33% Lobbying 39% 38% Political finance 64% 54% Lobbying is more sparsely regulated than political finance and conflict of interest. Practice is best for political finance.
- 4. Only two countrieshave cooling off periods for both public officials and lobbyists Only two countries have cooling off periods for both public officials and lobbyists
- 5. 5 The judiciary hasleast conflict-of-interest safeguards. Regulations are not always followed in practice. Regulatory requirement to submit an interest declaration (De jure) % countries: Yes % countries: Yes Submissions of interest declarations in practice (De facto) 78% Members of government 91% Members of parliament 61% Highest bodies of judiciary 70% Top-tier civil servants 56% Members of government (100% for past 6 years) 28% Highest bodies of judiciary (>80% for past 4 years) 56% Members of parliament (>90% for past 6 years) 39% Top-tier civil servants (>80% for past 4 years) The judiciary has least conflict-of-interest safeguards. Regulations are not always followed in practice.
- 6. Electronic submission ofinterest declarations still not the norm 40% 45% 55% Electronic submission of interest declarations still not the norm. All declarations submitted electronically Not all declarations submitted electronically
- 7. 10% 6% 11% 41% 8% 7% 27% 0% 6% 5% 15% 5% 1%0% 25% 2% 64% 45% 41% 39% 30% 27% 12% 12% 12% 3% 3% 2% 2% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Frequent use of extraordinary procedure in parliament and amendments to laws limited democratic controls, regulatory stability and legal certainty in 2021. Laws amended within one year Laws adopted in extraordinary procedure
- 8. Draft laws sentfor public consultation 100% 93% 86% 85% 74% 57% 40% 39% 18% 11% 3% 3% 0% 0% CZE EST FRA MEX SWE TUR Draft laws sent for public consultation Countries with data not available:
- 9. 35% 38% 43% 48% 50% 50% 53% Strategies cover mainlyclassic areas such as HRM and internal control 79% of countries have set strategic objectives to mitigate integrity risks AUS AUT BRA CAN COL CRI CZE DNK NOR FIN FRA DEU ESP HUN CHE JPN LVA GRC LTU MEX ISL NLD PER POL PRT ROU SVK SWE TUR GBR USA ARG LUX CHL 79% Strategies in place Coverage Strategic objectives focus mostly on HRM and internal control Internal Control & Risk Management Fraud & corruption Public Procurement Private sector, SOEs, PPPs Public Finance Management Other areas Human Resource Management Strategies cover mainly classic areas such as HRM and internal control
- 10. Strategies to mitigateintegrity risks suffer from an implementation gap Implementation rate 55% of actions set out to reach strategic objectives have been implemented 55% Tracking implementation 45% 45% of countries track implementation of action plans to reach strategic objectives Quality of implementation structures 39% of criteria on quality of implementation structures are fulfilled 39% Strategies to mitigate integrity risks suffer from an implementation gap
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- #4 In this slide you can see a macro view of the differences between regulation (in blue) and practices (in green), in the areas of lobbying, political finance, and conflict of interest. As a main approach, you can see how lobbying performs worse overall when compared to the other two areas. You can see that there is still a lot of work to do in the area of regulations. You can also see how in the areas of political finance and conflict of interest, practice lags when compared to the strength of their regulatory framework. Another interesting fact is the gap between regulation and practice, which is of 18 percentage points in political finance, and 44 percentage points in conflict of interest.
- #6 Now looking at a concrete example within the area of conflict of interest, this slide shows data on a commonly accepted good practice in public administration such as submitting interest declarations. The pie charts goes even deeper in the difference between regulation and practice by unpacking the specific sectors that require further attention (Government, Parliament, the Judiciary and Top-tier civil servants). Here you can see how the judiciary has the least regulatory safeguards, and the submissions of interest declarations are not truly followed in practice in all four sectors.
- #8 Finally, the last slide shows primary data on the use of extraordinary legislative procedures which affects parliamentary scrutiny and democratic controls. If countries with low trust in parliament such as Greece, where only 28% of citizens trust parliament, wants to improve, what can they do? Improving some objective metrics such as these two indicators can help. For example in Greece, 64% of laws passed through parliament without scrutiny and almost 1/10th of laws were amended within a year of their adoption. Excessive use of extraordinary procedures and frequent amendment of laws can lead to regulatory instability and legal uncertainty. This undermines the rule of law and public trust.