хотел Холидеј ин Скопје, 22 март 2016
Д-р Слаѓана Тасева
Chair Transparency International Macedonia
Member of the IACA IAAB
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•Policy recommendations
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International Conference
Effective combat high level corruption: matter of person or a system?
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Center for the Study of Democracy, Bulgaria
SELDI Coordinator
March 22, 2016
Skopje
This brief is an extract from a forthcoming AfriCOG report which reviews the
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to mark International Anti-Corruption Day 2009. It discusses the investigation,
prevention of corruption, asset recovery and public education functions of the
KACC.-December 2009
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Objectives and context of the study
•Methodology of the study
•Organised crime and corruption
•Country clusters
•Institutional aspects
•Policy recommendations
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RISS is congressionally funded and administered by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). BJA provides funding oversight and program management for the RISS Program. Although RISS is congressionally funded, it is locally managed.
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Ефективна борба против корупција на високо ниво: прашање на личност или на систем?
1. КОНФЕРЕНЦИЈА
Ефективна борба против корупција на
високо ниво: прашање на личност или
на систем?
хотел Холидеј ин Скопје, 22 март 2016
Д-р Слаѓана Тасева
Chair Transparency International Macedonia
Member of the IACA IAAB
Member of the MEC in Afghanistan
2. Q to be addressed
Is Romania the example that we should follow?
Do our institutions have the legal basis for
adequately combat corruption (above all concerning
State Commission for the Prevention of Corruption).
But now also with the Special Public Prosecution?
What should be changed in the existent institutional
system and legal framework?
Do we miss will and courage for effective fight
against corruption in Macedonia?
3. Is Romania the example that
we should follow?
Yes
Legal and institutional framework are similar and in place
Romania: Two anti-corruption agencies:
The National Anti-corruption Directorate (DNA) and
The National Integrity Agency (NIA)
Macedonia
Public Prosecutors Office on Organized Crime and
Corruption (PPOOCC)
SCPC
Special Public Prosecutor
4. The National Anti-corruption
Directorate (DNA)
DNA was established with the Government Emergency
Ordinance no. 43 in 2002.
The DNA is an independent judicial structure and
operates within the Prosecutor's Office attached to the
High Court of Cassation and Justice.
DNA jurisdiction covers the whole of Romania with its
head office in Bucharest and local offices in 15
territories.
The DNA is headed by a chief prosecutor who is
assisted by two deputy chief prosecutors.
There are 145 prosecutors, 170 police officers and 55
experts specialized in economics, finance, banking,
customs, and information technology working in DNA.
DNA has wide investigative authorities.
5. The National Anti-corruption
Directorate (DNA)
The DNA is a specialised prosecution office
tasked to investigate high-level corruption
cases.
The DNA has established a solid track record
of non-partisan investigations into allegations
of high-level corruption
However the DNA is not compatible to the
SCPC
6. The National Integrity Agency
(NIA)
NIA was established with the Law no. 144/2007
NIA is an autonomous administrative authority,
with legal personality, operating at national level, a
unique structure, with headquarters in Bucharest.
The role of the NIA is:
to verify wealth and interest statements,
control the filling-in on time of the statements
assess the failure to follow legal provisions
regarding conflicts of interest, incompatibilities
and wealth and
formulate complaints to the criminal investigation
bodies if there is evidence or solid suspicion
regarding the existence of such activity.
7. NIA mandate
NIA conducts administrative type of
investigations and is subject to judicial control.
The NIA has access to all documents / records
from public authorities or any other public or
private persons (tax registers, personal ID
databases, motor vehicle register, real estate
register, F.I.U. databases, land register, etc).
The Agency performs evaluation activities ex-
officio or upon notification by any individual
or legal entity. The assessment of wealth,
conflicts of interests and incompatibilities is
performed during the mandate of public
dignities and within three years after its end.
8. NIA capacity
The Public Portal of Assets and Interests Disclosures
(http://declaratii.integritate.eu) contains 5.697.459
millions of asset and interest disclosures filed over 2008-
2016 (up to 11.March 2016), and all are available to the
public.
The operative activity is conducted by the integrity
inspectors through an informatics system of integrated
management for assets and interests declarations
(SIMIDAI)
According to NIA, about 300,000 dignitaries have the
obligation to file asset and interest disclosures every
year. Such statements should include the dignitary’s
spouse and under-age children
9. NIA resources
NIA is chaired by a President, Vice
President and Secretary General.
It has 6 units, 83 employees and vacant
117 positions
The NIA budget for 2014 based on the last
info published on the NIA web site was
41,642,597 Leu (RON) or 9.317.913 EUR.
12. Capacity indicators
Macedonian SCPC
408.000 EUR
26 employees
Number of civil servants 160.000
No officially published number of officials
4000 asset declarations and
4000 statements of interest
Romanian NIA
9.317.913 EUR
83 employees
Civil Servants: 178,000
5.697.459 assets and interests disclosures published
300,000 dignitaries have the obligation to file asset and interest
disclosures every year.
13. SCPC
The SCPC has 45 in systematization and 26 employees, they
are public servants
The SCPC works on administrative investigations
The State Commission prepare and enact the State Program for
the Prevention of Corruption.
The SCPC collects the asset declaration forms, updates the
register and publishes the data on the web.
SCPC collects the statements for interest, providing opinion on
conflict of interest of the officials
Macedonian SCPC and NIA have aces to bank information
upon direct request
14. But now also with the Special
Public Prosecution?
There is big difference between the DNA and
Special Public Prosecution
The DNA is an independent judicial structure
and operates within the Prosecutor's Office
attached to the High Court of Cassation and
Justice
15. What should be changed in the existent institutional system
and legal framework?
Institutional System exist
There is the Public prosecution Office for the Fight
against Corruption and Organized Crime (PPOOCC)
There is the SCPC
There was a special need for establishment of the
Special Public Prosecution
What can be done?
To implement the existing laws
To develop Culture of Integrity
To enhance personal accountability for lack of
performance
16. Do we miss will and courage for effective fight against corruption
in Macedonia?
There is also obvious lack of political will
Lack of capacity
Lack of resources
Lack of institutional cooperation
Lack of independence of the institutions
Lack of courage
There is obvious tendency towards the
institutional integrity rather than the personal
integrity
17. Ефективна борба против корупција на високо ниво:
прашање на личност или на систем?
Tomić, S. (2016). Explaining Enforcement
Patterns of Anticorruption Agencies:
Comparative Analysis of Five Serbian,
Croatian and Macedonian Anticorruption
Agencies.
PhD thesis, London School of Economics
and Political Science
18. Centralno istraživačko pitanje: koji faktor najbolje
objašnjava enforcement antikorupcionih agencija?
Tri vrste teorija sam testirao:
1. Organizacioni faktori (ukljujuju formalnu
nezavisnost agencija, kao i orgnaizacione
resurse)
2. Vremenski faktori (koliko je agencija stara,
koliko su daleko naredni izbori)
3. Ljudski faktor (tj. uticaj lidera)
19. Na primeru pet agencija
Srbija:
Savet za borbu protiv korupcije (2001-2012)
Republički odbor za rešavanje o sukobu interessa
(2005-2009)
Agencija za borbu protiv korupcije (2010-2012)
Makedonija:
Državna komisija za borbu protiv korupcije (2002-
2012)
Hrvatska:
USKOK (2001-2012)
20. Ključni nalaz:
Ljudski faktor je bio ključna varijabla za enforcement agencija. Promene u
lidersvu agencija (da li direktora, ili sastava Boarda), bile su praćene promenama u
enforcementu. Organizacioni faktori nisu bili ključni – neke agencije su imale oštri
enforcement čak i uz mali nivo formalne nezavisnosti, ili uz male resurse; slično,
druge agencije su imale blag enforcement čak i uz veliku formalnu nezavisnost ili
visoke resurse.
Slično, suprotno vremenskim teorijama, agencije nisu slabile svoj enforcement
kako je vreme prolazilo, ili kako su se izbori približavali. Postoji neki efekat u nekim
slučajevima, ali je on daleko od sistematskog.
Enforcement sam merio pomoću koncepta koji
sam nazvao enforcement pattern, koji se sastoji iz
3 elementa, od kojih je ključan enforcement style
21. Type of actions
predatory i entrepreunerial akcije su one akccije u kojima
su agencije nastupile brzo i angažovano kako bi rešile
problem eventualne korupcije (tzv. zealous akcije).
Razlika između dva stile je što predatory uključuje
slučajeve gde je kazna visoka (npr. zahtev za prosecution)
a entreprenuerial slaba kazna (npr. javna opomena).
Aloof i retreatist su non-zealous akcije, u kojima su
agencije ili kasno reagovale, ili se nisu založile za
rešavanje slučajeva koji su se pojavili javno ili ih je neko
prijavio.
22. Ovi grafikoni prikazuju enforcement style za svaku od agencija,
koje sam sačinio na bazi analize svih slučajeva visokih funkcionera
(big-fish) koje su agencije sprovele tokom svog rada.
23. Personal changes are crucial
Gornji grafikoni pokazuju da one godine kada su se
menjali direktori (ili Board, zavisno od modela kako se
donosi odluka), agencije su uglavnom menjale i svoj
enforcement style.
Npr. u makedonskoj Komisiji se jasno vidi promena
nakon 2006g, kada se javlja mnogo non-zealous akcija,
plus nesrazmerno targetiranje opozicije sa zealous
akcijama.
Slično je Savetom, od 2003g, kada je imenovana Barać,
ili USKOK-om od 2005g. nadalje, kada sa dolaskom
Cvitana postepeno kreću zealous akcije protiv big-fish
političara.