The National Integrity System Assessment is an analyses prepared within the project “EU4 Rule of Law: Citizen Engagement for Public Integrity (CEPI) in the Western Balkans and Turkey”, funded by the European Union and the Government of Switzerland.
One of the pillars analyzed in the NIS report was the legislature, with a score 60,42.
Recommendations:
- The Assembly should conduct debates on and scrutinise public expenditure through public contracting at least once a year.
- The Assembly should review and debate the findings and recommendations of the State Commission for Prevention of Corruption, state auditor and other specialised agencies’ reports.
- The Assembly should establish deadlines for adopting the annual reports submitted by the institutions that are accountable to the Assembly, such as the SCPC, PPO, and SAO (for example, within three months of the submission of the report).
- The Assembly should implement all GRECO recommendations183 regarding integrity as well as the integrity policy developed by the SCPC, such as the adoption of new code of ethics for MPs and of related new guidelines.
National Integrity System Assessment 2023