Transparency International-Macedonia prepared the report: “National Integrity System of North Macedonia”, which contains an analysis of the situation with the pillars of the state’s integrity in relation to corruption and the effectiveness of national efforts to deal with corruption.
The NIS analysis is 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 with the highest score is the State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (72.9).
Pillar recommendations:
State Commission for Prevention of Corruption
- to hire more staff to fill the current human resource gaps
- to improve the capacity for research and analysis of asset and interest declarations, as well as other corruption risk assessments
- to implement missing mechanisms to handle risks of conflict of interest identified in the SCPC’s internal assessment
- to establish a mechanism for citizens to file a complaint against the SCPC and introduce citizen oversight committees for greater accountability of the institution
- to implement gender-sensitive protocols and guidelines for internal and external complaints mechanisms and produce gender-disaggregated data on such complaints.
Public prosecutor’s office
- to establish working relations with the SCPC to increase understanding of their procedures when working on corruption related cases and to develop capacity for supporting the investigations
Government
- to establish a mechanism in the general secretariat of the government to follow up on the findings and recommendations of the SCPC in cases of established conflict of interest, non-reported assets or asset declarations that were not submitted, and to call high-level officials accountable.
National Integrity System Assessment
