HELLENIC REPUBLIC
Ministry of Administrative Reform
& e-Governance
NATIONAL CENTRE FOR
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
& LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Dr. Fani Komseli,
Deputy Secretary General
Director of the Institute of Training
DISPA meeting, Vilnius, 24 October 2013
Improving corruption prevention skills:
different states – different approaches? GREECE/EKDDA
Where corruption phenomena are detected:
• PUBLIC HOSPITALS
• TAX OFFICES
• BODIES issuing CONSTRUCTION LICENSES
Commonly found incidents in all three:
«Speeding up the case»
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Improving corruption prevention skills:
different states – different approaches? GREECE/EKDDA
1. Innovative Workshop of deliberation on anti-corruption where a Policy Paper & a
Road Map were produced (2011)
2. Co-operation with “Task Force for Greece” for the implementation of focused
trainings following a Road Map on “Anti-Money Laundering” set up by the
Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Justice and the Public Prosecutor for Financial
Crimes together with EU experts (2012 – now)
3.
Innovative workshop of deliberation on e-Prescription regarding the
implementation of the (then) recently legislated e-Health programme (2011). The
workshop delivered a Policy Paper & a Road Map with guidelines as to the
management of the e-Prescription project
4. Co-operation with the Ministry of Health and “Task Force for Greece” for the
implementation of specialised interventions regarding the reform of the Hellenic
Health System
5. Training for all the civil servants of the Ministry of Finance (2012 – now)
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“Reinforcing Transparency and fighting against corruption”:
a workshop of deliberation that delivered a Policy Paper Road
Map
• 54 participants from the public/private sector,
academicians, researchers, NGOs and experts from
Estonia and the USA
• 3 working groups – 3 separate subtopics :
“Transparency reinforcement, prevention of corruption phenomena”
“Suppression of corruption phenomena, auditing mechanisms,
disciplinary process, administration of justice”
“Educating, training, raising awareness, motivating the citizens”
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“Reinforcing Transparency and fighting against corruption”:
a workshop that delivered a Policy Paper with a Road Map
Working Group 1: “Transparency reinforcement, prevention of
corruption phenomena”
• 13 proposals towards building transparency through eGovernance
• 13 proposals for interventions and improvements
of the PA function
• 11 proposals for a better use of the human resources
and the reinforcement of the citizen’s role
• 4 proposals regarding the function of the auditing
mechanisms
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“Reinforcing Transparency and fighting against corruption”
Working Group 2: “Suppression of corruption phenomena, auditing
mechanisms, disciplinary process, administration of
justice”
• 8 proposals of general legislative content
• 13 proposals on the auditing procedures and
mechanisms
• 6 proposals for the urban planning services and the
implementation of the environmental law
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“Reinforcing Transparency and fighting against corruption”
Working Group 3: “Educating, training, raising awareness,
motivating the citizens”
• 5 proposals on reinforcing the civil servants’ role
• 4 proposals on altering the public image of the
public services
• 5 proposals of institutional character – changes
signaling
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“Reinforcing Transparency and fighting against corruption”
“Anti-Corruption” Road Map (General Overview)
FIELD
e-Governance
PROPOSED MEASURES
Improvement of existing
actions
Simplification of
administrative procedures
through the internet
Good practice benchmarking
Development of G2G services
Building blocks – enablers of
services
Public data uploading
Interconnection of data bases
COMPETENT BODIES/
INSTITUTIONS
Ministry of
Administrative Reform &
e-Governance
Ministry of Justice and
Human Rights
Ministry of Environment,
Energy & Climate Change
Ministry of
Infrastructure,
Transportations &
Networks
Elaboration of a geospatial
data
E-trials
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“Reinforcing Transparency and fighting against corruption”:
a workshop that delivered a Road Map
“Anti-Corruption” Road Map (General Overview)
FIELD
Public
Administration
PROPOSED MEASURES
COMPETENT
BODIES/INSTITUTIONS
Full transparency of the
administrative acts/actions
Ministry of Interior
From the “administrative” to
the “electronic document”
Ministry of
Administrative Reform &
e-Governance
Better regulation law updating
Reduction of the number of the
urban planning services
Removal of the tax conclusion
and spatial planning
settlements
Ministry of Environment,
Energy & Climate Change
Ministry of Finance
Simplification of the taxation
laws
Revision of the Market
Inspection Code
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“Reinforcing Transparency and fighting against corruption”:
a workshop that delivered a Road Map
“Anti-Corruption” Road Map (General Overview)
FIELD
PROPOSED MEASURES
COMPETENT
BODIES/INSTITUTIONS
Auditing
mechanisms
Constant training of the auditors
Ministry of
Administrative Reform &
e-Governance
Auditing the auditors mechanism
Reinforcement of the General
Inspector of Public Administration
powers
Legislative and legal shielding of
the auditors
Auditing bodies merger
Improved planning of audits
Prohibition of Sworn
Administrative Investigation after
an inspection conclusion is issued
Monitoring of the audits
Creation of a unique “gate” for
the citizens’ complaints
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Ministry of Justice &
Human Rights
General Inspector of
Public Administration
Bodies and Services of
Inspection and Auditing
National Centre for
Public Administration &
Local Government
(EKDDA)/ Institute of
Training
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“Reinforcing Transparency and fighting against corruption”:
a workshop that delivered a Road Map
“Anti-Corruption” Road Map (General Overview)
FIELD
Human Resources and
Training
PROPOSED MEASURES
COMPETENT
BODIES/INSTITUTIONS
Meritocratic recruiting and
promotion of the PA personnel
Ministry of Administrative
Reform & e-Governance
Constant training of the civil
servants
Percentage of optimum
scorecards per service
Reform of the disciplinary law
Revised Guide of Conduct for the
PA
Provision for the staffing of
specific disciplines/expertise in
the urban planning services
Optimum use of the ESDDA
graduates (National School of
Public Administration & local
Government)
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National Centre for Public
Administration & Local
Government (EKDDA)/
Institute of Training
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“Reinforcing Transparency and fighting against corruption”:
a workshop that delivered a Road Map
“Anti-Corruption” Road Map (General Overview)
FIELD
Deliberation &
Civil Society
PROPOSED MEASURES
Deliberation good practices put in
good use
COMPETENT
BODIES/INSTITUTIONS
Ministry of Administrative
Reform & e-Governance
Constant info feeding, training
Special trainings for public servants
Creation of a network for public
servants and citizens
Co-operations with social partners
Proposals for new services
National Centre for Public
Administration & Local
Government (EKDDA)/
Institute of Training (INEP)
International initiatives take up
Raising awareness of the citizens on
matters of corruption at all levels
Reduction of contact between
citizens and public services
NGOs
Raising awareness on
environmental protection
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“Anti-Money Laundering” Road Map:
Indicative characteristics of the relevant trainings
(EKDDA - TFGR)
• Experts from: FIOD (the Dutch Taxation Authority with
which EKDDA signed a Co-operation Contract)
• Educational Unit: Institute of Training (INEP)
• Trainees from: the Hellenic Taxation Authority, the
Economic Crime Police, the Public Prosecutor’s Office,
the Hellenic Authority for the Fight Against MoneyLaundering, the Central Service of the Ministry of
Finance, the Bank of Greece
• 3-level trainings (from basic to advanced where real case
studies are addressed)
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“Anti-Money Laundering” Road Map:
Training data with indicative seminar titles
(EKDDA/INEP - TFGR)
16 titles
861 trainees in total
Public Procurement
2
7
4
Managing research on
money-laundering
Raising awareness
Real case studies and
solutions
7
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e-Prescription workshop & Policy Paper
• Participants from: the public/private sectors, social partners,
universities, technological institutes, the Hellenic Ombudsman, the
Prime Minister’s Office, experts from Denmark, Sweden and
Germany
• What was discussed and agreed upon:
a. The Strategic Planning for the development of the e-Prescription
System and its interface with the rest of the e-Health services
b. The funding model the supporting operational measures
c. The functional planning and the supporting structures for the
implementation of the measure
d. Innovative ideas for the activation of the e-Prescription System
stakeholders
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“Health in Action” Project:
co-operating with the Ministry of Health & TFGR
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•
•
Actions supported by EKDDA
Action Α: Funding of the function of the Reform
Committees per field, with the organisation of sessions
where various experts participate
Action Β: Elaboration of Action Plans (per field) by
experts from EU m/s
Action C: Evaluation of the current situation by experts
from EU m/s regarding the Hospital Management, the
Primary Health Care as well as the Medicines Invoicing
and Reimbursing (at every milestone)
Action D: Study visits of Hellenic delegations abroad
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“Health in Action” & EKDDA
so far…
Actions in numbers
6
Reform Committee
sessions (Action A)
3
5
21
Action Plans elaborated
(Action B)
Evaluations (Action C)
Study Visits (Action D)
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Trainings for the civil servants
of the Ministry of Finance (2012 – now)
EKDDA/INEP
286 trainings – 6.159 trainees
29
27
145
ELENXIS
ICISnet
60
e-SKILLS
Fight against corruption
Task Force for Greece
52
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Trainings for the Ministry of Finance (September - end of 2013)
EKDDA/INEP
102 trainings
15
6
ELENXIS
9
ICISnet
60
e-SKILLS
Fight against corruption
18
Task Force for Greece
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And for the future…
“The secret of change is to focus all your energy, not
on fighting the old, but on building the new”
Socrates
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Thank you !!
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