COMMENTS RECEIVED DURING THE PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON THE DRAFT RECOMMENDATION OF THE OECD COUNCIL ON PUBLIC INTEGRITY 17 June 2016 Summary This note contains a full compilation of comments received on the draft Recommendation of the OECD Council on Public Integrity. A concise summary of the comments is provided separately. An invitation for comments was sent to the policy communities and published on the OECD Website. The open consultation took place from 22 February until 31 March 2016. Over fifty responses were received representing the relevant Committees, Working Parties and Networks, accession countries and key partners, international organisations and academic institutions. Table of Content Comments from Countries Austria: Bundeskanzleramt / Öffentlicher Dienst und Verwaltungsreform Armenia: EU Delegation Belgium: Flemish Government Brazil: Ambassade du Brésil Canada: Employment and Social Development Canada Chile: Contraloría Regional del Bío Bío Colombia: National Planning Department Costa Rica: Presidency Czech Republic: Ministry for Regional Development Estonia: Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Estonia France: Pole-emploi Ireland: Department of Justice & Equality Israel: Representation in the OECD Working Party on State Ownership and Privatisation Practices Latvia: Department of Public Administration Policy, State Chancellery Lithuania: Office of the Government México: Instituto Nacional de Administración Pública Morocco: Institution du Médiateur Netherlands: Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations Netherlands: Dutch National Integrity Office (BIOS) Norway: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Portugal: Presidência do Conselho de Ministros Slovak Republic: Department of Civil Service and Public Service and Control and Prevention of Corruption Section of the Government Office Spain: Anti-Fraud Office of Catalonia Spain: Instituto Nacional de Administración Pública (INAP) Sweden: Delegation to the OECD Regulatory Policy Committee Sweden: Ministry of Finance Sweden: Representation in the OECD Working Party on State Ownership and Privatisation Practices Switzerland: Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research Comments from other organisations and individuals L'Association des Acheteurs Publics Tarek BAHRI BIAC (Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD) European Commission: Smart Regulation and Work Programme European Ombudsman German Association of Political Consultants Hungarian Integrity Community International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA) Michael JOHNSTON Rutgers Center for Government Compliance and Ethics National University for Public Service, Hungary Ishat REZA Loreta TAUGINIENÉ TUAC (Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD) & Public Services International (PSI) Transparency International Transparency International Netherlands (TI-NL) United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) University of Genova Water Governance Initiative Comments from Countries Austria: Bundeskanzleramt / Öffentlicher Dienst und Verwaltungsreform […] On behalf of Austria I would like to thank you for those marvelous recommendations concerning integrity! Austria appreciates the Draft Recommendations of the OECD as they reflect our views on enhancing integrity in the Federal Civil Service of our country. We are pleased to note the definitions and the very clear structure of the document and find similar approaches to the measures of implementations taken in Austria – especially the three pillars the public integrity system is organized around. It is for Austria reassuring in our striving to optimize integrity to see the visions of the OECD in congruence to our ongoing process to counteract and prevent corruption on a very broad basis. In Austria we have Codes of Conduct on several levels in the Federal Public Sector – the Federal one binds each employee of this sector and those from the ministries “specialize” the duties in their entities. I just want to add, that Austria – to be precise: Anti-Corruption Law concerning judges and prosecutors - was reviewed by “GRECO” - a subgroup of the Council of Europe – last week and we are looking very much forward to getting the results, which will be submitted at the end of 2016. And in 2019/20 the whole senior civil service will be inspected by GRECO. And last to mention that Austria is in preparation of a comprehensive “National Anti-Corruption Strategy” and therefore we welcome the Revised Recommendations even more! Thank you for your intentions and efforts concerning this very difficult item and – please – proceed in that way! Best regards,” Bundeskanzleramt Österreich / Öffentlicher Dienst und Verwaltungsreform Abt. III/1 – Allgemeines Dienstrecht Mag.a Andrea Rumplmayr Leiterin des Referates „Gleichstellungsrecht des Bundes und Fremdlegistik der Länder“ Armenia: EU Delegation Dear OECD Govintegrity initiative, […] The issue of education on integrity seems missing in your document. I'd like to raise the issue of education on integrity that has to permeate curricula at all levels of education starting from primary schools. Possibly, curriculum should be implemented through modern and student-centred methodologies (EG: games, cartoons, interactive presentations...). This approach is particularly important in countries where corruption is systemic and adults seem to be "lost generations". I am happy if you'd like to know more about the project on integrity targeting youth that we are developing in Armenia together with a local educational institution (TUMO Centre). The aim is to extend its applicability beyond Armenia as it is going to be produced also in English. Thanks for your attention. Kind regards, Alessandro Zanotta Economic Governance and PAR Adviser EU Delegation Armenia Belgium: Flemish Government Dear Sir or Madame, Thank you for sharing the draft recommendation. I agree with the recommendations in the draft document and they are very much in keeping with a policy recommendation I have recently sent our competent minister to ensure the further development of the integrity system at the Flemish government. I therefore believe this draft is a valuable update which takes into account the higher level of complexity of our society and interconnectedness between the different stakeholders in society. The draft document refers to integrity leadership. (cfr. III, 7). I believe it could be broadend to ethical leadership which also entails actively managing integrity by leaders. A recent development in our organisation however is that traditional hierarchy is abandoned in favour of self- managing teams and a network organisation. In this context it is not very clear who is responsible for/take the role of integrity/ethical leadership. Also working remotely seems to add additional challenges to (ethical) leadership. I very much look forward to discuss the recommendations with you and our colleagues at the forthcoming meeting of the working party of senior public integrity officials. All best wishes, Kristien Verbraeken Coördinator Integriteitszorg Integrity Officer Vlaamse overheid AGENTSCHAP OVERHEIDSPERSONEEL Brazil: Ambassade du Brésil Dear members of the OECD Secretariat, In response to Director Rolf Alter’s request, I list below the Brazilian Government’s comments to the draft Recommendation on Public Integrity. We hope our suggestions may be of aid in developing the document even further. Paragraph 4.b) – In order to cover the specific case of Brazilian legislation, we would like to suggest the inclusion of the term “civil” in the following manner: "Setting integrity standards in the legal system and organizational policies to provide a clear basis for – disciplinary, administrative, CIVIL, and/or criminal – investigation and sanctions" Paragraph 4.c) – Taking into account that the paragraph makes mentions elective and appointed office, we would like to propose the inclusion of a reference to nepotism: "Setting clear and proportionate standards and procedures for high-risk positions and appointed or elected positions to prevent corruption and misconduct, including for the management of (latent) conflict of interests AND THE PREVENTION OF FAVORITISM AND NEPOTISM". Paragraph 5.b) – We would like to include reference to youth as a special focus of the campaigns: "[...] campaigns to promote civic education, public values and ethics among citizens, IN PARTICULAR THE YOUTH". Paragraph 7.a) – To avoid being excessively prescriptive concerning requirements for selection, appointment or promotion in a management positions, we would like to suggest the inclusion of the term “desirable” in the following manner: "Including integrity leadership in the profile for managers at all levels of the organization, and as a DESIRABLE requirement for the selection, appointment or promotion in a management position." Paragraph 9.c) – We would like to suggest clarification concerning the channels through which “impartial advice and guidance” should be acquired: "In addition impartial advice and guidance (provided internal and/or external to the organization) should be made easy accessible to public officials, THROUGH PROPER, FORMAL CHANNELS". Best regards, Pedro Vieira Veiga Secrétaire d'Ambassade Service Économique Ambassade du Brésil Canada: Employment and Social Development Canada Having reviewed the Draft OECD Recommendation on Public Integrity, Canada feels relatively comfortable with the spirit and intention of the document. The information concerning the three pillars as well as the multilevel governance and whole of society perspective to integrity is both well