Strengthening the Fight against Corruption by Increasing General Awareness of the Public Sector Focusing on Judges, Prosecutors and Public Administration

Project facts

Project promoter:
Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic(CZ)
Project Number:
CZ-GOVERNANCE-0005
Status:
In implementation
Initial project cost:
€850,000
Other Project Partners
Judicial Academy(CZ)
Supreme Public Prosecutor''s Office(CZ)
Programme:

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Description

The aim is to improve fight against corruption through increasing the public sector’s awareness of implementation of relevant international recommendations and standards, mainly those arising from monitoring by the Group of States against Corruption of the Council of Europe, the OECD Working Group on Bribery and the UN Convention against Corruption which have been criticizing the Czech Republic for insufficient anti-corruption measures. The project is thus necessary and crucial.

The project will be implemented by the Ministry of Justice, with partners Supreme Public Prosecutors Office and Judicial Academy, enabling to organize trainings, workshops and seminars focused on prosecutors and judges. The project target group: judges, prosecutors, public service employees and general public.

Based on an internal assessment of fulfilment of commitments of the Czech Republic arising from its EU membership as well as in the anti-corruption international organizations and working groups, necessity was identified to tackle 3 main topics:

A) Prevention of corruption in the public sector with a focus on conflict of interest

B) Whistleblowers’ protection

C) Codes of Conduct for judges and prosecutors

Key project activities:

1 Comparative studies, internat. conferences and practical brochures

2 Methodologies and consequent trainings (A,B)– ensure education of and increase the awareness among target groups

3 Workshops (B,C)–practical information sharing among target groups

4 Statistical analysis on whistleblowing (B)

5 Media campaign focusing on fight against corruption- spread awareness of fight against

corruption, in particular whistleblowers’ protection and conflict of interests

6 Publicity

7 Management

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