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The project Corruption - the act is happening, responds to the problem that traumatizes society in all countries, eliminates ethical and legal norms that support the justice and democratic character of society. Space is being created to be considered a standard norm in an administrative environment with an impact on the business environment and civil society. The aim of the project is to explain the dangers and signs of corrupt behavior, prevention and punishment of corruption at all levels and support the elimination of this phenomenon in public, present methods and techniques for monitoring and securing evidence of corruption. The supportive goal is to restore trust in public authorities and institutions, e.g. police, courts, etc. The project is being implemented in the cities of the least developed districts and the installation of the exhibition is planned in the premises of schools resp. youth clubs. Project activities: Professional presentations of police officers, lecturers on the topic of prevention against corruption, associated with the documentation of specific cases and the installation of about 60 works from the international exhibition of cartoon humor by renowned authors from around the world (O. Kustovsky, J. Takjoo, G. Katz, R. Peshkov, B. Pernecký, L. Kotrha etc.) Expert lecturers: JUDr. Col. Peter Kovařík - director of the prevention department of the Central Office of the Slovak Republic, resp. representatives of the Ministry of Interior of the SR. Target groups - high school students, members of NGOs and invited representatives of local government. Expected participation of students is about 50 - 60 people from 3rd and 4th grade and together about 600 visitors of the exhibitions. Local media will be invited to the events, photo documentation will be made, published on the web and Facebook.
Summary of project results
The project Corruption - the act is happening, responded to the current social situation, marked by corruption cases in security structures, prosecutor''s office, courts, state administration in connection with organized crime. A state of insufficient professional information about this topic still persists among the young generation. There is insufficient space devoted to the issue of corruption in schools, and there is an absence of materials on the prevention of corruption and experienced lecturers from practice, as well as coordination with the self-government, the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic.
In the preparatory phase of the project, coordination meetings were held with representatives of the Presidium of the Police Force, the Government Office of the Slovak Republic, the National Criminal Agency, the project team and the involved schools.
Due to the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic, the implementation was postponed to the months of September - December 2021. The project activities focused on raising awareness and building awareness of corruption - its causality, causes, methods, proof and penalty. The target group were high school students in the Prešov self-governing region. Implementation locations - Prešov, Lipany, Spišská Stará Ves, Svit, Poprad, Vranov nad Topľou and Humenné. About 300 students participated in the project, the lecturer was Col. Tomáš Mikuláš - director of the department of the Inspection Service Office of the Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic, the length of the presentation and discussion was about 50-70 minutes, the exhibition collection was made up of works of cartoon humor that were sent to the international competition Corruption. The choice of activities and their importance was conditioned by the achievement of the project''s goals. At the events, the methodological manual published by the Office of the Government of the Slovak Republic Corruption around us was distributed.
The planned results were measured by quantitative indicators, i.e. approx. 300 participating students, qualitative indicator - increased interest in the issue of corruption among students, positive evaluation of the project by teachers. The unplanned results are characterized by the interest of the involved schools in more intensive cooperation with local NGOs and to motivate official structures to cooperate as well.