MOLDOVA
Results of civil servants survey on the implementation of conflict of interest policies in central public authorities Transparency International – Moldova (TI – Moldova) conducted a survey of civil servants from 21 central public administration authorities 1 (CPA) within the Project „Engaging Civil Society in Monitoring Conflict of Interest Policies” funded by the European Commission2. The purpose of the survey is to analyze how the CPAs apply a number of anti-corruption policies, including: addressing conflicts of interest, promoting ethical conduct, merit-based promotion of staff, operation of the petition system and hot-lines. The survey analyzed the CPA employee familiarity with the legal framework in the field (in particular the Law no. 16/2008 on Conflict of Interest and Law no.25/2008 on the Civil Servants’ Code of Conduct); practice of declaring personal interests and conflicts of interest (CI); respondents opinions vis-a- vis some operational aspects of the institution they work for: subdivisions with a high risk of CI occurrence, objectivity and transparency of staff hiring/promotion process, existence of corruption, existence of some unfair policies in the authorities activity, their politicization; willingness of employees to denounce corruption, etc. In addition to that, given TI- Moldova conducting surveys related to the CI treatment policy in previous years, including 20123, changes in the implementation of this policy have been analyzed. The interviews were based on a questionnaire that gave the respondents the opportunity to choose the correct version of the answer from several options, as well as to express their views/suggestions on anti-corruption policies applied. During the survey, 769 people were interviewed or about 30 percent of the total employees of the stated authorities4. Respondents were selected from the lists of CPA staff in the presence of the representatives of human resources departments, with a particular step in order to ensure the representativeness of the survey. It is noteworthy that when interviewing some CPAs, some non-shortlisted people participated, the invitation to the survey being conducted by the representatives of human resources departments. The survey was conducted during November – December 2013. Public authority
Number of interviewed Share in total staff, % people
Ministry of Economy
44
29
Ministry of Finance
50
20
Main State Tax Inspectorate
42
16
Customs Service (Central Apparatus)
61
20
Customs Service (Chisinau Customs Office)
61
20
Ministry of Justice
34
29
Ministry of Internal Affairs
46
31
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration
41
34
Ministry of Defense
33
55
Ministry of Regional Development and Construction
29
41
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Ministry of Economy (MEC); Ministry of Finance (MF); Main State Tax Inspectorate (MSTI); Customs Service, Central Apparatus(SV AC); Customs Service, Chisinau Customs Office (SV BV Ch); Ministry of Justice (MJ); Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA); Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (MFAEI); Ministry of Defense (MD); Ministry of Regional Development and Construction (MRDC); Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry (MAFI); Ministry of Transport and Road Infrastructure (MTRI); Ministry of Environment (ME); Ministry of Education (MEd); Ministry of Culture (MC); Ministry of Labor, Social Protection and Family (MLSPF); Ministry of Health (MH); Ministry of Information Technology and Communications (MITC); Ministry of Youth and Sport (MYS); Agency for Land Relations and Cadaster (ALRC); National Anti-corruption Center (NAC). 2 Project is implemented by TI-Moldova in partnership with NGOs in four countries: Armenia, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Ukraine. 3 Transparency International – Moldova, Results of civil servants survey on the implementation of conflict of interest policies in central public authorities, 2013, – http://www.transparency.md/content/blogcategory/16/48/lang,ro/ 4 Data on the personnel were provided by the representatives of the CPAs.
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