Ministerstvo pro místní rozvoj ČR - Anti-corruption Agenda

Anti-corruption Agenda

Corruption can be defined as a relationship between two subjects, either individuals or institutions, where one of the two subjects offers, and usually also provides, some type of remuneration in exchange for provision or promise of an unlawful advantage. The other subject expects to receive a reciprocal service of a material or non-material nature for the provided advantage. Corruption occurs in politics, the economy as well as other areas of society. It is present in every country of the world. Countries rich and poor, large and small, all have their own specific forms of corruption; every area of human activity can potentially be corrupted. Fighting against corruption is a long-term process that requires the cooperation of all state administration components and includes prevention, process transparency and sanctions. In many cases, corrupt practices are closely related to other forms of criminal activity and can thus play a role in undermining the foundations of society. This can result in a loss of citizens’ confidence in the fairness and impartiality of the functioning of state institutions, crooked market relations, economic decay, destabilisation of the state and other adverse effects. Corruption can also endanger the internal and external security of the state.

Fighting against corruption in the Czech Republic
Our priorities:

An efficient and independent executive branch
Transparency and free access to information
Efficient management of state property
Development of civil society

The government anti-corruption agenda is a summary of legislative and non-legislative measures and procedures that are implemented as part of the fight against corruption. The key points of the anti-corruption agenda are:

establishment of an independent, efficient, professional, integrated and corruption-resistant state administration;
independence of the state prosecution from political influence;
transparency and efficiency of decision-making and legislative processes;
streamlining of the system of free access to information;
expansion and rigorous use of regulatory and corruption impact assessment in regard to legislation (RIA, CIA);
more efficient prevention of conflicts of interests;
the existence of clear rules for funding of political parties and movements, as well as election campaigns;
establishment of binding standards for nomination of state representatives into companies (corporations) and state enterprises;
adoption of preventive measures limiting corruption risks in the management of public property;
strengthening of management and supervisory mechanisms in the public administration;
protection of whistle-blowers;
fulfilment of the Framework Resort Internal Anti-Corruption Programme (RRIPP) and Resort Internal Anti-Corruption Programmes (RIPP).

The Government Anti-Corruption Council is a government advisory body for the anti-corruption agenda which coordinates and evaluates anti-corruption issues. The Government Council’s primary tasks are to coordinate and evaluate anti-corruption issues and, based on acquired knowledge, propose to the Government measures leading to reduction of corruption risks within the public administration and greater transparency.

The contact for the anti-corruption agenda is:

Ing. Bc. Michal Sklenář
Tel.: +420 224 862 202
E-mail: michal.sklenar@mmr.cz

Whistle-blowing

This term originates from the English expression “to blow a whistle”. Any civil servant who reports suspected unlawful conduct by a senior civil servant, civil servant, another employee or an individual with civil servant status pursuant to other legal instruments guiding the civil service, work or a public post or in relation to such individual and whose report was made in line with this regulation by means regulated by another legal norm (whistle-blower), regardless of whether openly or anonymously, shall not be harmed, disadvantaged or otherwise oppressed in relation to this activity.

The Ministry for Regional Development appointed inspectors are:

Ing. Bc. Michal Sklenář
Tel.: +420 224 862 202
E-mail: michal.sklenar@mmr.cz

Ing. Petra Šťastná
Tel.: +420 224 862 011
E-mail: petra.stastna@mmr.cz

Mgr. Petra Horová
Tel.: +420 224 862 009
E-mail: petra.horova@mmr.cz