Concluded projects
of the Institute of Conflict Research
Perspectives of monitoring and fighting corruption in the EU
| Project Management: | Univ. Prof. Dr. Anton Pelinka |
| Project Team: | DDr. Hubert Sickinger |
| Financed by: | Federal Ministry of the Interior |
| Concluded in | April 2006 |
The project report briefly examines the following topics:
- The text gives an introduction into the main aims and institutional limitations or EU anti-corruption policies. It also discusses the question of measurement and international comparisons of levels of corruption, mainly with the focus of EU member states.
- The second chapter describes comparative indices and surveys among entrepreneurs as well as public opinion polls concerning corruption;
- Further chapters deal with international treaties and “soft law”-regulations against corruption, as well as with monitoring mechanisms of anti corruption-policies set up by the OECD and the Council of Europe/GRECO, respectively. It also describes the international patterns of regulation in the field of party and campaign finance as a key field of political corruption. Within the framework of the COE there exist detailed recommendations, which are to be monitored by GRECO.
- The concluding chapter discusses options to complement already existing rankings and peer reviews by monitoring procedures on EU level. The aim of a future “EU anti corruption report” should not be a duplication of already existing compliance procedures, but should mobilize additional pressure on EU member states (as well as accession states) to stimulate their fight against corruption.
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