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GRECO 55
- Strasbourg, 14-16 May 2012 - Conclusions
 


Council of Europe anti-corruption body calls on states to increase transparency of political funding

[Strasbourg, 09/04/2012]The Council of Europe Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) today called on its member states to set up transparent systems for party and election campaign financing. In its annual activity report GRECO, while acknowledging an increase in regulatory efforts by states in this field, points out a number of shortcomings:

- The transparency of some sources of income of parties, such as donations in kind, party membership fees, loans or sponsorship are often neglected by the legislation.
- Anonymous donations are still possible in some countries.
- Legislation in many countries does not include local party bodies and other entities involved in election campaigns.
- Financial information is often not published in an easily accessible and timely way.
- A large number of states fail to have a truly independent supervisory body and in some states such a body does not exist or has limited functions.
- Sanctions are often weak, not flexible enough, limited in scope or not applied.

(more...)

Link to the Annual activity report
Link to the Statement delivered by Mr Marin MRČELA, President of GRECO


Council of Europe Group of States against Corruption calls on Italy to improve transparency in political party funding and to sanction corruption vigorously
[Strasbourg, 11/04/2012] – The Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) identified critical shortcomings in the party funding system of Italy which must be addressed as a matter of priority. The control performed by public authorities over political funding is fragmented and formalistic, consisting of three different institutions with limited powers and no co-ordination either among themselves or with law enforcement bodies. GRECO urges political parties to develop their own internal control systems and to subject their accounts to independent audit. (more...)

Links to the report: Theme I / Theme II

 


GRECO’s first decade: some lessons to be learnt through eight thematic articles
[Strasbourg, 03/04/2012] – The Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) publishes today a compendium on the themes that have been dealt with over the first decade of its existence (from 2000 to 2011). GRECO has learned some key lessons from the analyses conducted on the spot, during the evaluations carried out in its member States [1], and has assembled them in a compendium which ranges from the fight against corruption within public administration to the independence of party funding monitoring, also covering revolving doors/pantouflage and the protection of whistleblowers, just to cite a few titles.
This compendium is intended for any reader wishing to widen his / her knowledge relating to the fight against corruption and to the safeguarding of public integrity, be it for personal reasons or in the framework of his / her professional or civic activities.

Link to the Compendium
Link to the different activity reports
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[1] Currently 49 – 48 European States and the United States of America. To see the complete list of members, click here.


Council of Europe calls on Monaco to reinforce its legislation on bribery and to regulate political financing
[Strasbourg, 29/03/2012]
– In its report on Monaco [theme I / theme II] published today, the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) of the Council of Europe highlights that the incriminations of bribery and trading in influence suffer from significant deficiencies with regard to the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption. (more...)


Council of Europe Group of States against Corruption recommends more transparency in San Marino’s public administration
[Strasbourg, 28/02/2012] – In its first report on San Marino [hyperlink to report], released today, the Council of Europe Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) highlights that the country is still at an early stage in the fight against corruption and needs to pay greater attention to integrity and transparency in the public sector. (more...)

Link to the report: English / Français / Italiano*

 * Unofficial translation provided by the authorities of San Marino


Council of Europe Group of States against Corruption calls on the USA to ratify the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption, praises the overall transparency of political financing but stresses the need to enhance this transparency in respect of certain types of contributions
[Strasbourg, 26/01/2012] – The Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) calls for the United States of America to ratify the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption and to fully incorporate it into the law. (more...)

Links to the report: Theme I / Theme II


Council of Europe Anti-corruption body calls on Austria to ratify the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption and to improve transparency of political funding
[Strasbourg, 13/01/2012]
– The Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) today called for Austria to ratify the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption, to fully implement it, and to swiftly and substantially improve legislation on political funding. (more...)

Link to the report:
English: Theme I / Theme II
Français: Thème I / Thème II
Deutsch: Thema I / Thema II*
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* Translations provided by the authorities of Austria.


GRECO bids farewell to its President - Drago KOS - and elects a new President, Vice-President and Bureau
[Strasbourg, 09/12/2011]
– Drago KOS (Slovenia), GRECO’s President since 2002, left this important function on the day of election of a new President, Vice-President and Bureau at GRECO’s 53rd plenary meeting (5-9 December). Mr Kos’ outstanding services to the Council of Europe and GRECO were honoured with the Organisation’s Pro Merito Medal presented to him by Deputy Secretary General Maud DE BOER-BUQUICCHIO. (more...)

For more information on the Plenary, click on Decisions.



Latest Reports made public (available in PDF format)

12th General Activity Report (2011)

Third Evaluation Round
- Incriminations (thematic review)
- Political Funding (thematic review)


Third Evaluation Round

Evaluation reports

- Italy (Theme I / Theme II) (11 April 2012)
- Monaco (Theme I / Theme II) (29 March 2012)
- United States of Amer
ica (Theme I / Theme II) (26 January 2012)

Compliance reports
- Turkey (2 May 2012)
- Germany (2 April 2012)
- Ireland (28 March 2012)

Second Compliance reports
 - Estonia (29 May 2012)


Second Evaluation Round

Addenda to Compliance Reports
- Georgia (1 July 2011)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (13 April 2011)

Joint First and Second Evaluation Rounds

Addenda to Compliance reports
- Ukraine (2nd Addendum) (20 April 2012)
- Ukraine (30 June 2011)
- Andorra (29 April 2011)

Compliance reports

- Italy (14 June 2011)
- Russian Federation (3 January 2011)

Evaluation reports

- San Marino (28 February 2012)
- Italy (16 October 2009)
Meetings
Calendar 2012
Plenary meetings (Decisions & Summary reports)
"Tours de table"
Publications
Incriminations (thematic review of GRECO's
Third Evaluation Round)
Political Funding (thematic review of GRECO's
Third Evaluation Round)
Lessons learnt from the three evaluation rounds (2000-2010)
Evaluations
What are GRECO evaluations? Evaluation rounds: procedures, questionnaires, reports (more ...).
Fourth Evaluation Round on Corruption Prevention in respect of Members of Parliament, Judges and Prosecutors
 Questionnaire
 Reference texts
 Guidelines for evaluators
Third Evaluation Round
 Reports adopted
 Questionnaires
 Guidelines for evaluators
 Political financing:
  Training workshop March 2007
  General background and training material
 Incriminations:
  Background documents
  Training workshop May 2007
Second Evaluation Round
Reports adopted
First Evaluation Round
Reports adopted