The Council of Europe Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) today published a report on Slovenia assessing progress made in implementing the recommendations issued to the country in the Fifth Round Evaluation Report (2018) on preventing corruption and promoting integrity in central governments (top executive functions) and law enforcement agencies.
GRECO concludes that Slovenia has implemented satisfactorily or dealt with in a satisfactorily manner six of the 15 recommendations from 2018. Six recommendations have been partly implemented and three have not been implemented.
While there has been certain progress toward the implementation of the outstanding recommendations regarding persons entrusted with top executive functions, namely in raising awareness of integrity matters in the government and disclosing and cross-checking contacts with lobbyists, tangible actions are required on an integrity plan for the government, managing conflicts of interests and carrying out substantive checks of asset declarations.
As for law enforcement agencies, steps have been made towards better identification of problems, management of risks and conflicts of interest. Measures have been put in place to increase the representation of women in the Police, and to strengthen the protection of whistleblowers. However, concrete action is required for all police officers to use the available channels for reporting wrongdoing; decisions regarding promotions should be made more fairly and transparently, and the authorities must develop mechanisms to prevent and manage conflicts of interest after police officers leave the Police.
GRECO concludes that Slovenia is not in sufficient compliance with the recommendations contained in the Fifth Round Evaluation Report and asks the Head of delegation of Slovenia to provide a report on the progress in implementing the outstanding recommendations by 30 June 2025.
* unofficial translation, as provided by the authorities of Slovenia