Council of Europe standards:

1. 1. General instruments

• CM Resolution (97) 24 on the twenty guiding principles for the fight against corruption
• Recommendation R (200) 10 on codes of conduct for public officials
• Recommendation 1908 (2010) of the Parliamentary Assembly on Lobbying in a democratic society (European code of good conduct on lobbying)
• Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to member States on the legal regulation of lobbying activities in the context of public decision making (CM/Rec(2017)2) and its Explanatory Memorandum
• Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to member States on the protection of whistleblowers CM/Rec(2014)7 and its Explanatory Memorandum
• Recommendation CM/Rec(2019)3 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on supervision of local authorities’ activities
• Recommendation CM/Rec(2022)2 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on democratic accountability of elected representatives and elected bodies at local and regional level
• Recommendation CM/Rec (2023) 5 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on the principles of good democratic governance and its Explanatory Memorandum

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2. Specific instruments adopted by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities

• Resolution 79 (1999) and Recommendation 60 (1999) on political integrity of local and regional elected representative;
• European Code of conduct on the political integrity of local and regional representatives appended to Recommendation 60 (1999);
• Resolution 316 (2010) on Rights and duties of local and regional elected representatives: the risks of corruption;
• Resolution 393 (2015) and Recommendation 383 (2015) on conditions of office of elected representatives;
• Resolution 401 (2016) on preventing corruption and promoting public ethics at local and regional levels, as well as the Roadmap of activities for preventing corruption and promoting public ethics at local and regional levels;
• Resolution 402 (2016) on the misuse of administrative resources during election processes: the role of local and regional elected representatives and public officials;
• Resolution 421 (2017) and Recommendation 405 (2017) on making public procurement transparent;
• Resolution 434 (2018) and Recommendation 423 (2018) on conflicts of interest at local and regional level;
• Resolution 435 (2018) and Recommendation 424 (2018) on transparency and open government;
• Resolution 441 (2019) and Recommendation 428 (2019) on fighting nepotism within local and regional authorities;
• Resolution 444 (2019) and Recommendation 435 (2019) on the protection of whistleblowers: challenges and opportunities for local and regional government;
• Resolution 433 (2018) adopting the European Code of Conduct for all Persons Involved in Local and Regional Governance;
• Resolution 443 (2019) and Recommendation 434 (2019) on financial compensation of local and regional elected representatives in the exercise of their office.

2. Other international standards

• United Nations International Code of Conduct for Public Officials, which is to be read in conjunction with Art. 8 para 1-3 and Art. 2 UNCAC (1996)
• United Nations Convention against corruption (2003) (Chapter I, General provisions; Chapter II, Preventive measures; Chapter VI, Technical assistance and information exchange)
• OECD Recommendation on Public Integrity (2017)
• OECD Recommendation on Guidelines for Managing Conflict of Interest in the Public Service (2005)
• OECD Recommendation on Principles for Transparency and Integrity in Lobbying (2010)
• OECD Recommendation on Public Procurement (2015)

3. Further background materials

• ​​​​​​​Transparency International’s Local Governance Integrity: Principles and Standards