Anti-corruption agencies must mainstream integrity policies and procedures to safeguard their activities, achieve their objectives and build public trust in their functions. Setting up effective institutional arrangements − including an integrity function, promoting a culture of public integrity, and creating accountability mechanisms tailored to the entity’s risks − are crucial for ensuring the ethical use of power and public resources.
The Commission for Anti-Corruption and Illegal Assets Forfeiture of the Republic of Bulgaria (Комисия за противодействие на корупцията и за отнемане на назаконно придобитото имущество; CACIAF) has implemented integrity checks of its staff since 2018. Despite the accumulated experience and the efforts invested, the CACIAF recognised the need to improve these integrity checks to ensure that the system delivers a thorough integrity assessment in line with its organisational needs. In addition, the CACIAF has sought assistance in strengthening organisational integrity arrangements under its Code of Ethics to enhance the culture of integrity in the organisation. This report seeks to support such efforts and draws on the OECD's work on public integrity, namely the OECD Recommendation on Public Integrity.
This project was funded by the European Union via the Technical Support Instrument, and implemented by the OECD, in cooperation with the Directorate-General for Structural Reform Support of the European Commission.