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Private Interest Politics

Private Interest Politics. Silke Pfeiffer Transparency International Global Forum V South Africa April 2007. Assessing the risks related to the undue influence of private interests in the policy-making process (Results from two studies in Latin America).

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Private Interest Politics

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  1. Private Interest Politics Silke Pfeiffer Transparency International Global Forum V South Africa April 2007

  2. Assessing the risks related to the undue influenceof private interests in the policy-making process(Results from two studies in Latin America) Weaknesses in the systems and institutions responsible for economic control and regulation Absence of independent mechanisms of social control   Lack of integrated policies and culture of social corporate responsibility Shortcomings in the Political Party Funding Systems Lack of access to information Risk Map Weaknesses in the control and prevention of conflicts of interest Lack of expertise and technical support of & for members of Parliament Absence of basic rules on lobbying Weakness of institutional channels for the participation of, and the interaction with interest groups

  3. The “CRINIS” PROJECT Assessing Transparency & Accountability in Political Finance in Latin America Objectives of CRINIS Project • Benchmarking Identifying weaknesses and strengths of PF systems by means of quantitative index, with respect to transparency and accountability in ordinary party and campaign activities. • Advocacy Engage with different stakeholders in order to promote necessary reforms in PF systems and/or implement and enforce norms already in place.

  4. Index of transparency in each country 10 dimensions evaluate Dimensions & stages of transparency 1. Bookkeeping State and social control 2. Reporting to Oversight Agency 7. Prevention 3. Comprehensiveness of reporting 8. Sanctions 4. Depth of reporting 9. State oversight 5. Reliability of reporting 10. Civil society oversight 6. Public disclosure The “CRINIS” PROJECT Assessing Transparency in Political Finance in Latin America Legal norms Practices

  5. The “CRINIS” PROJECT Assessing Transparency in Political Finance in Latin America Data Sources: • Evaluation of legislation and legal norms: official data (questionnaire to be completed by research teams with information from analysis of current legislation) • Analysis of the country context: non-official data (questionnaire to be completed by each team leader/ expert in the country, with information obtained from actors involved in PF) • Accountability practices: Survey with stakeholders (such as party accountants, MoPs, electoral judges and auditors, NGOs...): total of 40 questionnaires distributed among 6 areas of expertise • Field tests on access to information by citizens: 6 tests undertaken by a group of citizens (volunteers) and by the research teams

  6. The “CRINIS” PROJECT Assessing Transparency in Political Finance in Latin America CRINIS benchmarking Example for country                            Ordinary    Campaign    Campaign                                    Party       Party       Candidate    AVERAGE                            Finance     Finance     Finance ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.  bookkeeping                       7.0         4.0         4.0          5.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.  reporting                         9.0         7.0         2.0          6.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.  disclosing                        2.0         1.0         3.0          2.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.  comprehensiveness reporting       7.5         2.0         2.5          4.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.  depth reporting                   3.0         7.0         8.0          6.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.  reliability reporting             2.0         4.0         4.5          3.5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.  prevention                7.0         3.0         2.0          4.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.  sanctions                         3.5         5.5         4.5          4.5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.  state oversight institutions      7.0         6.0         2.0          5.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. civil society oversight           5.0         4.5         7.5          6.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVERAGE                               5.3         4.4         4.0             ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL COUNTRY SCORE                                                        4.6 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  7. The “CRINIS” PROJECT Assessing Transparency in Political Finance in Latin America CRINIS benchmarking Preliminary results

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