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BULGARIAN NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE ANTI-CORRUPTION ROLE AND ACTIVITY

BULGARIAN NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE ANTI-CORRUPTION ROLE AND ACTIVITY. BACKGROUND BNAO MANDATE LAWS AND REGULATIONS ACTIVITIES. BACKGROUND. Level of corruption in Bulgaria Main reasons for corruption Areas of corruption. Level of corruption in Bulgaria.

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BULGARIAN NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE ANTI-CORRUPTION ROLE AND ACTIVITY

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  1. BULGARIAN NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE ANTI-CORRUPTION ROLE AND ACTIVITY Seminar Mapping Corruption Risks Budapest/November 2011

  2. BACKGROUND • BNAO MANDATE • LAWS AND REGULATIONS • ACTIVITIES Seminar Mapping Corruption Risks Budapest/November 2011

  3. BACKGROUND • Level of corruption in Bulgaria • Main reasons for corruption • Areas of corruption Seminar Mapping Corruption Risks Budapest/November 2011

  4. Level of corruption in Bulgaria *on a scale from one to ten (countries completely free from corruption could get 10 points) Seminar Mapping Corruption Risks Budapest/November 2011

  5. Main reasons for corruption • Lower level of socio-economic development • Insufficient transparency • Unstable legal framework • Inconsistent enforcements of laws and regulations • Social acceptance Seminar Mapping Corruption Risks Budapest/November 2011

  6. Main areas of corruption • Public procurement • national and EU financing • Public services • health-care, education, social insurance • duties and taxes collection • police, customs, judiciary • Public administration • nominating, appointment • performing official duties • Financing of political parties • financing, fund-raising • accountability Seminar Mapping Corruption Risks Budapest/November 2011

  7. BNAO MANDATE • Fight against corruption is not explicitly defined • No investigative powers • Main task • to control the reliability of budget-funded organisations financial statements and the legality, efficiency, effectiveness and economy of the public funds management and to provide the National Assembly with reliable information thereof Seminar Mapping Corruption Risks Budapest/November 2011

  8. LAWS UND REGULATIONS • Main laws • BNAO Act • Political Parties Act • Election Code • Public Disclosure of Senior Public Official’s Financial Interests Act • Public Procurement Act • Internal documents • Strategic Development Plan 2007-2012 • Code of Ethics • Risk Management Strategy • NAO Personnel Training Strategy Seminar Mapping Corruption Risks Budapest/November 2011

  9. BNAO ACT • audits public funds, assets and activities, privatisation and granting of concessions, execution of international agreements • certifies the public-funded organisations annual financial statements • notifies the relevant competent authorities for measures undertaking in cases of: disclaimers of financial statement certification, illegal and damaging actions, public procurement regulations infringements, irregularities in public funds and properties management, criminal offences • requests dismissal of responsible officials ` • co-operates with government authorities for the purpose of increasing the effectiveness of the control system and fight against crime and corruption Seminar Mapping Corruption Risks Budapest/November 2011

  10. OTHER LAWS • Political Parties Act • financial control over the political parties activities and property management • Election Code • verification of the correspondence of the declared and actually spent in connection with the election campaign financial resources • Public Disclosure of Senior Public Official’s Financial Interests Act • maintenance of public register and document-based testing of the declared facts truthfulness • Public Procurement Act • control over compliance with the Act and issuing penalty judgments in case of established violations Seminar Mapping Corruption Risks Budapest/November 2011

  11. BNAO ACTIVTIES • Audit activity • annual audit programme • financial audits, compliance audits of financial management, performance audits, specific audits • Proposing legal regulations amendments • Initiating punitive measures and criminal procedures • reporting to the relevant competent authorities • issuing penalty warrants Seminar Mapping Corruption Risks Budapest/November 2011

  12. BNAO ACTIVTIES • Participation in anti-corruption organisations • national and international • Public registers • public officials’ property, income and expenses • parties, coalitions and nominating committees participating in elections • Co-operation agreements Seminar Mapping Corruption Risks Budapest/November 2011

  13. THANK YOU FOR THE ATTENTION Seminar Mapping Corruption Risks Budapest/November 2011

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