Governmental Decree No. HG906/2008 validating the Methodology for assessing the risks of corruption in public institutions.

This Methodology establishes the organizational and methodological basis for the process of assessing the risks of corruption in public institutions, namely: goals, principles, stages, methods, techniques and the final stage of the assessment. For the purposes of this Methodology, under the risk assessment of corruption in public institutions is understood as the process of identifying institutional factors that promote or may contribute to corruption, as well as the development of recommendations for elimination of the effects of their impact. The objectives of the assessment are: identification of institutional factors that contribute or may contribute to corruption; development of recommendations for the exclusion or weakening of the effects of their impact (development of integrity plans). The assessment principles shall be as follows: (a) legality - the assessment is carried out in the conditions of this methodology and is based on the principle of legality at all stages of the assessment, including ensuring the protection of information; (b) publicity - the institution publishes information about the results of the assessment to the extent that the publicity of the assessment process does not threaten national security, private life of a person, but also the objectivity of the assessment process; and (c) participation - the assessment process is carried out with the participation and consultation of all stakeholders (departments, employees, citizens - users of public services). The stages of assessment shall be as follows: assessment of preconditions; direct assessment of the risks of corruption; and development of recommendations for the exclusion or weakening of the effects of their impact (development of integrity plans).