Monitoring Implementation:

Strategy and Program for Good Governance and Prevention and Countering Corruption (2006-2008)

Alexander Stoyanov

Center for the Study of DemocracySofia, Bulgaria

www.csd.bg

Goals of the System of Indicators

To monitor implementation of the specific measures envisioned in the Program;

To monitors progress in achieving the specific goals of the Strategy;

To assess the impact of the Strategy and the Program on the level of corruption;

To assess the overall sustainability of the Strategy and the relevance of the measures of the Program to the good governance.

Principles of the System of Indicators

To use methods and indicators that have already been nationally and internationally verified and have proven effective;

To address key problem areas identified in the Strategy; To use different sources of information and methods of

assessment; To enable regular monitoring of changes in the spread of

corruption; To ensure comparability of the information on Bulgaria

with that on the other European countries; To help assemble an extensive collection of information

with the results of assessments and the conducted monitoring.

Evaluation and Analysis Methods

Research Methods

Expert opinions (assessments and analyses by independent experts and representatives of non-governmental organizations);

Self-assessment by the institutions and agencies involved in the implementation of the Strategy and Program;

Analysis of data from official statistical surveys, agency information systems, national and international surveys;

National representative surveys of the population and the business community;

Surveys of the users of administrative, social, health and education services (Service Delivery Survey )

Mystery Customer Surveys for various services; Monthly monitoring of publications in the press,

radio and television.

System of Indicators

I. Indicators for assessment of the implementation progress of the specific measures laid down in the

Program

1. Availability of elaborated laws, programs, analyses, research methodologies, proposals, plans, publicly announced measures, etc;

2. Relevance of the measure adopted ;3. Timeframe compliance or non-compliance;

4. Implementation progress;

5. Quality of the elaborated laws, programs, analyses, research methodologies, proposals, plans, measures and etc.

6. Quantitative indicators measuring the outcomes of the adopted measure;

7. Effectiveness of the measure adopted .

II. Level of Achievement of Strategy Objectives

Main priorities of corruption monitoring system (CMS) :

Successfully working monitoring system, recognized as best practice national system for measuring administrative corruption levels;

The availability of extensive database of indicators allowing to track the evolution over time;

Coherent with the victimization approach to measuring corruption of the United Nations.

Main CMS Indicators

1. Corruption victimization;

2. Corruption pressure;

3. Public attitudes towards corruption;

4. Spread of corruption;

5. Intolerance of corruption;

6. Factors of corruption;

7. Government anticorruption activities;

8. Access to information.

III. Assessment of the Public Services Delivery

Number of documents required for delivery of the respective administrative service;

Time spent on filling in documents; Availability of instructions for submitting the

documents needed to initiate the administrative procedures;

Total duration of the procedure from submitting the documents to the final decision;

Staff quality and competence; Service quality.

Corruption Monitoring System Results (1998-2007)

Average monthly number of corruption transactions (2001-2007)

Source: Vitosha Research

1.56

1.97

1.6

1.24

1.78

1.371.42

1.91

1.56

2.79

2.38

2.03

1.78

126,437

102,690

79,870

114,100

99,83087,71090,200

122,650

99,830

178,990

151,920

146,399

113,159

0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

October2001

January2002

May 2002 October2002

January2003

April 2003 July 2003 October2003

March2004

November2004

November2005

July 2006 January2007

0

20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

100,000

120,000

140,000

160,000

180,000

200,000

Relative Share Absolute number

Dynamic of indexes of the level of corruption June 1998 - January 2007

Source: Vitosha Research

1.7 1.61.5

1.2

1.51.4 1.4 1.4

1.0 1.0 1.01.1

0.8

1.3

1.61.5 1.5

1.0 1.0 1.1

0.40.3

0.50.6

0.70.6

0.81.0

1.5

2.1

0.40.3

0.90.8 0.7

0.8

0.4 0.40.50.4

0.70.8

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

06/9

802

/99

04/9

909

/99

01/0

004

/00

09/0

001

/01

10/0

101

/02

05/0

210

/02

01/0

305

/03

07/0

310

/03

03/0

411

/04

11/0

5

07/

06

01/

07

Corruption Pressure Involvement in Corrupt Practices

Dynamics of the indexes of the level of corruption for the business sector (October 2000 - January 2007)

Source: Vitosha Research

2.42.5 2.5

2.4

1.4

2.1

1.1

0.5

3.1

2.2

2.6

3.1

2.3

1.11.2 1.3

1.1 1.11.3

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

October,2000

December,2002

March,2003

June, 2003 November,2003

February,2004

April, 2004 November,2005

January2007

Corruption Pressure Corrupt Practices

Prerequisites for the existence of corruption (min=0, max=10)

Source: Vitosha Research

0.0

1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

5.0

6.0

Acceptability in Principle Susceptibility to Corruption

Average monthly number of corruption-related items in the media

Source: Vitosha Research

39,3

37,5

40,137,5 36,5

47,045,6

32,734,1

32,2

36,8

31,9

37,2 35,6

31,0

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

Monthly Number of Articles on Corruption in the Press

Public concern about corruption