Final list of indicators of the “Passport of Indicators for Inter-sectorial Strategy against Corruption”

1) PREVENTION

Objective of 2015-2020 AC Strategy	Indicators	Key reporting institution	Key Issues
A.1 Increased transparency of the state activity and improved access to information for the citizens	Number of institutions which have correctly implemented transparency programmes. Number of complaints filed each year to the Commissioner responsible for freedom of information	Information and Data Protection Commissioner	The first indicator concerns a legal obligation which is not totally complied with (for example, no publication by judiciary and prosecution, only 48 municipalities, etc.) The indicator is suitable to set multiple targets and allows being adapted to the changing context once targets are reached. As for the second indicator the Commissioner Office has, over the year 2016, proceeded with its efforts for implementing and monitoring the law no 119/2014 “On the Right to Information”. The number of complaints being deposited to the Commissioner Office has substantially increased compared to one year earlier. 684 complaints were deposited in 2016 (compared to 58 in 2015, according to PSR). The increase of the number of complaints from the civil society organisations and the citizens is a good indicator of enhancement of awareness. Source: IDPC Annual Report 2016. This proposed indicator is the SIGMA Indicator Passport for measurement of Outcome-level indicators of the cross-cutting Public Sector Reform Strategy 2015-2020 of Albania, Objective 11: Enhancement of control over the activities of public administration, guaranteeing the rights of citizens and access to information. This choice will simplify data collection and reporting for institutions.
A.2 Increasing transparency in planning, elaboration, management and control of budget	Number of Annual Procurement Plans presented electronically by the Contracting Authorities. % of Annual Procurement Plans modified.	Public Procurement Agency	The Plans are modified during the year at a currently estimated rate of 50%. The Plans’ modification is a source of corruption risk and the current procedure of filing of the Plans in printed copies or in CDs lowers transparency and presents an added corruption risk. From the beginning of year 2018 Plans will be filed only through the online platform managed by the Agency and the objective of the Agency is to lower the Plan’s modification rate by 30% in 2019 and by 10% in 2020. The ultimate target of the PPA is to reduce the Plan’s modification rate to 5%.
A.3 Strengthening electronic infrastructure of public institutions	Number of functional e-services for citizens, business and public institutions.	AKSHI (National Agency on Information Society)	A total number of 1400 e-services has currently been identified. By the end of 2015, 250 e-services were active, while by the end of December 2017 the number increased to approximately 550 e-services. The targets selected for the indicator could be either general (i.e. overall number of available e-services) or, if possible, more specific for those e-services related to corruption-prone sectors. The team is focussing on the second option. The Agency will work on a prioritization list, tentatively by end of February 2018 (initially set for Jan 2018, but due to de-regulation process ongoing, deadline is extended). This list will be the basis for targets-setting.
A.4 Improving the handling of denunciations against corruption	Number of corruption investigations generated by denunciations made by the public. Sub-indicator % of corruption investigations generated by denunciations submitted by the public through online portals	Albanian State Police	Based on discussion in 16th Jan workshop, indictor was expanded to include all citizens denunciations, since police data are currently available for this (better and enlarged) categorization. Based on the discussion and the data availability, the reporting entity is the Albanian State Police.
A.5 Strengthening the regime of disclosure and control of public officials’ wealth and cases of conflict of interest	Online system for asset declaration is operational by 2020	HIDAACI	A new initiative is undertaken by HIDAACI together with USAID on the project “Transparency in Health Engagement” and CoE& EU through the Horizontal Facility instrument. The project is foreseen to last for 36 months until May 2019. Objective: Asset declaration system is improved. Expected results: HIDAACI’s ability and capacity to implement an online asset declaration system, perform effective verifications of asset declarations and publish declarations are improved. The asset declarations through the online system is expected to be fully operational in 2020. Intermediate targets for 2018, 2019 and 2020 will be selected, accounting for qualitative steps needed to set-up the system and then utilize it.
A.6 Strengthening the controlling regime for political parties’ financing	Amount of illegal funding of political parties identified. % of sanctions delivered over cases identified.	Central Election Commission	The ongoing auditing process of the financial reports filed by the political parties will reveal the amount of illegal funding of political parties. The amount of funding identified as non-compliant with legislation and regulations of political party financing will be considered as a baseline for 2017. Targets on the reduced amount of such money will be set after the figures on the audit will be published.
A.7 Improving the efficiency of internal audit and inspection and systematic use of risk analysis	Ratio of internal audit recommendations accepted and implemented by public entities % of cases resulting from internal audits that are referred for financial inspection % of referrals to prosecution resulting from financial inspections	Ministry of Finances & Economy	Important regulatory measures have been implemented to improve financial management at the local government level. Many weaknesses in local government public financial management however remain. For instance, a large number of local governments do not publish regularly their financial reports. High State Control is responsible to audit the financial statements of municipalities. Currently, High State Control and Ministry of Finances & Economy are jointly drafting an instruction to define the procedures, datelines and standards to be applied to audit the financial statements of municipalities. From 2017, publication also required for municipalities. This indicator is already present in PFM strategy and targets are assigned (with final target being 100%, or 61 municipal authorities). Performance on internal audit can be measured through number of internal audits recommendations which are followed-up by concrete actions at institutional level. This requires first and foremost a formal acceptance of the recommendations and their implementation by Heads of each institution. Overall, considering the preventive nature of the objective, the desired outcome would be a reduced trend of sanctions, considering a constant number of inspections. Overall, a ratio of sanctions delivered, over number of inspections implemented captures both the requirement of increased number of inspections and decrease number of sanctions. The targets will be set in a decreasing trend.
A.8 Systematic use of the mechanism of identifying areas of corruption	Number of public institutions that have conducted annual analysis on inclinations to corruption. Number of institutions that conduct risk analysis on inclinations to corruption through the involvement of the Internal Audit (for those institutions that have an Internal Audit unit)	NCAC/MoJ	As part of a baseline integrity measurement, it is important to determine whether public institutions systematically analyse and document risk awareness and exposure to integrity risks. Risk analysis is one of the first principles of integrity policy and the implementation of integrity measures To estimate the risk of integrity violations in value, a sharp image of the vulnerable activity in an institution is indispensable and the positions which these activities take place should be analyzed carefully. Vulnerable activities relate to dealing with money, purchase of goods, services, selection/recruitment of staff, confidential information, applications, authorizations. In Albania public institutions do not systematically base their integrity policies on explicit analyses of integrity risks, including the particular risks to which public institutions at central and local government level are exposed. Therefore, the existing risk assessment tool(s) should be further refined based on examples in the EU, particularly in neighboring countries. Performance could be measured through the establishment of capacities (that would make it a qualitative indicator) and progress could be measured through limited targets i.e. for the first year only one institution conducts the analysis of inclinations to corruption i.e. Customs, or Health, or Police. Targets for 2018, 2019 and 2020 can be designed accordingly. The indicators measures also performance of the first part – inclinations of corruption – of A10
A.9 strengthening the integrity of public officials	Number of ministries which have developed and implemented an integrity plan in line with the Inter-sectorial strategy against corruption.	NCAC	Albanian ministries/agencies and local governments pay attention to integrity policy, but their policies have not always been set out in overarching policy documents. In such cases, elements of integrity policy could be found in a variety of documents. Some institutions view (only) their codes of conduct as an expression of their integrity policies. An integrity plan provides the conceptual framework and increases integrity or guard against unethical conduct. It is preventive mechanism for fight against corruption and provides information on: - Common areas (e.g. documentation management, security and IT, management of human resources, and training); - Ethics and personal integrity areas (e.g. code of conduct, acceptance of gifts, reporting of corruption (incl. whistleblowing), disciplinary actions, response to morally and professionally unacceptable behavior); - Corruption risks assessments (e.g. local governments, issuing construction permits) Similarly, to A.8, targets can be designed to reflect the work implemented by a number of key institutions (for example, for more vulnerable sectors). A9 is tied to A11, the development of integrity plans for municipalities.
A.10 Systematic analysis of inclinations to corruption and, Improvement of statistics on the activity of law enforcing agencies in the fight against corruption	Consolidated statistics on corruption are produced and are published periodically	Ministry of Justice	First part [Systematic analysis of inclinations to corruption]will be assessed using the same indicator proposed for A8. Therefore for this Objective there will be only one indicator to measure the performance of the second part, namely on Statistics.
A.11 Adoption of policies against corruption at local government level	% of municipalities that have developed local integrity plans (in line with the inter-sectorial strategy against corruption). % of municipalities that allocate a specific budget line to implement local anti-corruption policies resulting from the integrity plan.	Ministry of Interior	The creation of local anti-corruption and integrity plans is fundamental to ensure proper local planning, budgeting and implementation of concrete and tailored AC activities. Currently, no specific information on the availability of such plans/initiatives is present, but only few municipalities seem to have delved such a system (if any). The creation of the plans, in line with the general guidelines for the development of integrity plans (Objective A9), is a prerequisite for appropriate budgeting and reporting on corruption to the central authorities and citizens on results achieved. Targets will be set for 2018, 2019 and 2020 for both indicators.

Final list of indicators of the “Passport of Indicators for Inter-sectorial Strategy against Corruption”

2) REPRESSION

Objective of 2015-2020 AC Strategy	Indicators	Key reporting institution	Key Issues
B.1 Improved efficiency and effectiveness of criminal investigations against corruption	Number of indictments for corruption (cases and persons) over XX.XXX€ Number of decisions for sequestration of assets in corruption cases XX.XXX€ Value of proceeds of crime seized from corruption cases over XX.XXX€	Ministry of Justice	Following discussions at the MoJ on February 2nd it was agreed that similar indicators to b and c of this passport will be included in the Justice Sector Reform Passport of Indicators. Therefore the “final conviction” and “confiscation” will be covered by this document. This passport of indicators will measure performance for indictments, sequestrations and seizures. For indicators b) and c), both criminal and civil proceedings will be taken into consideration, to obtain a complete view of the situation Proceeds of crime are defined as good in legal circulation (i.e. not including the estimated value of confiscated drugs, arms, etc) Methodology for assessing value of assets will be set during target-setting phase (options include use of cadastral value, certified evaluators part of Agency for management of sequestrated and confiscated assets)
B.2 Improving cooperation among law enforcement agencies in the criminal prosecution and punishment of corruption	Number of referrals on Corruption from Albania State Police to the Prosecution Number of referrals from other institutions (Customs, Tax Administration, State Audit, HIDAACI, FIU) to the Prosecution.	PGO / Serious Crime Prosecution	Establishment of channels for exchange of information and intelligence among LE authorities Measures to ensure operational coordination among the stakeholders.
B.3 Improving the legal framework for the prosecution of economic and financial crimes	Number of review reports produced periodically and made public by the Ministry of Justice on the adequacy of legal framework on prosecution of economic and financial crimes. Implementation of legislation for the set-up of an Asset Recovery Office.	Ministry of Justice	Albania has recently conducted a series of legal amendments and new laws in the area of prosecution of economic and financial crimes. However, their adequacy is yet to be proved in the process of implementation. In order to avoid failures or week implementation and therefore ineffective prosecution of economic and financial crimes, preliminary (ex-ante) reviews are needed. In relation to alignment to EU acquis, the creation of the Asset Recovery Office is a crucial step for Albania. Targets for ARO set-up will be based on relevant EU Council Decision 2007/845/JHA of 6 December 2007 (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=LEGISSUM:l14156)
B.4 Improving international legal and police cooperation in the fight against economic and financial crime	Number of Police Information Exchanged with third countries and supranational law enforcement institutions. Number of Joint Police Operations launched by Europol or Interpol to which Albania participates actively (in the ‘fight against financial and economic crime’)	Albanian State Police/ Ministry of Interior	On the side of exchange of information, the sources of data can be several: Number of liaison police officers outside of Albania, Inter-force cooperation in place and with some countries there are in place regional/bilateral MoUs Europol (SIENA) Interpol, including matchfixing CARIN network Egmont securweb SELEC For all sources above, there are statistics annually on requests received and requests sent. A possibility that the team will explore is to create a coefficient or dummy variable which includes several data sources (see list above) Also, possible to include N° of police operations, coordinated by Europol and/or Interpol to which Albania is part.

Final list of indicators of the “Passport of Indicators for Inter-sectorial Strategy against Corruption”

3) AWARENESS

Objective of 2015-2020 AC Strategy	Indicators	Key reporting institution	Key Issues
C.1 Raising Awareness and educating the public on the consequences of corruption	Existence of a multi-annual Communication and Visibility Plan of the Anti-corruption Strategy Number of annual awareness raising campaigns to fight corruption	NCAC	To avoid organizing communication events on anti-corruption in an uncoordinated and reactive manner and (thus) not well coordinated (government-wide) public information on anti-corruption, it is essential to draft a multiannual Communication and Visibility Plan of the Anti-corruption Strategy. This Plan shall include the priorities to be addressed, target groups/institutions, delivery means, messages during campaigns, budgets for the implementation. Awareness campaigns referred to in indicator b) will include publications, opinion polls and survey reports produced.
C.2 Encouraging the public to actively use complaints mechanisms to report and prevent corruption	Number of users of the portal Stopkorrupsionit.al and the portal shqiperiaqeduam.al Number of feedback answers sent in response to denunciations made from the public through the online portals Stopkorrupsionit.al and shqiperiaqeduam.al	NCAC	It is expected that the outcomes of C1 will have a positive effect on the use of the portals as well. Following discussions at the MoJ on February 2nd it was agreed to add an indicator to measure the feedback given to the public on the denunciations made. This indicator is necessary to improve the trust of the public on the online system which is planned to include improvements on online feedback system.
C.3 Encouraging cooperation with the civil society	Establishment of an Anticorruption Program by the AMSHC Number of projects on anticorruption financed by ASCS. Budget allocated to support Anticorruption projects by CSOs.	Agency for the Support of Civil Society (AMSHC)	Agency has as a priority objective to promote the cooperation with the NGOs that have as scope of their activity the fight against corruption. This Objective + Indicator could be linked with Objective A11: Adoption of policies against corruption at local government level (to support the adoption of integrity plans).

The complete passport of indicators, including baseline, targets, methodology for calculation and data sources will be delivered by end of March 2018.

The complete passport of indicators, including baseline, targets, methodology for calculation and data sources will be delivered by end of March 2018.

The Indicators on convictions and confiscations will be replicated in the Indicators passport of the Justice Sector Strategy as follows:

Number of final convictions (cases and persons) for corruption which include sanctioning over XX.XXX€

Number of decisions for confiscation of assets in corruption cases

Value of proceeds of crime confiscated in corruption cases

The complete passport of indicators, including baseline, targets, methodology for calculation and data sources will be delivered by end of March 2018.