Codes of Conduct and Conflicts of Interest at any governance level of the management of EU Funds
This study reviews the Member States’ experience with codes of conduct and conflicts of interest affecting the partnership arrangements under the European Structural and Investment Funds. The focus is on conflicts of interest affecting the Monitoring Committees under the European Regional Development and European Social Fund. The study reviews the rules and other approaches to deal with conflicts of interest, discusses best practices and ends with conclusions and recommendations advocating a complementary rule and value based approach supported by transparency and ethical leadership.
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Dr. Christoph Demmke (assisted by David Hanel), Roland Blomeyer, Dr. Thomas Henökel, Mike Beke, Timo Moilanen
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- administrative transparency
- code of conduct
- conflict of interest
- distribution of EU funding
- economic geography
- EMPLOYMENT AND WORKING CONDITIONS
- EU finance
- EU institutions and European civil service
- EU Member State
- European Anti-fraud Office
- EUROPEAN UNION
- executive power and public service
- FINANCE
- financial regulation
- GEOGRAPHY
- governance
- international affairs
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- labour law and labour relations
- POLITICS
- professional ethics
- public finance and budget policy