Strategy of the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau

Operational strategy is a medium-term management document of the Bureau, which ensures the planning of the activities of the Bureau. The document sets out the strategic objectives of the Bureau, the tasks necessary to achieve them, the performance indicators and the numerical values to be attained. The Strategy covers period from 2023-2026.

During the Strategy period, the Bureau has identified five priorities:

  1. To mitigate corruption risks in public procurement and EU-funded projects, in particular: (a) in the areas where the largest projects in terms of funding are implemented; (b) projects and tenders implemented by the State and local governments; c) within the framework of the Rail Baltica project.
  2. To improve the practice of declaring the proceeds of alleged corruption of public officials as proceeds of crime and confiscating them for the benefit of the State.
  3. To ensure an effective national anti-corruption policy.
  4. To promote zero tolerance of corruption in the public and private sectors.
  5. To implement digital transformation.

The Strategy has been developed in accordance with the Law on the Corruption Prevention and Combating of Bureau and the Cabinet of Ministers Instruction No 1 of 1 February 2022, Procedures for Developing and Updating the Strategy of an Institution and for Evaluating its Implementation. The Strategy was drafted taking into account the 2022 Strategic Planning Guidelines prepared by the State Chancellery which provide guidance to public administration institutions.

Corruption Prevention and Combating Action Plan 2023-2025

The Anti-Corruption Action Plan is a continuation of the Guidelines for Preventing and Combating Corruption 2015-2020. The Anti-Corruption Action Plan maintains the corruption preventing and combating course previously defined in the Guidelines, i.e., the main objectives and lines of action, but at the same time it includes a new set of tasks for public institutions to respond flexibly and adapt to current developments and problematic situations in society and the problems of applying legal provisions.

The Anti-Corruption Action Plan aim to describe the current situation in corruption preventing and combating in Latvia, define current problems, set goals, objectives, directions of activities and tasks for the respective period.

Corruption Prevention and Combating Action Plan 2023-2025

Guidelines for the Corruption Prevention and Combating 2015-2020 is a medium-term development planning document, drawn up in accordance with the Law on the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau, which states that the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau shall elaborate a corruption prevention and combating strategy and a national programme approved by the Cabinet of Ministers.

The guidelines ensure the continuity of the documents “Guidelines for the Corruption Prevention and Combating 2009 -2013” approved during the previous planning period, and the continuity of the Programme for the Corruption Prevention and Combating 2009-2013.

These guidelines aim to describe the current situation in corruption preventing and combating in Latvia, define current problems, set goals, objectives, directions of activities and tasks for 2015-2020.

Guidelines for the Corruption Prevention and Combating 2015-2020