Preventing Corruption

What is corruption? Its current significance

Corruption is currently considered to be one of the most worrying phenomena in the world, plaguing many organisations. In view of its detrimental effects, numerous efforts have been made at international level to establish anti-corruption measures.

To accompany this fight against corruption, the Corruption Prevention Council (CPC) was created in Portugal in 2008. This Council is an independent administrative body that works alongside the Court of Auditors and is active at national level in the prevention of corruption and related offences.

In 2009, the CPC issued a recommendation (Recommendation No. 1/2009), which provides for the establishment and monitoring of a risk management plan for corruption and related offences (PGRCIC) for all entities that manage public funds, values or assets.

In accordance with this recommendation, the Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave (IPCA) prepared a PGRCIC, which was approved on 30 December 2009. In accordance with point 3(a) of this document, the IPCA Corruption Prevention Commission (CPCIPCA) was created in 2010.

In 2020, the IPCA Board approved the IPCA Corruption Prevention Plan.
– In a context of increasing scrutiny of the functioning of the public administration, the management of public institutions must necessarily adapt their administrative practices in order to incorporate into their organisational culture a set of concerns such as transparency, rigour in public action or the prevention of corruption, which, although not new, are gaining greater attention from society. In fact, as Portuguese society has evolved over the last few years, the fight against corruption has become more and more important, as it has become increasingly clear that corruption is a threat to the rule of law and the principles that underpin a democratic society.

Minimising the conditions for the emergence of corruption and related crimes is therefore a central concern for the functioning of public administration in general, with which the IPCA is fully aligned.

To this end, based on the experience gained in the implementation of the Corruption and Related Offences Risk Management Plan drawn up by the IPCA in 2009, this document has been thoroughly updated. It is now more specific in terms of risk concepts, provides more information on situations that may be considered corruption and related offences, and updates the procedures to be implemented, both general and specific to the areas of greatest risk.

With this new version of the Risk Management Plan for Corruption and Related Offences, the aim is to provide a document that is more useful to the IPCA and all its staff, allowing a better link with the objectives, activities and targets to be included in the various operational and strategic management documents, and thus to be able to better detect and prevent corruption risks, as well as to facilitate the process of gathering and processing information in order to identify the areas most vulnerable to the infiltration of the phenomenon, and to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the legal instruments and administrative measures adopted.
- – Risk Management and Related Offences Plan (Check for English version)
The CPCIPCA is made up of four members and is responsible for coordinating, implementing and monitoring the IPCA’s PGRCIC, in particular by holding follow-up meetings and drafting annual reports on the PGRCIC.

The members are

Chairperson :
- Irene Maria Portela
Members:
- Mário João Freitas Sousa Basto
- Pedro Manuel Ribeiro Novo de Melo
- Eva Maria Machado Miranda
- Marta Alexandra da Cruz Madureira
- Filipa Daniela Rodrigues Teixeira
Competences

The activity of the CPCIPCA is exclusively focused on the prevention of corruption:
1. Promoting transparency by ensuring that operations and activities are clear.
2. To defend legality and promote accountability by monitoring and publicising situations of irresponsibility, illegality and mismanagement.
3. Promoting good governance and defending the primacy of the public interest, questioning the justification and usefulness of actions and promoting the use of competitive processes.
4. Contribute to the improvement of the institution and its control and management systems by identifying shortcomings, suggesting ways to overcome them and identifying areas of risk.
5. Promoting respect for the ethical principles that govern public service, namely: conflicts of interest, incompatibilities and accumulation.
6. Encourage the improvement of the laws and regulations applicable to the areas of control, highlighting shortcomings and gaps and proposing the changes it deems appropriate.
7. To publish the results of the audits, to publicise violations of legality as well as the efficiency and effectiveness of the actions carried out by the IPCA.
8. To identify and report evidence of corruption to the President of the IPCA.
9. Carry out audits.
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