Clossing the project "The evaluation of the implementation of the National Anticorruption Strategy 2016-2020 and the development and recommendations for future steps ", financed within the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 - end of the project

On December 7, 2023, the Ministry of Justice organised the closing conference of the project "The evaluation of the implementation of the National Anticorruption Strategy 2016-2020 and the development and recommendations for future steps". The project had a total eligible value of 495.000 euro and was developed through the "Justice" program, funded by the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2014-2021.

The project, implemented by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), through the Department for Crime Prevention, in partnership with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, had the purpose to support MoJ for providing an overview on implementation level of the anti-corruption standards and developing a tool for collection and periodic publication of information related to the fight against corruption.

The following activities were carried out through the project:

• Elaborating, by OECD, the Report „Evaluation of the National Anticorruption Strategy 2016-2020”, document that covers best practices identified, challenges and problems encountered during the implementations process of NAS 2016-2020, and also the recommendations for the effective planning and implementation of future policies.
• Development of the new NAS PORTAL, tool with a modern and easy-to-use interface, which offers to any interested person the opportunity to consult the information, accessible to the public starting from January 2024.

At the conferince participated representatives of the cooperation platforms[1] created in order to support the monitoring process of the implementation of the national anticorruption strategies.

Additional information:

As a Program Operator for the "Justice" program financed by the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2014-2021, the Ministry of Justice manage a financial allocation of 57.294.118 euro, out of which 48.700.000 euro represents non-reimbursable financial assistance from the Kingdom of Norway.

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Disclaimer: The project is funded by Kingdom of Norway through the Norway Grants. The project benefits from a 495.000 € grant from Norway. The aim of the project is the evaluation of the anticorruption policy in Romania.

[1] the platform of independent authorities and of the anti-corruption institutions;  

   the platform of the central public administration; 

   the platform of the public local administration - coordinated in a partnership with MDLPA; 

   the platform of the business environment; 

   the platform of the civil society.