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3 countries are part of the Network for integrity.
3 countries are part of the Network for integrity.
The Secretariat of Public Integrity of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, created by Supreme Decree N° 042-2018-PCM dated on April 22, 2018. It’s the technical body in charge of leading and supervising the fulfillment of the National Policy on Integrity and Fight against corruption, as well as the development of mechanisms and instruments to prevent and manage corruption risks to lead the adequate performance of civil services and public entities.
As a lead agency, it’s responsible for issuing guidelines, directives and technical opinions related to the establishment of a culture of integrity and strengthening the capacities of prevention and sanctions of the Peruvian State against Corruption.
Furthermore, the Secretariat of Public Integrity provides technical advices to the High Level Anticorruption Commission and exercises the functions contemplated in article 6° of Law N° 29976 which created that Commission. In order to articulate efforts, coordinate actions and propose short, medium and long term policies aimed at preventing and fighting against corruption in Peru.
The main functions are the followings:
“In the face of high citizen discontent over acts of corruption in public administration, many recipes have been applied that prioritize the punitive side to fight corruption. It’s appropriated, nevertheless, I’m convinced the most effective tool to revert it is across the mechanism of transparency and citizen participation.
We should bet on a policy of integrity that prioritizes the focus of prevention, means that over time, the behaviors that bet on probity and honesty will be consolidated and put forward the common good.”