Corruption Prevention Systems in Selected Federal Ministries (the Federal Chancellery, the Federal Ministry of Education, the Federal Ministry of the Interior and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management)

The audited federal ministries (the Federal Chancellery, the Federal Ministry of Education, the Federal Ministry of the Interior and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management) had different approaches to corruption prevention. While the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI) took a systematic approach to corruption prevention in the framework of an implemented compliance system, the Federal Chancellery (BKA), the Federal Ministry of Education (BMB) and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management (BMLFUW) covered only some parts of the subject. With the Federal Bureau of Anti-Corruption, the BMI had its own specialized unit, which could, in line with its legal mandate, take action also on behalf of other units of public administration in matters of corruption prevention. The other three federal ministries harnessed this opportunity of cooperation only to a very limited extent.

None of the four federal ministries had conducted a ministry-wide risk and/or threat analysis with regard to corruption risks. The BKA, BMA and BMLFUW had neither laid down objectives regarding the prevention of corruption at a strategic level nor had they established a central unit to comprehensively deal with corruption prevention. Consequently, a clear organizational allocation was lacking as well.

Although all federal ministries highlighted corruption prevention as an important management task, they either failed to provide for obligatory training or the rate of corresponding courses completed by the management was, in part, very low.