1. PUBLIC INTEGRITY NETWORKS
IN TURKEY
A H M E T C O S K U N
2 6 - 2 7 J U N E 2 0 1 4 T I R A N A ,
A L B A N I A
RIGHT
WRONG
ETHICS
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2. TURKISH PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
● 75 million population
● 3 million public employees
● 225 billion dollar central government budget
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3. MAIN ACTORS FOR PREVENTING CORRUPTION
• Institutions
• Prime Minister’s Inspection Board
• Court of Accounts
• Council of Ethics for Public Service
• Departments within institutions
• Inspectorates
• Internal Audit Units
• Ethics Commissions

4. COUNCIL OF ETHICS FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
● Council of Ethics for Public Service (CEPS)
● Central body to make ethics policy and promote ethical culture
throughout Turkish public administration
● Ethics Commissions
● Implementation partners within each institution
● No formal relationship between the Council and the Commissions
● Ethics Trainers
● Certified by the Council
● Keeping in the network
● Ethics Platform
● Newly established
● Stakeholders invited to participate
● Discussing policy and implementation issues on ethics
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5. NETWORK MECHANISMS FOR POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
• Meetings
• Seminars
• Workshops
• Conferences
• Training activities
• Ethics Week activities in May
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6. PROJECT FOR FOSTERING COLLABORATION AMONG
PUBLIC, PRIVATE SECTOR AND NGO’S
● Setting up an informal network: «Let’s make it happen
together!»
● Magic words: «Cooperation and collaboration»
● Strategic partners from public sector
● Challenging organizational culture to work in silos
● Private sector organizations
● Time to provide concrete inputs and proposals
● Academics
● Distant partners waiting to be consulted
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● NGO’s
● All happy to be invited
● Semi-NGO’s: Public Employees’
Associations
● Trade unions
● «Let’s talk about salaries!»
● Public Internal Auditors’ Association
● Court of Account Auditors’ Association
● Small focus group meetings to discuss the project idea and draft action plan
● Building trust through interaction

8. CHALLENGES AND KEY ASSESSMENTS
● Need for a comprehensive integrity policy
● Structural collaboration networks among different
entities on integrity
● Strengthening both the CEPS and the Commissions’
status
● Need for more supportive institutional eco-
system both within public sector and outside
environment
● Open government perspective
● Expanding network approach to a broader field
● Capacity building in civil society for more effective
advocacy and monitoring
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9. THANK YOU !
Ahmet COSKUN
+90-506 256 8495
acoskun@basbakanlik.gov.tr
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