Presentation held by Mr. Paweł Wojtunik, The Head of the CBA within the Regional Workshop on Georgia's anti-corruption and public service delivery reforms (22-24 September 2011).
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CENTRAL ANTI-CORRUPTION BUREAU (CBA)
1. CENTRAL
ANTI-CORRUPTION BUREAU
(CBA)
Paweł Wojtunik
The Head of the CBA
22-24.09.2011
Batumi, Georgia
CENTRAL ANTICORRUPTION BUREAU WWW.CBA.GOV.PL
al. Ujazdowskie 9, 00-583 Warsaw tel. + 48 ( 022) 437 2222
2. The CBA was established
by the Act of 9 June 2006
on the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau
which entered into
force on 24 July 2006.
Staff ca
850 officers and civil servants
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al. Ujazdowskie 9, 00-583 Warsaw tel. + 48 ( 022) 437 2222
3. The CBA
is a special service which combats corruption in
the public and private sector, especially in the
state and local government agencies, as well as
fights against any activity which may endanger
the State’s economic interests.
(Art. 1 of the Act on the CBA)
The CBA is a central government administration
body.
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al. Ujazdowskie 9, 00-583 Warsaw tel. + 48 ( 022) 437 2222
4. The position
of the Head of the CBA
• The Head of the CBA is a central public
administration body supervised by the Prime
Minister.
• The Head of the CBA shall be appointed and
recalled by the Prime Minister, with the consent
of the President of the Republic of Poland,
the Committee for Special Services
and the Parliamentary Special Services
Committee, for a term of 4 years, which may
be prolonged only once.
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5. Goals and tasks of the CBA
Under article 2 of the Act on the CBA,
the main goal of the CBA is combating
corruption where the public sector meets the
private one.
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al. Ujazdowskie 9, 00-583 Warsaw tel. + 48 ( 022) 437 2222
6. Powers of the CBA
The CBA is a special service with pre-trial
police powers, entitled to conduct:
- operational activities,
- investigational activities,
- control activities,
- analytical and informative activities
(i.a. by corruption prevention and information
on anti-corruption).
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al. Ujazdowskie 9, 00-583 Warsaw tel. + 48 ( 022) 437 2222
7. In criminal investigation, the CBA officers
are entitled to use police powers
which may be supported by special measures,
such as:
- operational control, e.g. wiretapping,
- undercover operations,
- technical surveillance.
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al. Ujazdowskie 9, 00-583 Warsaw tel. + 48 ( 022) 437 2222
8. Statistics on conducted operational cases
and pre-trial proceedings
Years Number of operational cases
2006 33
2007 177
2008 392
2009 625
2010 586
Years Number of pre-trial proceedings
2006 13
2007 107
2008 278
2009 398
2010 374
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al. Ujazdowskie 9, 00-583 Warsaw tel. + 48 ( 022) 437 2222
9. Control activities of the CBA
The control activities provided by the CBA are
focused on:
- detecting and combating acts of breaching the
law, e.g. within the scope of the decisions issued
by administrative agencies or conducting
business activities by public officials,
- verifying the correctness and genuineness
of public officials’ asset declarations
or declarations on the conduct of business
activities.
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al. Ujazdowskie 9, 00-583 Warsaw tel. + 48 ( 022) 437 2222
10. Statistics on control proceedings
Years Number of control proceedings
2006 4
2007 38
2008 117
2009 102
2010 97
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al. Ujazdowskie 9, 00-583 Warsaw tel. + 48 ( 022) 437 2222
11. Corruption prevention
and information on anti-corruption
The CBA exercises tasks resulting from corruption
prevention, interpreted as a reaction to any
corruptive behavior or practice, still not having the
features of a crime, as well as information on anti-
corruption of educational character, aimed
at the society (e.g. the creation of the anti-corruption
educational site www.antykorupcja.edu.pl).
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al. Ujazdowskie 9, 00-583 Warsaw tel. + 48 ( 022) 437 2222
12. The web portal on Anti-Corruption
Education
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al. Ujazdowskie 9, 00-583 Warsaw tel. + 48 ( 022) 437 2222
13. The CBA’s profile
on FACEBOOK
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al. Ujazdowskie 9, 00-583 Warsaw tel. + 48 ( 022) 437 2222
14. Anti-Corruption Guidebook
for Civil Servants
11,000 copies published and distributed
to the central and local government
institutions;
10 000 civil servants have been trained
who are employed, among others, in 11
ministries.
Aimed at people working for government and local
government administration. It presents basic definitions
relating to corruption and indicates the differences
between a public official and a person performing
a public function. It explains the notion of a material
advantage and personal advantage.
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al. Ujazdowskie 9, 00-583 Warsaw tel. + 48 ( 022) 437 2222
15. The Corruption Map
The data achieved from special services concerning
the areas endangered by corruption and the mechanisms
of perpatrating corruption crimes as well as statistics
presenting the recorded corruption crimes and social
perception of corruption.
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al. Ujazdowskie 9, 00-583 Warsaw tel. + 48 ( 022) 437 2222
16. Anti-Corruption Recommendations on
Public Procurement Procedures
The Central Anti-Corruption Bureau indicates
the irregularities which are likely to appear while
spending public funds in the course of purchasing
services or supplies as well as investment procedures.
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al. Ujazdowskie 9, 00-583 Warsaw tel. + 48 ( 022) 437 2222
17. Anti-Corruption Institutions
in Selected States of the World
A collection of information on institutional and
structural solutions in other countries.
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al. Ujazdowskie 9, 00-583 Warsaw tel. + 48 ( 022) 437 2222
18. Conference
follow-up materials
Contain speeches made during the First International
Anti-Corruption Conference (9 December 2010).
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al. Ujazdowskie 9, 00-583 Warsaw tel. + 48 ( 022) 437 2222
19. The Central Anti-Corruption Guidebook
Available both in Polish and in English
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al. Ujazdowskie 9, 00-583 Warsaw tel. + 48 ( 022) 437 2222
21. The Anti-Corruption Guidebook
for Entrepreneurs
The Guidebook is dedicated to entrepreneurs. It presents
the laws and algorithms of behavior in corruption
situations.
It is scheduled for translation into English.
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al. Ujazdowskie 9, 00-583 Warsaw tel. + 48 ( 022) 437 2222
22. The Anti-Corruption Bulletin
• A popular scientific magazine issued
periodically from June 2011.
• Aim: to raise anti-corruption
awareness and knowledge of the
citizens.
• Scholars invited to cooperate with
the CBA represent government and
local government institutions, NGOs
and research centers.
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al. Ujazdowskie 9, 00-583 Warsaw tel. + 48 ( 022) 437 2222
23. Model lessons
„What is corruption
and how we participate in it”
•Model lessons for young students
•Aim: raising awareness of respecting social norms
•The first lesson organized while the celebration of the
International Anti-Corruption Day on 9 December
2010.
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al. Ujazdowskie 9, 00-583 Warsaw tel. + 48 ( 022) 437 2222
24. The Advisory Council
to the Head of the CBA
• established on 10 February 2011,
• consists of recognized scholars,
• consultative body to the Head of the CBA.
• aim:
- to intensify cooperation with colleges and
universities, scientific and training centers,
- to find new and effective anti-corruption
solutions.
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al. Ujazdowskie 9, 00-583 Warsaw tel. + 48 ( 022) 437 2222
25. The CBA informs
• the Prime Minister, the President of the Republic
of Poland and the Parliament about corruption-related
matters and any activities which may endanger
the State’s economic interests.
• A special obligation of the CBA is to provide
the Parliament with the information on the results
of the activities conducted by the CBA as well as to
provide the performance report to the Prime
Minister and the Parliamentary Special Services
Committee until 31 March of each year at the latest.
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al. Ujazdowskie 9, 00-583 Warsaw tel. + 48 ( 022) 437 2222
26. Central Anti-Corruption
Bureau
Al. Ujazdowskie 9
00-583 Warszawa
e-mail: bip@cba.gov.pl
www.cba.gov.pl
phone: +48 22 437 22 22
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27. Thank you
for your attention.
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