OECD praises Romania’s progress in transparency, public integrity reforms

Justice Minister Radu Marinescu presented at the OECD Working Group on Public Integrity, the recent legislative reform regarding pre- and post-employment restrictions in public institutions and authorities, also referring to the measures adopted to strengthen public integrity, guided by the implementation of the National Anticorruption Strategy.

Radu Marinescu participated in the meeting of the OECD Working Group on Public Integrity, a subsidiary body of the Public Governance Committee, CE Report quotes AGERPRES.

“The participation in the OECD meeting took place in the context of presenting Romania’s progress in terms of the priority recommendations aimed at strengthening transparency in the decision-making process and managing conflicts of interest. During the meeting, the Minister of Justice presented the recent legislative reform regarding pre- and post-employment restrictions in public institutions and authorities. He also referred to the measures adopted to strengthen public integrity, guided by the implementation of the National Anticorruption Strategy,” the Justice Ministry wrote in a Facebook post.

According to the source, the Organisation will focus on the continued implementation of the adopted reform measures, which are on a good track and aligned with OECD principles and standards.

“OECD appreciated the substantial progress made by Romania, which has demonstrated strong political commitment at the highest level to strengthening public integrity and transparency,” the ministry noted.

On the sidelines of the meeting, Minister Radu Marinescu took part in a working discussion with Elsa Pilichowski, Director of the Public Governance Directorate within the OECD Secretariat.

The Romanian delegation included the President of the Senate, Mircea Abrudean, the Secretary General of the Government, Radu Oprea, the Chair of the Joint Special Parliamentary Committee for OECD Accession, Violeta Alexandru, the national coordinator for Romania’s accession to the OECD and State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Luca Niculescu, as well as experts from the Ministry of Justice, the Government General Secretariat, the National Integrity Agency, and the OECD coordination team of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.