BUREAU INTEGRITEITSBEVORDERING OPENBARE SECTOR
A new integrity instrument The National Office for Promoting Ethics and Integrity in the Public Sector, the Integrity Office of the municipality of Amsterdam, and the Netherlands Court of Audit have jointly developed a new self-assessment instrument for integrity: SAINT. The National Integrity Office manages the instrument, which is intended for all public sector organisations in the Netherlands.
Aim and features
Features of SAINT:
This instrument enables governmental organisations
- Instrument developed by and for the public
to assess where their integrity policies could be
sector
enhanced. The SAINT workshop generates a view
- Effective and fast one-day workshop
on which working processes of an organisation
- Self-diagnosis rather than an audit
are most vulnerable and prone to specific integrity
- Bottom-up integrity approach (uses knowledge
risks. Furthermore, the self-assessment provides an overview of the completeness and adequacy of the existing integrity policy – a system of measures designed to promote integrity – in the assessed organisation
and experience of employees) - Can be applied to the organisation as a whole, or to smaller divisions - Generates a clear image of vulnerable processes, risks and possible improvements of the integrity system of an organisation. - Produces a report and ‘integrity agenda’ for the management - Can be used as a starting point for the application of other (more fundamental) risk analysis methods. - Supports the responsibility of management for integrity of the organisation. - Promotes integrity awareness of staff
Bureau Integriteitsbevordering Openbare Sector
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BUREAU INTEGRITEITSBEVO R D E R IN G O PE N BA R E S E C TO R
Setup of the Workshop The workshop consists of two distinguishable parts. In the morning, the participants select the most vulnerable processes on the basis of an inventory of the primary and support processes of the assessed organisation. Subsequently, the most significant integrity risks within the selected processes are described. During the afternoon, the existing integrity system of the organisation is assessed on its efficacy and adequacy. The integrity system comprises measures aimed at protecting the organisation against specific integrity risks and measures intended to embed, consolidate and organise the integrity policy (system measures). During the assessment, attention is also paid to cultural aspects of the organisation, such as awareness of integrity and the role of management. Finally, the morning and afternoon sessions are connected by mapping out which measures in the integrity system (defined during the afternoon session) are most suitable to strengthen the defences against the vulnerabilities posed by the most vulnerable processes (morning session). The results of the SAINT workshop can form basis for setting the integrity agenda of the participating organisation. The agenda is intended for the management of the organisation and describes which improvements can be made to the integrity policy.
STREETADDRESS
Lange Voorhout 9-13, 2514 EA Den Haag
P.O. BOX
P.O. Box 556, 2501 CN Den Haag
TELEPHONE
+31 70 376 5737
INTERNET
www.integriteitoverheid.nl
E-MAIL
[email protected]
Participants, guidance and costs A maximum of 14 people can participate in the self-assessment. Together, they form an adequate reflection of the employees in the organisation. Participants are selected because of their knowledge of the organisation and of specific processes. When an organisation as a whole performs a selfassessment, the group of participants comprises people who are familiar with the primary and support processes (e.g. Personnel, Finance, Audit, IT). The group is selected by the organisation that will be assessed, in close consultation with the National Integrity Office and the moderator of the workshop. The workshop makes use of a group decision room facility. There is a pool of moderators, among which there are experts from the various governmental sectors (ministries, water boards, municipalities, prisons, et cetera). More information Do you have any questions or would you like to know more about SAINT, the products and services that the National Integrity Office or the CAOP can offer in the field of integrity? Find out more on www.integriteitoverheid.nl or www. caop.nl. Or contact us on +31 70 376 5937 or info@ integriteitoverheid.nl
