Tasks and functions of the department for the prevention and detection of corruption, internal audit

The main tasks of the DEPARTMENT are:

1. development, organization and control over the implementation of measures to prevent corruption offenses and offenses related to corruption in the Chuguiv City Council and its executive bodies;
2. organizing work on assessing corruption risks in the activities of the Chuguiv City Council and its executive bodies, preparing measures to eliminate them, and submitting relevant proposals to the mayor;
3. providing methodological and advisory assistance on compliance with legislation on the prevention of corruption;
4. implementing measures to identify a conflict of interest, facilitating its resolution, informing the city mayor, the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (hereinafter referred to as the National Agency) about the identification of a conflict of interest and measures taken to resolve it;
5. verification of the fact of submission of declarations by the declaring entities and notification to the National Agency of cases of failure to submit or untimely submission of such declarations in accordance with the procedure established in accordance with the Law;
6. exercising control over compliance with anti-corruption legislation, including in municipal enterprises, institutions, establishments and organizations founded by the Chuhuiv City Council of the Kharkiv region;
7. consideration of reports of violations of the requirements of the Law, including in municipal enterprises, institutions, establishments and organizations founded by the Chuguiv City Council of the Kharkiv region;
8. exercising powers in the field of whistleblower protection in accordance with the Law;
9. informing the city mayor, the National Agency or other specially authorized entities in the field of combating corruption in cases provided for by law, about the facts of violation of legislation in the field of preventing and combating corruption;
10. ensuring the protection of employees of the Chuguiv City Council and its executive bodies who reported violations of the requirements of the Law from the application of negative measures of influence by the manager or employer in accordance with the legislation on the protection of whistleblowers;
11. providing the manager with objective and independent conclusions, recommendations and consultations regarding:

• functioning of the internal control system and its improvement;
• improvement of the management system;
• preventing illegal, ineffective and unproductive use of budget funds and other assets;
• preventing errors or other shortcomings in the activities of the Chuhuiv City Council and its executive bodies, municipal enterprises, institutions, establishments and organizations founded by the Chuhuiv City Council of the Kharkiv region.

The main functions of the DEPARTMENT are:

1. implementation of measures to prevent and detect corruption;
2. development of draft acts on the prevention and detection of corruption in the Chuguiv City Council and its executive bodies;
3. providing employees of the Chuguiv City Council and its executive bodies with methodological and advisory assistance on compliance with legislation on corruption prevention;
4. exercising control over compliance with anti-corruption legislation in the Chuguiv City Council and its executive bodies, municipal enterprises, institutions and organizations founded by the Chuguiv City Council of the Kharkiv region;
5. interaction with authorized units (authorized persons) of other relevant bodies, the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (hereinafter referred to as the National Agency), other specially authorized entities in the field of combating corruption;
6. organizing work on assessing corruption risks in the activities of the Chuguiv City Council and its executive bodies, preparing measures to eliminate them, and submitting proposals to the mayor regarding such measures;
7. ensuring the preparation of the Anti-Corruption Program of the Chuhuiv City Council of the Kharkiv region for the relevant year (years) (other document based on the results of the assessment of corruption risks and the identification of measures to eliminate them), amendments to it, its submission for approval and monitoring of its implementation;
8. preparation of reports based on the results of periodic monitoring and assessment of the implementation of the Anti-Corruption Program (another document based on the results of the assessment of corruption risks and the identification of measures to eliminate them);
9. semi-annually providing the National Agency with information on the implementation of measures provided for by the Anti-Corruption Program (another document based on the results of the assessment of corruption risks and the identification of measures to eliminate them);
10. approval of draft acts on core activities, administrative and economic issues, personnel issues (staffing), depending on their types;
11. taking measures to identify a conflict of interest and facilitate its resolution, informing the mayor and the National Agency about the identification of a conflict of interest and the measures taken to resolve it;
12. providing consulting assistance in filling out declarations of a person authorized to perform state or local government functions;
13. cooperation with whistleblowers, ensuring compliance with their rights and guarantees of protection provided for by the Law of Ukraine "On Prevention of Corruption";
14. providing employees of the Chuguiv City Council of the Kharkiv region with methodological assistance and consultations on reporting possible facts of corruption or corruption-related offenses;
15. organization of internal channels for reporting possible facts of corruption or corruption-related offenses;
16. verifying received reports about possible facts of corruption or corruption-related offenses, and other violations of the Law;
17. organizing work and participating in an official investigation conducted to identify the causes and conditions that led to the commission of a corruption or corruption-related offense or failure to comply with the requirements of the Law in another way, upon the submission of a specially authorized entity in the field of combating corruption or by order of the National Agency;
18. implementation of other measures to prevent and detect corruption;
19. conducting an assessment:

• the effectiveness of the functioning of the internal control system;
• the degree of implementation and achievement of goals set in strategic and annual plans;
• the effectiveness of planning and implementation of budget programs and the results of their implementation, management of budget funds;
• use and preservation of assets;
• municipal property management;

20. planning internal audit activities, organizing and conducting audit research and audit consultations, documenting their results, preparing audit reports, conclusions and recommendations, as well as monitoring the implementation of recommendations.