Public Service Ethics of the EU Member States: a Follow-up Study Presentation at the HRWG meeting in Helsinki 11.9.2006 Ari Salminen / Department of Public Management / University of Vaasa / tel +358 6 324 8419 (voice), +358 6 324 8465 (fax) / asa@uwasa.fi Timo Moilanen / Department of Political Science / University of Helsinki / tel + 358 9 191 24902 (voice), +358 9 191 24832 (fax) / timo.moilanen@helsinki.fi

overview of the project background: Danielle Bossaert and Christoph Demmke (EIPA): Main Challenges in the Field of Ethics and Integrity in the EU Member States (carried out in 2004, published in 2005) Main Features of the Ethics Framework for the Public Sector (proposed by the Dutch Presidency and adopted by the Directors General 22.11.2004) objectives of the current study: to capture the changes that have occurred since the previous survey was carried out (2,5 years ago) to find out how the Ethics Framework has been received in the member states to identify the main challenges

project timeline start: May 10, 2006 end: November 20, 2006 April June July August September October November December project planning and piloting data collection 4.7. – 21.8. analysing period reporting period presentation 11.9. Helsinki presentation 31.10. Brussels research material consists of 25 EU member states, two applicant countries and the European Commission; the current response rate is 86% (24/28), 5.8.2006

some notes concerning the material there are various and complex relationships between legislation, value statements and codes of ethics the value statements and codes of ethics may vary on different levels of government (general, branch-specific and agency-specific) in order to get a comprensive understanding of public service ethics in your country, please send us relevant documents on official values and ethical standards. If your government has not introduced such documents yet, please send us the relevant contents of the central laws (e.g., the relevant statutes of the administrative law).