1. Public Service Ethics of the EU Member States: a Follow-up Study
Presentation at the HRWG meeting in
Helsinki
Ari Salminen / Department of Public Management / University of Vaasa / tel (voice), (fax) /
Timo Moilanen / Department of Political Science / University of Helsinki / tel (voice), (fax) /

2. 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 )
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

3. 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 Helsinki
presentation Brussels
research material consists of 25 EU member states, two applicant countries and the European Commission; the current response rate is 86% (24/28),

4. 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).