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Supporting Political Finance Transparency and Anticorruption
Supporting Political Finance Transparency and Anticorruption in IFES's Regional Europe Office.
3.5 Operational Policies and Procedures
Operational policies and procedures are key tools for implementing political finance legislation and the oversight institution’s strategic framework.
3.4 Ensuring Appropriate Resources to Deliver the Oversight Institution's Role
In developing your strategic framework and setting out your vision and objectives, you will need to consider about how you will deliver that strategy.
3.3.2 Enforcement
Where an investigation identifies a breach, and the responsibility for taking enforcement action lies with the oversight body, you should have a separate process to consider the facts of the case, take into account all relevant factors, and reach a decision on the appropriate enforcement action.
3.3.1 Investigations
The purpose of an investigation should always be to establish the facts in order to reach a view on the evidence. It should not be based on any desire to prove anyone is innocent or guilty, and not assume, or care, what the facts will prove to be.
3.3 Handling Issues of Non-Compliance
The nature of the rules and the mechanisms for dealing with rule breaking vary from country to country depending on whether the law provides for criminal or administrative approaches and whether you have the power to conduct investigations, impose civil sanctions and/or bring criminal prosecutions.
3.2.5 Audits
An audit is an examination of the contribution and expenditure documentation, banking statements and other financial records of a submitting entity to assess compliance with existing auditing standards.
3.2.4 Complaints and Allegations
There are different ways to handle complaints and allegations depending very much on a country's legal framework and traditions.
3.2.3 Receipt and Review of Statutory Reports
The financial reports submitted by electoral contestants as regards the financing of their election campaigns and by political parties about the financing of their routine activities are the primary source of information at your disposal to carry out your supervision tasks.
3.2.2 Preparing Reporting
A cornerstone in political finance transparency is the financial reporting system for political parties and election contestants, whether it relates to annual or ongoing party finance reports or to campaign finance reports submitted before or after an election.