State of implementation

On March 7, 2023, after an extensive process of consultation and internal and external participation, the Coordinating Commission for General Service Inspections approved the Integrity System of the General State Administration (SIAGE), having previously been presented at the periodic follow-up meeting of the Integrity Working Group, of the Open Government Forum.

This system incorporates, in addition to other elements, a code of good administration for public employees and a code of good governance for senior positions, whose basic characteristics are the following:

Code of good administration. - It contains a definition of the principles contained in article 52 of Royal Legislative Decree 5/2015, of 30 October, approving the consolidated text of the Law on the Basic Status of Public Employees, as well as guidelines for action intended to help in personal reflection on the challenges faced by public service personnel in guaranteeing the right to good administration of all citizens. This code of good administration itself lacks normative value, and is far removed from the disciplinary regime. It offers a path of personal and collective motivation to guide the conduct according to the highest standards of integrity, with the purpose of strengthening a political and administrative culture of integrity, transparent, oriented to accountability and that strengthens public confidence in the General Administration of the State. Its elaboration has taken into account the ethical codes in force in different public administrations and constitutional bodies of national eremu, as well as the comparative perspective and international scope, especially taking into account the OECD Council Recommendation of 2017 on public integrity, which emphasizes the need for public servants to adjust their actions to the principles of impartiality, honesty, responsibility, integrity, respect, reliability and loyalty.

Code of Good Governance.- It contains a definition of the principles contained in Law 3/2015, of 30 March, regulating the exercise of the high office of the General Administration of the State and Law 19/2013, of 9 December, on transparency, access to public information and good governance, as well as the values embodied in the Code of Good Governance of members of the Government and senior officials of the General Administration of the State, approved by agreement of the Council of Ministers of 18 February 2005. The code of good governance itself lacks normative value and is far removed from the disciplinary regime. Its purpose is for the public authorities to reinforce before the citizens the commitment that those who make up the Government and senior officials must comply not only with the obligations provided for in the laws in the exercise of their governmental and administrative functions, but also that their actions are inspired and guided by the ethical values and guidelines of conduct expressly embodied in this code of good governance. It responds faithfully to the guidelines established at the supranational and international level, and therefore represents an effective policy to guarantee institutional integrity. At the same time, its dynamic nature will allow the standards of conduct and good practices contained in the code to gradually adapt to the demands of the environment.

The values contained in the two documents are designed to guide and guide public employees of the General Administration of the State in the exercise of all their professional activities. A broad section on measures for the prevention and detection of conflicts of interest is also included in the documents in order to ensure that these may lead to potential risks of corruption and to be able to properly identify situations in which personal interests, although legitimate, may influence the fulfilment of the functions and responsibilities of the public service.

The complete SIAGE document, with the aforementioned codes, was published after its approval on the Transparency Portal of the General State Administration and on the website of the General Service Inspectorates of the ministerial departments, and then sent to the Official State Gazette State Agency for publication as a book, in both paper and electronic format.