Tackling Fraud and Corruption Risks in the Slovak Republic

Annex B. The chronology of proposed actions for the Government of the Slovak Republic

Table A B.1.  Key actions for enhancing fraud and corruption risk assessments

Action	Description	Entity/entities with the primary responsibility	Time frame (short, medium, long term)
1	Review and update risk assessment procedures to ensure greater clarity for identifying fraud and corruption risks across the ESI Funds project cycle	MAs/risk management working groups or risk management functions within MAs	Short
2	Clarify and improve the criteria for scoring fraud and corruption risks	MAs/risk management working groups or risk management functions within MAs	Short
3	Ensure control activities are appropriate, sufficient and proportional to identified risks	MAs/risk management working groups or risk management functions within MAs	Short
4	Further define objectives and expand the use of Arachne for assessing risks within MAs, with practical guidance from the CCB	MAs/CCB	Medium
5	Conduct periodic statistical analysis of irregularities, fraud cases and audit findings to help determine higher-risk areas in different sectors across the whole system	CCP OLAF/MAs	Medium
6	Develop a plan for more effective use of data on irregularities and public procurement	MAs/CCB	Long

Table A B.2.  Key actions for adopting a systematic approach for managing fraud and corruption risks

Action	Description	Entity/entities with the primary responsibility	Time frame (short, medium, long term)
1	Have managing authorities develop and approve a tailored anti-fraud policy and disseminate it widely	MAs	Short
2	Create a task force in the AFCOS network to enable knowledge sharing and exchange of good practices between managing authorities and key stakeholders	CCP OLAF and risk management working groups	Short
3	Organise information-sharing forums between authorities responsible for managing ESI Funds and key national authorities, including law enforcement authorities and the Anti-Monopoly Office	CCP OLAF	Short/medium
4	Develop monitoring and evaluation mechanisms, such as scorecards, that capture a wide range of risk management components and activities	Risk management working groups, MAs	Medium
5	Establish measurement criteria to track the performance of fraud risk management activities	Risk management working groups, MAs	Medium
6	Develop formalised, regular, and ongoing training programmes on fraud risk management and assessments for personnel in managing authorities	MAs and CCP OLAF	Medium/long