Lithuania 2011
The National Integrity System assessment of Lithuania examines the resistance to corruption of separate constituent parts of the Lithuanian state and society. Perhaps there is no need to argue that corruption isone of the most complicated issues in the country, given that it receives considerable attention in country programme documents as well as political rhetoric. It is also widely discussed in academic literature.
However, corruption is usually seen from the point of control. This assessment takes a look at the problem of corruption from a different angle and focuses most attention on corruption prevention; it provides an evaluation of whether different parts of the state and the society are resistant to corruption, and establishes which parts of the system are weak and proposes means to strengthen them. One can say that in Lithuania the issue of corruption prevention has not been considered and analysed sufficiently, and this assessment should encourage the development of the discourse of corruption prevention.
The assessment of the integrity of different society and state sectors, as presented in this report, shows that the general level of integrity in the country is at least average, and in some sectors it is considered generally sufficient. The pillars of the parliament ombudmsmen, National Audit Office and anti-corruption agencies were assessed as strong or very strong. The legislative, the executive, judiciary, the public sector, law enforcement institutions, political parties, media, civil society and business were assessed as weaker.
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