# National Integrity System Assessment Bulgaria URL: https://www.transparency.org/en/publications/national-integrity-system-assessment-bulgaria Type: Publication or report Published: 2012-03-01 Updated: 2019-11-22 --- 01 March 2012 The National Integrity System (NIS) assessment approach provides a framework which anti-corruption organisations can use to analyse both the extent and causes of corruption in a given country as well as the effectiveness of national anti-corruption efforts. One of the main issues emerging from our research is that there is a systematic discrepancy between the scores for legal framework and actual practice and performance of different institutions in the anticorruption field. Second, some institutions are marketed as anticorruption fighters, when actually their primary functions are different or have changed over time. Finally, another paradox has been demonstrated by the anticorruption activities in Bulgaria: the continuing reforms aimed at tackling corruption have not brought back the trust of the people in institutions. ### Related publications ## [How effective is whistleblower protection in the EU? Trends, gaps and emerging practices across member states](https://www.transparency.org/en/publications/whistleblower-protection-eu-trends-gaps-practices-member-states) Publication • 16 April 2026 EU whistleblower rules exist, but slow, uneven implementation leaves gaps in protection, enforcement, and support. ## [Between anti-corruption reform and decline: Examining key actors, strengths and weaknesses in the Western Balkans and Türkiye’s national integrity systems](https://www.transparency.org/en/publications/anti-corruption-reform-decline-examining-key-actors-strengths-weaknesses-western-balkans-t%C3%BCrkiyes-national-integrity-systems) Publication • 19 June 2024 Assessments in the Western Balkans and Türkiye reveal a complex mixture of slow progress in strengthening integrity systems, along with democratic backsliding that strongly… ## [Monitoring public contracting: Experience from 18 integrity pacts in the EU](https://www.transparency.org/en/publications/monitoring-public-contracting-in-the-eu) Publication • 07 April 2022 This publication sets out key facts, figures and achievements from the integrity pacts in the EU between 2016 and 2021. ## [Integrity pacts in the EU: Suitability, set up and implementation](https://www.transparency.org/en/publications/integrity-pacts-european-union-guidebook) Publication • 09 February 2022 Between 2015 and 2021, 15 civil society organisations monitored 46 public contracting procedures in the EU. This experience and learnings now help us to understand how to… ## Countries - [Bulgaria](https://www.transparency.org/en/countries/bulgaria) ![](https://images.transparencycdn.org/images/NIS_Bulgaria_2011_EN_116.jpg?auto=compress&fit=crop&fm=webp&w=1200) [Download](https://images.transparencycdn.org/images/2011_NIS_Bulgaria_EN.pdf)