# National Integrity System Romania URL: https://www.transparency.org/en/publications/national-integrity-system-romania Type: Publication or report Published: 2012-01-26 Updated: 2019-11-22 --- 26 January 2012 The assessment of the Romanian National Integrity System offers an evaluation of the legal basis and the actual functioning of the national government unctions (“pillars”) and institutions ensuring these functions. They are assessed in the context of the basic political, social, economic, and cultural foundations of the country and taking into account the corruption profile and the anticorruption activities in the last two years in Romania. This NIS assessment finds that the institution most affected by corruption, but also the least independent pillar, is the public sector. Its resources and independence are decisive for ensuring its integrity and, both in law and practice assessed as creating a huge vulnerability of the whole system. The public procurement system is also at risk, as the practice shows there are constant and many times undiscovered breaches of law. ### 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 - [Romania](https://www.transparency.org/en/countries/romania) ![](https://images.transparencycdn.org/images/NIS_Romania_2011_EN_116.jpg?auto=compress&fit=crop&fm=webp&w=1200) [Download](https://images.transparencycdn.org/images/2011_NIS_Romania_EN.pdf)