Financial Risk:
Very High
Score:
31/100
Asset Disposals
Q24
50/100
How effective are controls over the disposal of assets, and is information on these disposals, and the proceeds of their sale, transparent?
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There are some procedures regulating the disposal of assets. [1][2] According to the MoD, all property used by the MNE MOD is state property…
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Information on planned disposals is not proactively published by the Ministry. [1] Only limited and very general information is available in its annual reports…
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The Ministry of Defence publishes an aggregate income from the sale of surplus arms and outdated equipment and material, and an aggregate income from…
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Q25
50/100
Is independent and transparent scrutiny of asset disposals conducted by defence establishments, and are the reports of such scrutiny publicly available?
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Scrutiny of asset disposals is occasionally conducted by the State Audit Institution, while the Parliamentary Committee only superficially reviews those reports. The State Audit…
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In recent years, the appointments of several Senators to the State Audit Institution have undermined the independence of the Institution. [1] The majority of…
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Two audit reports related to asset disposal and internal control of the Ministry of Defence are publicly available. [1][2] While the reports are fairly…
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Secret Budgets
Q26
0/100
What percentage of defence and security expenditure in the budget year is dedicated to spending on secret items relating to national security and the intelligence services?
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The Ministry claims that 2% of the budget is dedicated to spending on secret items. [1] However, information about those expenditures is not available…
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Q27
0/100
Is the legislature (or the appropriate legislative committee or members of the legislature) given full information for the budget year on the spending of all secret items relating to national security and military intelligence?
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The Parliamentary Committee for Security and Defence reviews annual reports of the Ministry of Defence, reports on budget expenditures as well as audit reports…
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Q28
25/100
Are audit reports of the annual accounts of the security sector (the military and intelligence services) subject to parliamentary debate?
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The Parliamentary Committee for Security and Defence is provided with and audit reports related to the security sector as part of its annual review…
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The Parliamentary Committee for Security and Defence discusses the audit findings, but does not press the military or intelligence services for responses, [1] nor…
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Q29
50/100
In law, are off-budget military expenditures permitted, and if so, are they exceptional occurrences that are well-controlled? In practice, are there any off-budget military expenditures? If so, does evidence suggest this involves illicit economic activity?
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This indicator has not been scored due to insufficient information. Research found no articles in the law forbidding or allowing off-budget expenditures. Defence-related expenditures…
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Although off-budget military expenditures are recorded, this recording is incomplete or is otherwise unreliable, due to repeated issues underlined by the State Audit Institution.…
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Off-budget military expenditures can happen occasionally, but they occur every year, and in each audit report the State Audit Institution underlines similar issues related…
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Q30
38/100
Are mechanisms for accessing information from the defence sector effective?
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There is legislation and implementing guidelines that clearly stipulate: 1. How the public can access defence information; 2. What information is and is not…
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This indicator is not assigned a score in the GDI. The Government operates a system of classification of information under the Law on Data…
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The Ministry provides general information about its work and procedures, but NGOs lack the capacity to properly monitor the work of the Ministry and…
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Q31
50/100
Do national defence and security institutions have beneficial ownership of commercial businesses? If so, how transparent are details of the operations and finances of such businesses?
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The Ministry of Defence owns three companies, two of them dealing with construction and the third used to deal with ship construction. [1] It…
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Information about businesses owned by the Ministry of defence are available in the Company Registry. [1] However, basic information about their finances is not…
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Military-owned Businesses
Q32
0/100
Are military-owned businesses subject to transparent independent scrutiny at a recognised international standard?
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Basic information about the finances of the three companies owned by the Ministry is not available, as they do not submit obligatory financial reports…
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No audit reports on the finances of the three companies owned by the Ministry of defence is available on the Ministry’s website, [1] while…
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Illegal Private Enterprise
Q33
75/100
Is there evidence of unauthorised private enterprise by military or other defence ministry employees? If so, what is the government’s reaction to such enterprise?
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According to the law, a person engaged in the army cannot at the same time be engaged in entrepreneurship, [1] but there are no…
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Major media outlets did not report on any cases of defence employees being engaged in unauthorised private enterprise. [1][2][3][4][5] The Ministry, NGOs and trade…
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Actual Military Spending
Q77
0/100
Is comprehensive data on actual spending on defence published during the budget year?
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Reports on actual spending are not made available to the public at all. [1] Instead, information about expenditures are provided as part of the…
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Reports on actual spending are not made available to the public at all. [1] As such, this indicator is scored Not Applicable.
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Reports on actual spending are not made available to the public at all. [1] As such, this indicator is scored Not Applicable.
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Reports on actual spending are not made available to the public at all. [1] As such, this indicator is scored Not Applicable.
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