Open Government in Biscay by OECD

Author:OECD
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: governance
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2019-04-15T00:00:00+00:00

Box 3.3. EUDEL’s “Code of Conduct, Good Governance and Commitment for Institutional Quality of Municipalities in the Basque Country”

EUDEL is the Basque Local Governments Association, founded in 1982. It represents all 251 municipalities of the three Basque provinces. In 2013, it created a “Code of Conduct, Good Governance and Commitment for Institutional Quality for Municipalities in the Basque Country”. This document provides a list of principles and standards of conduct for elected officials as well as the commitments and responsibilities that they should respect in order to ensure institutional quality in the municipalities.

Among the listed principles, the Code includes transparency, integrity and accountability. Likewise, one of the commitments and responsibilities for civil servants is to “articulate networks and foster open government”, describing the need for transparency and citizen participation mechanisms to improve governance in local municipalities.

This code was created in order to improve public governance in municipalities. The text is a draft and is meant for municipalities to adhere to or adapt to their own contexts.

Source: EUDEL (2013[16]), Código de Conducta, Buen Gobierno y Compromiso por la Calidad Institucional de la Política Local Vasca, http://www.eudel.eus/destacados/codigodeconducta/files/2013/05/ Codigo_Conducta.pdf.

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