General background and training material
Background documents on the incriminations provided for in the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption (ETS 173), its Additional Protocol (ETS 191) and Guiding Principle 2 (GPC 2)
- Criminal Law Convention on Corruption (ETS173), with explanatory memorandum
- Additional Protocol to the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption (ETS191)
- Resolution (97) 24 on the twenty Guiding Principles for the fight against corruption
- Third Evaluation Round Guidelines for GRECO Evaluators
- Third Evaluation Round QUESTIONNAIRES: Theme I (Incriminations) / Theme II (Transparency of Party Funding)
Selected general background material on political funding for GRECO’s Third Evaluation Round
- Conference on Corruption and Democracy (20-21 November 2006 – Octopus Programme): in particular the working document Regulations on the financing of political parties and electoral campaigns in Europe – an inventory, and the conclusions of the conference
- Enforcing Political Finance Laws: training handbook, IFES, TIDE project, June 2005
- Financing of political parties and election campaigns - Guidelines (Integrated project of the Council of Europe, Ingrid van Biezen, 2003)
- Financing Politics: a Global View, Michael Pinto-Duschinsky, Journal of Democracy, Vol 13 nr 4, October 2002
- Funding of political parties and election campaigns (International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance – IDEA, 2014)
- Guidelines and report on the financing of political parties (Council of Europe, Venice Commission, 2001)
- Compilation of Venice Commission Opinions and Reports concerning Political Parties (Council of Europe, Venice Commission, 2013)
- International standards on auditing ISA 240, 300, 315 and 330 (International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board, version revised December 2006)
- Monitoring Election Campaign Finance: A Handbook for NGOs, Open Society Justice Initiative, 2005
- Political finance regulations: bridging the enforcement gap, TI policy position N°2/2005
- Political Finance in Post-Conflict Societies, IFES, 2006
- Political money and corruption, Marcin Walecki, IFES Political Finance White Paper Series
- Recommendation Rec(2003)4 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on common rules against corruption in the funding of political parties and electoral campaigns /
- Recommandation Rec(2003)4 du Comité des Ministres aux Etats membres sur les règles communes contre la corruption dans le financement des partis politiques et des campagnes électorales
- Standards on Political Funding and Favors, TI policy position N°1/2005
- Third European conference on trading in influence and illegal political party funding (Madrid, 28-30 October 1998)
- Troisième Conférence européenne sur le trafic d'influence et le financement illégal des partis politiques (Madrid, 28-30 octobre 1998)
Web resources
National Anti-Corruption Authorities
European and International organisations
Non-governmental organisations
Research Institutes and Centres
Anti-corruption platform (PACE)
Elections: the Council of Europe’s role
Action against economic crime (Council of Europe)
Events (Council of Europe)