Corruption Prevention in the BAK

The BAK shall analyse corruption phenomena, gather information on preventing and
combating them and develop appropriate preventive measures.

The Bureau strives to develop a comprehensive, evidence-based and sustainability-
oriented catalogue of selected measures to prevent corruption.

The BAK considers corruption prevention to be the totality of measures aiming to stop
corruption.

Within the BAK, the “Department IV/BAK/2 – Prevention, Education and Basic
Groundwork” is responsible for fulfilling these tasks.

Areas of responsibility of the Department 2:

Prevention

• Carrying out analyses
• Development and implementation of prevention measures
• Practical implementation of empirical and theoretical findings

Education

• Courses, seminars and lectures on corruption and abuse of authority
• Organization of national conferences and events (Austrian Anti-Corruption Day)

Statistics & Analysis

• Collection and treatment of relevant data concerning the BAK’s investigation cases

Fundamental Research and Coordination

• Cause study
• Cooperation and networking with national and international research institutions
  and anti-corruption stakeholders
• Development and implementation or, respectively, allocation and/or supervision of
  research projects