CSPL · Strengthening Transparency Around Lobbying
R14-10
November 2013
Recommendation
As a matter of best practice, before any individual agreement for secondment or interchange is entered into, consideration of the possible conflicts of interest that may arise should actively be discussed and managed by public bodies. This may require recording the possible conflict of interest, the imposition of restrictions or conditions as part of the agreement in order to manage that conflict, or ultimately refusing to agree to the secondment or interchange.