{"id":5804,"date":"2026-07-03T13:28:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T10:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/?page_id=5804"},"modified":"2026-08-12T11:52:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T08:52:54","slug":"good-practice-of-members-of-the-riigikogu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/en\/parliament-of-estonia\/composition\/good-practice-of-members-of-the-riigikogu\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Practice of Members of the Riigikogu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>On 17 December 2014, the Board of the 12th Riigikogu met with the representatives of parliamentary groups (Board of Elders minutes No 4). The meeting approved the good practice of conduct of members of the Riigikogu (good practice), which is to be published in the Manual for Members of the Riigikogu at the start of the term of the 13th Riigikogu.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Anti-Corruption Select Committee discussed the good practice at its sittings on 12 and 26 January 2015, and decided to develop and publish case examples of possible situations where there is a conflict of interests, in order to explain the principles, on the web page of the parliament. We will also add relevant recommendations on how to act so that the members of the new Riigikogu would be aware of the facts related to good conduct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 29&nbsp;May 2017 committee adopted recommendations to the members of the Riigikogu for interaction with interest representatives and case examples of possible situations where there is a conflict of interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Read more<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/wpcms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Riigikogu-liikme-hea-tava-ENG.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Good Practice of Members of the Riigikogu (PDF, 145 kB)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/wpcms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/hea_tava_kaasused_EN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Good Practice of Members of the Riigikogu, with case examples (PDF, 215kB)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/wpcms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Recommendations-of-the-Anti-Corruption-Select-Committee-to-the-members-of-the-Riigikogu-for-interaction-with-interest-representatives.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Recommendations for interaction with interest representatives (PDF, 154kB)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/wpcms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Case-examples-of-possible-situations-where-there-is-a-conflict-of-interests.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Case examples of possible situations where there is a conflict of interests (PDF, 155kB)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 17 December 2014, the Board of the 12th Riigikogu met with the representatives of parliamentary groups (Board of Elders minutes No 4). 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