ELoGE Malta 2025-2026 - Elected officials' survey

Introduction

As part of the ELoGE reference framework, the ELoGE self-assessment process also includes three types of surveys addressed to citizens, elected officials, and municipal employees.

Each questionnaire contains 12 questions, one for each of the 12 Principles of Good Democratic Governance:

Democratic Participation
Human Rights
Rule of Law
Public Ethics
Accountability
Openness and Transparency
Efficient, Effective, and Sound Administration
Leadership, Capability and Capacity
Responsiveness
Sound Financial and Economic Management
Sustainability and Long-Term Orientation
Openness to Change and Innovation

The questionnaires support the complete evaluation of good governance practices in the local authority.

They provide all involved stakeholders the opportunity to contribute to the assessment of their local authority’s democratic governance.

Responses to the questionnaires help corroborate the conclusions of the self-assessment of the reference framework through the perceptions of those who directly “experience” good democratic governance in the municipality.

Structure
Each questionnaire below is organized into four sections:

Section 1 – Privacy Notice: Specific to the context and supporting, where applicable, compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Section 2 – Local Council Affiliation (mandatory)
Section 3 – Questions Related to the 12 Principles of Good Democratic Governance (mandatory)
Section 4 – Additional (optional) questions on the socio-demographic profile of the respondent.
Section 5 – Additional (optional) questions about the respondent themselves.