ACTIVITIES > accountability programme in the western balkans > round table: Corruption and informing ABOUT corruption – opportunities for Western Balkan countries cooperation

On Saturday 15th, Transparency Serbia and Beta news agency jointly organized round table:

Corruption and informing ABOUT corruption – opportunities for Western Balkan countries cooperation

Participants were Government of the Republic of Serbia high representatives: vice-prime Minister, Mr. Zarko Korac and SPAI national coordinator for Serbia and Montenegro, Ms Aleksandra Drecun, investigative journalists from Croatia and Serbia and representatives of Transparency International National Chapters from Croatia, Macedonia and Serbia.

Many important issues were tacled, such were: anti-corruption laws and reasons for delay in their enacting; practice of using experiences from the Western Balkan countries in drafting and implementation of anti-corruption laws; finding a balance between privacy of politicians and right of public to get information on them, how MEDIA should deal with corruption scandals; responsibility of journalists and politicians for public word, etc.

The debate proved that problems in the region were very simmilar and that continuing of the discussion in the near future in highly needed.

The round table was highly covered by all printing and electronic MEDIA in Serbia.

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