Begining of the Project

Two days international conference, held in the castle of Bezanec near Zagreb, was a unique opportunity to gather Transparency International National Chapters’ representatives from Serbia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, as well as Transparency Inatrnational – Secreteriat’s representatives from Berlin, in charge for coordination in the South Eastern Europe regarding MEDIA and project finance issues. Ministry for Foerign Affairs of the Republic of Finland representatives attended the Conference as well.

The meeting was aimed at coordination of ACTIVITIES regarding Transparency International’s new project financially supported by the Government of Finland, which is to be implemented by the National Chapters in their respective countries over the next three year period.

This project comprises a lot of ACTIVITIES directed to the resolution of two important questions – the fight against corruption and the improving of preconditions for monitoring of the public service accountability by citizens and the civil society representatives (non-governmental organizations, MEDIA, professional organizations).

The main aim is to ensure:

effective system for conflict of public and private state officials’ interests prevention
achieving rights for free access to information.

These goals could be achieved if both the adequate laws regarding this matter be enacted and the civil society control mechanism be devoloped, which is to be the field of Transparency International ACTIVITIES over the period of implemenation of this project.

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