Transparency - Serbia in cooperation with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung organizes conference: “Regulations on preventing conflict of interest in Serbia and their implementation”, which will take place on December 7th 2006, in academic club „Licej“, Đure Đakovića (Venizelosova) street no. 31  from 9 till 15 o’clock

Dear Ms/Mr,

Transparency - Serbia in cooperation with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung invites you to participate in conference

Regulations on preventing conflict of interest in Serbia and their implementation

Which will take place on December 7th 2006, in academic club „Licej“, Đure Đakovića (Venizelosova) street no. 31  from 9 till 15 o’clock with following agenda:

9.00-9.30       Registration

9.30- 9.40       Introduction, prof. PhD. Vladimir Goati, Transparency Serbia
9.40-10.00      Ms Aleksandra Popović, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung

I session: Law on preventing conflict of interest and prepositions of amendments

Moderator: prof.PhD.Vladimir Goati, Transparency Serbia
Speakers:

 Mr Milovan Dedijer, Republic Committee for Resolving conflict of Interest –   „Results of so far implementation of the Law on Preventing Conflict of Interest and retrospective to the concept of the new Law"
10.20-10.40    Ms Aleksandra Drecun– Legal Expert
„How much the conflict of public and private interest is really prevented in Serbia nowadays“
10.40-11.00    Mr Nemanja Nenadić, Transparency Serbia –
„Problems identified in regulations on preventing conflict of interest and their so far implementation“

Discussion

11.20-11.45    Coffee break

II session: Constitution, deputies and judiciary

 Moderator: prof. PhD. Vladimir Goati, Transparency Serbia
Speakers:

Ms Radmila Vasić, Anticorruption Council –

        „Constitutional regulation of conflict of interest“

Mr Vojislav Stanovčić, Republic Committee for Resolving conflict of Interest–

        „Constitutional category of conflict of interest and problems with corruption in political life”
12.25- 12.45  Discussion

12.45- 13.10  Coffee break

III session: Conflict of interest in performance of public function of local municipality

Moderator: Mr Zlatko Minić, Beta News Agency                       
Speakers:

Mr Branko Lubarda, Republic Committee for Resolving Conflict of Interest – „Conflict of Interest and legal status of state servants”                                                                                                                   

Mr Dragan Vujičić, Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities –

        „Conflict of Interest at the level of local municipalities and local municipality officials’ Code of Ethics “
13.50-14.10   Discussion

14.10             Cocktail  

This conference is follow up of discussions from January this year, which was realized with significant participation of members of the Committee for Resolving Conflict of Interest, experts and representatives of Supreme Court, Republic Public Prosecutor, and other institutions but also the opportunity to put an accent to actual subjects.

Besides representatives of Republic Committee for Resolving Conflict of Interest and independent experts for certain areas, we consider that because of importance and actuality of subjects it is extremely important that representatives of other relevant state organs (National Assembly, Supreme Court, Public Prosecutor, Legislation Secretariat, Ministry of Justice, Ministry for Public Administration and Local Self-Government) as well as representatives of certain international organizations (e.g. OSCE, Council of Europe, Delegation of EU) and foreign states should participate in this conference.

Whole conference will be open for media.

Simultaneous translation to English is provided.

For any questions regarding this conference as well as confirmation of participation you can contact Miss Bojana Medenica on the phone +381 11 303 38 27 or by e-mail: ts@transparentnost.org.yu 

Belgrade, December 4 2006.                                                               Sincerely,                                                                                                         

Transparency – Serbia
President
prof.PhD.Vladimir Goati