Curbing corruption in Serbia – promotion of legislation and practice in the area of public procurement, preventing conflict of interest and free access to information

Through this project Transparency Serbia got the chance to continue its intensive work on monitoring the implementation of three important anticorruption regulations. Results of monitoring will be presented on regular press conferences, as well as a part of special publications, in which along with findings of partner organizations, analysis of status and work of independent organs, with expert recommendations for promotion of legal frame but also for more successful implementation of the law will be presented.

Belgrade, 05.12.2006 -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» details »

Belgrade, 29.11.2006 -To Transparency Serbia’s demand, Government’s Media relations department submitted comprehensive documentation about financing of referendum campaign. Text which elaborates this subject is published at the web portal Clean Hands and you can take it over here (In Serbian only) 

Belgrade, 29.11.2006 -ADaily paper Politika published text of Transparency Serbia’s Program Director, Mr Nemanja Nenadic, about issues that were brought by provision of article 5 of Constitutional Law, where among other things the necessity of harmonization of regulations that regulate constitutional “right to information” and “appointment  of organ that monitors implementation of this right” is stated .» details »

Belgrade, 10.11.2006 -Adoption of new form for submitting reports about collected and spent assets during election campaign for the first time opens possibility for insight into purposes of spending those assets. .» details »

Belgrade, 02.11.2006 -Transparency Serbia in the wishing to increase public insight into financing of electoral campaign prepared draft of new report form which political parties, coalitions and citizens’ groups would submit to Republic Electoral Commission ten days after the elections. Preposition is sent to Ministry of Finance, which is authorized for determining content of that financial report..» details »

Belgrade, 01.11.2006 -Transparency Serbia considers that citizens of Serbia have the right to know in which way were the budget assets for referendum campaign spent. Campaign was lead in one part by Government Media Office- through advertising in media, billboards and in other ways. However, state campaign is obviously financed also on other ways – such are non commercial advertisements of state enterprises. .» details »

Belgrade, 20.10.2006 -Transparency Serbia considers that establishing of, on the Law based, independent body for fight against corruption  represents one of the most important elements of implementation of the National Anticorruption Strategy, adopted on December 2005, and fulfilling one of the obligations from ratified Convention of UN for fight against corruption.
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Belgrade, 17.10.2006 - Discontinuity of negotiation with EU, for which Transparency Serbia hopes that it is temporary, shouldn’t serve as an excuse for not fulfilling of already defined tasks for Serbia from Plan for realisation of European Partnership priorities.» details »

Belgrade, 12.10.2006 - Evaluation of GRECO experts (Group of States against corruption, which functions under favour of Council of Europe) is one of the most significant instruments for monitoring progress that countries made in fight against corruption. By entering GRECO in 2003, former Serbia and Montenegro accepted the obligation to follow recommendations. It is good to note that GRECO evaluates only some segments, not entire legal and institutional framework for fight against corruption. In the report published on October 9th 2006 Serbia got 25 recommendations, with end of next year as deadline for implementation.» details »

Belgrade, 09.10.2006 - Preposition of the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia and fight against corruption”, in Tuesday 10 th of October in 11 o'clock, in the premises of the organization, Bulevar Despota Stefana street 36/1.» details »

Belgrade, 04.10.2006 - Transparency International presented, today, results of research that were published as „Bribe Payers Index“. Research was made on the basis of response of 11.232 businessmen from 125 countries, and in it is the analyze of firms from 30 world’s largest countries exporters’ disposition to manage to enter foreign market or sustain started business through bribe. Detailed results of this research can be found (in English language) at this site, so as the statement of organization Transparency Serbia on that occasion. .» details »

Belgrade, 29.09.2006 - Capability of Serbia to curb corruption can depend also on some constitutional provisions. Drafters of supreme country's legal act were certanly introduced with main problems and recommendations how to overcome them through National Anti-corruption Strategy adopted in December last year.» details »

Belgrade, 19.09.2006 - Transparency Serbia wants to point out to members of the parliament and to public that adoption of current article 28, para. 4 of the draft Law on Foreign Investments would represent dangerous precedent which could lead to gradual repealing of the Law on Free Access to Information by regulations of the other laws» details »

Belgrade, 01.08.2006 - Organization Transparency – Serbia welcomes the decision of the Government of Serbia to sell the enterprise „Mobi 63“at the public auction, as well as the news that by selling in that way high price was achieved. We consider also that after this sale, authorities in Serbia should enable the citizens to get the insight to all important information about conditions from sales contract and the way of using assets gained with selling » details »