Monitoring of implementation of national Anticorruption strategy in the work of Serbian parliament

This project implemented by Transparency Serbia addresses the need to improve implementation of National anti-corruption strategy and action plan, increasing quality of work of National Parliament, raising public awareness about work of popular representatives and about implementation of country's anti-corruption strategic measures in general.

Corruption in Serbia is identified by international organizations (e.g. European Commission, World Bank, Council of Europe), national authorities (National Parliament in Resolution on adoption of National Anti-corruption strategy, Government in prime-minister's introductory speech) and citizens (public opinion polls) as one of major problems of society. Various types of political corruption are particularly dangerous, because of their damageable effects in process of decision making process, loss of confidence in democratic institutions and processes and loss of legitimacy of decision makers to perform necessary reforms.

This project is aimed to ensure effective monitoring of work of Parliament and in particular whether Parliament fulfils in timely and satisfactory manner its duties deriving from National anti-corruption strategy (NACS, 2005) and Action plan for implementation of NACS (AP, 2006).

It covers various aspects of Parliamentary role in implementation of NACS and AP, including:

Transparency Serbia within this project will perform monitoring of parliament's work in implementation of NACS and AP; prepare and issue concrete recommendations how to improve work of Parliament in implementation of NACS and AP; advocate for TS recommendations to be accepted by the Parliament and NACS and AP to be implemented; and increase public awareness about NACS, AP and work of Parliament.

Overall goal of this project is to improve implementation of National anti-corruption strategy in the Parliament through monitoring and advocacy of civil society and media

Project financed by Institute for Sustainable Communities

DOCUMENTS :

• eng tacke.doc
• press conference 10 April 2008.doc
• Press conference May 16 2008.doc
• Returning the assets to budget 2.doc

(04.08. 2008. / activities /statement )

Organization Transparency Serbia emphasizes that current calling of National Assembly, at the very beginning, shows maybe the greatest weakneses from renewing of multy party system in Serbia. Before Parliament are burning issues, and time, as unrecovered resours, is spent in obstructions and time consuming delays of Assembly's work » more  »

(30.06. 2008. / activities /statement )

Organization Transparency – Serbia considers that „blank resignations“, which peoples' representatives submit to party management do not represent guarantee that parliament will be protected from corruption. On the contrary, using of this basically non democratic and anachronous mechanism only dislocates eventual corruption one step higher – from individual MPs to party management and by that even increases possibility of corruption» more  »

(16.05. 2008. / activities /press conference )

At today's press conference organization Transparency – Serbia pointed out that current position of independent state organs and organs of administration that work on implementation of regulations on public procurements (State Audit Institution, Public Procurement Office, Commission for Protection of Rights) and of other anticorruption Laws (Commissioner for Information, Ombudsman, Board for Resolving Conflict of Interest) is unsustainable.» more  »

(16.05. 2008. / activities /press conference )

At today's press conference Transparency – Serbia invited parliamentary political parties to put in practice their promises for fight against corruption by, among other things, signing and publishing of inter-party agreement, which should secure that immunity of MPs, members of Government and other state officials won't present a barrier for processing of cases of breaking of » more  »