Istambul Inititative

The national chapters of TI Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia have begun a joint initiative in order to co-ordinate public procurement procedure throughout the region and standardize them with European regulations. The Istanbul Initiative was adopted on the OECD’s Anti-Corruption Network for Transition Economies in Europe. This was held in Istanbul between March 20^th till 22^nd, 2001. The initiative was signed by representatives of the national chapters of Transparency International from Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia.

In principle, the Initiative will focus on public procurement and reforms in this area. It is aimed at standardizing public procurement procedures and institutions in these four countries according to the relevant international standards, including those of the European Union. In this way, public procurement procedures will be brought into conformity among the signatory countries and with the European Union. This will remove all barriers to business between the signatories and foreign countries, as well as international organizations and institutions. It will also make investment in the region much easier. In addition, the reform of public procurement will result in the simplification of regulations and increased transparency of the process.

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