In November 2020, the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption of Serbia published the new Manual on recognizing and managing conflict of interest situations and incompatibilities. This Manual is addressed primarily to the public officials, but as well to the wider audience to improve the knowledge on the conflict of interest and with a goal […]

This week, the Commission for the Resolution of Conflicts of Interest of Croatia has issued a Guide to the provisions of the Conflict of Interest Prevention Act from 2011 and the later amendments, on preventing private influences on decision-making in the exercise of public office, strengthening integrity, objectivity, impartiality and transparency in the performance of public office, […]

The EU-Western Balkans Zagreb summit took place via video conference on 6 May 2020. EU leaders agreed on the Zagreb declaration, with which the Western Balkans partners have aligned themselves. In recalling the 2000 Zagreb, the 2003 Thessaloniki and the 2018 Sofia Summits, the Declaration once again reaffirms the European Union’s unequivocal support for the […]

Prosecutors in Sarajevo are probing whether there was any criminal activity regarding the choice to award a multi-million deal concerning the import of 100 respirators from China to a fruit and vegetable processing company. Local media reported on Monday that ‘FH Srebrena malina’ won a tender worth 10,5 million Bosnian Marks to import the respirators […]

On 10-11 February 2020, the OSCE Mission to Skopje and the Albanian OSCE Chairmanship 2020, in coordination with OSCE field operations from South East Europe, organised a regional conference discussing measures, policies and best practices in the fight against corruption, titled “Preventive measures and enforcing the law: building resilience to corruption in South East Europe”. […]

Delegation of the Regional Anti-Corruption Initiative (RAI) Secretariat, composed of Mr. Vladan Joksimovic – Head of RAI Secretariat and Ms. Desislava Gotskova – Project Manager of the Regional Anti-Corruption Project met with Mr. Sotir Tsatsarov – Head of the Bulgarian Commission for Anti-corruption and Illegal Assets Forfeiture (CAIAF) and Ms, Sylvia Kadreva – Member of […]

Delegation of the Regional Anti-Corruption Initiative (RAI) Secretariat, composed of Mr. Vladan Joksimovic – Head of Secretariat and Ms. Desislava Gotskova – Project Manager of the Regional Anti-Corruption Project participated at the Berlin Process Security Commitments Steering Group meeting held in Sofia, January 28 and 29, 2020. Mr. Vladan Joksimovic gave a presentation of the […]

Since its inception in 1995, the Corruption Perceptions Index (hereinafter CPI), Transparency International’s flagship research product, has become the leading global indicator of public sector corruption. The index offers an annual snapshot of the relative degree of corruption by ranking countries and territories from all over the globe. The 2019 CPI draws on 13 surveys […]

Moldovan oligarch and former head of the Moldova’s Democratic Party (PDM) Vlad Plahotniuc has been banned from entering the United States “due to his involvement in significant corruption,” the U.S. State Department said in a statement on January 13. “The thief of the century” Moldovan anti-corruption prosecutors have charged Plahotniuc, who fled the country in […]

The Government of Republic of North Macedonia adopted the conclusion for accepting the text of the International Treaty on Exchange of Data for the Verification of Asset Declarations, which purpose is to prevent and combat corruption by providing direct administrative exchange of information concerning asset declarations of public officials between the parties of the Treaty. […]