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Presentation of Local Transparency Index - LTI 2019
On September 6, 2019, the United States Agency for International Development and Transparency Serbia (TS)will present the 2019 Local Transparency Index. TS used 95 indicators to evaluate and rank the transparency of all municipalities and cities in Serbia. We invite the media to a press conference on September 6, 2019…
... detaljnije ...Presentation of Local Transparency Index - LTI 2019
On September 6, 2019, the United States Agency for International Development and Transparency Serbia (TS)will present the 2019 Local Transparency Index. TS used 95 indicators to evaluate and rank the transparency of all municipalities and cities in Serbia. We invite the media to a press conference on September 6, 2019…
... detaljnije ...Belgrade among least transparent capitals in Europe
Research by the Transparency International chapters. covering 26 European capitals, shows Belgrade is among the least transparent cities. The capitals were tested based on 14 indicators, including the access to information about the decision-making process, money spending, public procurement and ethic rules. The researchers looked for data and documents for 12 of…
... detaljnije ...Can members of Parliament be charged with criminal offenses without arguments and consequences
Charges made by members of Parliament against citizens, political opponents, former and current officials remain unresponsive, even though they relate to criminal offenses. As a result, those who are innocently accused remain permanently slandered. Likewise, the possible guilt remains unspecified. Some members of Government are facing this problem too, asking the prosecution…
... detaljnije ...Contractor Gifts
Data from the “Krik” story, according to which one of the biggest contractors in “Belgrade Waterfronts” gave gifts to the brother of the former Belgrade mayor, create suspicion of corruption. It is widely known that public procurementsare often subject of corruption and backlash to decision makers, even when there is open…
... detaljnije ...Subway Construction: secret memoranda, mysterious report and some public procurement violation
From the whole story of the construction of the Belgrade subway so far, it can be concluded that the companies from China and France will be involved in the work, that the source of financing is not yet known and that the provisions of the Law on Public Procurement and…
... detaljnije ...Serbia’s ruling SNS MP denies Constitutional rights to journalists and NGOs
We call on the Government and Parliament to stop using institutions for a showdown with independent media and organisations on the same day when Serbia signed a joint statement obliging itself to protect media freedom. The news desks of CINS, BIRN, Isinomer, N1 TV, Vreme weekly, and NGOs Transparency Serbia and…
... detaljnije ...Hiding information on state-owned enterprises
The danger with the adoption of changes to the Law on Free Access to Information, which envisages that state-owned enterprises are excluded from the obligation to provide data, is illustrated by the example with the Port of Novi Sad. As early as March 2019, TS commented on developments regarding the privatization…
... detaljnije ...Important statement of the Misdemeanor Court
The Misdemeanor Appellate Court stated that the association is authorized to initiate misdemeanor proceedings for denying the right of access to information. This view is significant because, in situations where the authorities ignore the requests of the claimants, in addition to lodging a complaint to the Commissioner, this additional tool can…
... detaljnije ...Fiscal Strategy Draft (almost) on time
For the first time since 2011, the Ministry of Finance prepared the Fiscal Strategy, a document that by law precedes the drafting of the budget for the next year before the budget itself is made. Although practice showed that the Government and the Parliament often deviated from these three-year planning documents…
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Secrecy of contracts with Fiat and others
The fact that significant provisions of the contract concluded ten years ago on the obligations of the state are secret, is not a justification to continue such a practice, but a reason to prevent secrecy in the future. President Vučić's statement on the contractual secrecy of giving to Fiat, "for which…
... detaljnije ...The public denied the debate on candidates for Commissioner
The process in which the Committee on Culture and Information proposed to the National Assembly Milan Marinović as Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Protection of Personal Data, did not ensure that the selection of candidates was made on the basis of an assessment and comparison of their qualifications…
... detaljnije ...As of today, two thirds of public administration without legal management
As of July 1st2019,around two thirds of public administration institutions of the Republic of Serbia not only that they don’t have directors elected through competition procedure, in compliance with the law adopted in late 2005, but they don’t even have legal acting directors. Transparency Serbia (official chapter of Transparency International)…
... detaljnije ...No Public Procurement Law implementation for „Moravski Corridor“
Transparency – Serbia (official chapter of Transparency International) emphasizes that special law that is being adopted for the purpose of constructing „Moravski Corridor“ will make more damage to the unity of legal order, and especially to public procurement system in Serbia. Draft Law which is under the parliamentary debate as…
... detaljnije ...TS' proposal of resolution on the consideration of the Report of the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance
Transparency Serbia submitted to the National Assembly Committee on the Judiciary, Public Administration and Local Self-Government aproposal of resolution on the consideration of the Report of the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection. At its session on June 17, the Committee should consider Commissioner's report on the…
... detaljnije ...Government is not ready to fight endemic corruption
Serbia is a country of endemic corruption, which endangers the functioning of society, but the government is not ready to genuinely fight it, nor to build a transparent management system, it was estimated at a round table devoted to the public work of state and local public companies organized by…
... detaljnije ...The EC report pointed to important problems for the fight against corruption
TS expresses its satisfaction with the fact that the European Commission, in its latest Report on Serbia, points out, among the most important recommendations and problems, many of the issues that our organization points out, especially regarding political promotion, big procurement, political influence in public administration and prosecution of corruption…
... detaljnije ...Public Procurement Law being ignored
Transparency Serbia warned that the eight agreements on loans which parliament is currently debating are bypassing the Law on Public Procurement. „The practice of contracting the costliest public works through inter-state agreements raises questions about the validity of the system in which the state sets strict rule of competition in public…
... detaljnije ...Law on Preventing Corruption does not resolve important issues
Transparency Serbia (official chapter of Transparency International) submitted to all National Assembly deputy groups today, recommendations for improvement of as much as 65 out of total 114 articles of the Draft Law on Preventing Corruption. Transparency analysis shows that, among other, solutions are inappropriate in regards to preventing abuses of public…
... detaljnije ...Why is the public debate on changes to the Criminal Code necessary?
However good it is that the Ministry of Justice decided to consider a petition signed by a large number of citizens and to formulate changes to the Criminal Code, this fact is not a valid legal reason, nor is a justification that a public debate is not organized on the…
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Abuse of public function
After 15 months from the election campaign for local elections in Belgrade, within which we focused our attention to Anti-Corruption Agency on some of the most serious violations of Article 29, which prohibits politicians to use public function to promote party interests, we were informed that in one such case…
... detaljnije ...Support, not attack, the work of independent media
National Convent on the European Union (NKEU), Working Group on Negotiating Chapter 35 and Inter-religious Sub-Group on Freedom of Expression and Media Freedom express concern over the statement of President of the Republic of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic , during a visit to Beijing, in which the independent media from Kosovo…
... detaljnije ...Metro
In the flood of agreements and memorandums concluded by representatives of Serbia with representatives of China, special attention was drawn to the announcement of the engagement of Chinese financiers and contractors in the construction of the Belgrade metro. So one job agreed without publicity and competition would be replaced by…
... detaljnije ...Amendments to the Criminal Code – Corruption Provision Untouched
One hundred days have passed since the president of the state, the coordinator of the National Security Council and the president of a political party with an absolute majority in the Assembly, speaking in each of these three properties, announced that amendments to the law will be prepared in 20…
... detaljnije ...Poorly formulated provision on gratitude gifts for health workers
The new Law on Health Care, adopted as one of the acts passed through the "fast lane" of the National Assembly and without adequate debate, in April 2019, brings rules on conflict of interest, some of which are useful and some very problematic. The public debate was organized on this act…
... detaljnije ...Coalition prEUgovor Report on Progress of Serbia in Chapters 23 and 24
Deadlines for fulfilling commitments from action plans for Chapters 23 and 24 on the rule of law are postponed and existing regulations are not implemented, critical voices in Serbia are dulled and ignored by independent supervisory institutions, while NGOs are proclaimed traitors and formed by "state" NGOs, are some of…
... detaljnije ...GRECO conclusions regarding new report from Serbia
Conclusions adopted by GRECO at the 82nd Plenary Session held on 18-22 March 2019 on Serbia's report and performance attracted public attention again. However, this time too, instead of primarily talking about the essence of things Serbia should do in the fight against corruption, it's about general estimates. Thus, Ministry…
... detaljnije ...How much logic and information is there about selling Port Novi Sad
The news that one financial offer for purchase of the Novi Sad Port was declared successful, indicates that the process of selling this company will be soon completed. However, statements of the State Secretary Dragan Stevanović opened the question on the logic of the state conduct in this case. From…
... detaljnije ...Who is responsible for abuses in Serbia Railways?
Trials for abuse in public enterprises in Serbia are that rare that even if it comes to a verdict, it opens question whether everything is being investigated and why no investigations are conducted in other similar cases. Public welcomes negatively also those cases in which there is a high level…
... detaljnije ...The Law on Investigation of Property Origin at the first glance
When 6 years ago presidents Vučić gave the assignment to his ministers to create a Law on Investigation of Property Origin, announcing that it should be adopted in few months, no one knew what the law should specifically be about. The question was also what is not good with the…
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