Presentation on the occasion of the International Anticorruption Day

International Anticprruption Day (December 9) will be celebrated this year for the fifth time. Since the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) was adopted on December 9 2003 in Merida, Mexico, when December 9 was established as the International Anticorruption Day, 126 countries have ratified UNCAC, thus rendering it the first global response to the problem of corruption. Transparency International Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BiH) traditionally organizes the celebration of this significant date. It is an opportunity for summarizing the state of corruption and the results of anticorruption activities through an open dialogue between representatives of government institutions, civil society and experts.

TI BiH celebrates this day together with the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the partner organizations, with an appropriate conference about fighting corruption. It is planned that the main topics of the Conference would be the state and the level of corruption in BiH, as well as the initiative of TI BiH and the Open Society Fund Bosnia and Herzegovina (OSF BiH) for the implementation of strategic anticorruption framework by the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Having in mind that the existing strategy for the fight against organized crime and corruption that was adopted by the Council of Ministers has not yet begun its realization, TI BiH and OSF BiH, based on the two-year research work and the best practices, suggested the mentioned initiative to the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, that was accepted by the Collegium of the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly.

Since the International Anticorruption Day (December 9) this year coincides with the religious holiday, the Conference is planned for Thursday, December 11 at the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina with the attendance of representatives of the state institutions, international organizations, ambassadors, civil society organizations and the media.

The attendees will be addressed by, among others, Mr. Raffi Gregorian, principal Deputy of the High Representative, as well as representatives of the Council of Europe, Prosecutor’s Office, Ministry of Security, and of course representatives of Transparency International BiH and Open Society Fund.