Announcements

TI BiH and Open Knowledge Foundation are Organizing Round Table on ‘Open Data Readiness in BiH Institutions’

Announcements ● 26 February 2015

Sarajevo, 26^th February 2015 – The aim of the project is to exploit experiences gained by the NGO representatives, journalists and researches whose work focuses on transparency and accountability, and to share experiences and challenges in collecting data from the Institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, especially when it comes to collection of data pertaining to budget spending and employment within the Institutions of BiH.

The round table is organized within the project Open Data Readiness Assessment, supported by Ministry of Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom, whose purpose is to assess the current situation regarding the openness of government and to create the Action Plan that will include recommendations for improving transparency of public data in BiH.

The round table will be held on Friday, 27^th February 2015, with the beginning at 09:00 pm, in the UN premises in BiH, Zmaja od Bosne Street. The agenda is attached below. Statements to the media are scheduled for 09.15 pm.

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TI BiH is Organizing Round Table on Recruitment in Public Sector

Announcements ● 18 February 2015

Sarajevo, 18^th February 2015 – TI BiH will use this opportunity to present its experience based on citizens’ complaints about the recruitment process in public sector. The main goal of this round table is to present and discuss about shortcomings of the law in order to regulate the way of employment in the civil service and public institutions/enterprises, and to indicate the legal and bylaw solutions in certain areas.

The round table will be attended by representatives of the Civil Service Agency and other relevant institutions, as well as representatives of civil society and the media.

The round table will be held on Thursday, 19^th February 2015, with the beginning at 10:30 a.m., at the Hotel Europe in Sarajevo.

TI BiH is Organizing Round Table on Recruitment in Public Sector

TI BiH Presents Corruption Perception Index for 2014

Announcements ● 01 December 2014

Banja Luka, 1^st December 2014 – Transparency International Bosnia and Herzegovina is organizing a press conference to present this years’ Corruption Perception Index (CPI), which TI carries out at global level every year, with the aim of comparing perceived levels of public sector corruption in the countries in the region. CPI of this year included 175 countries, and Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the listed countries.

CPI is the best known indicator of corruption in the public sector in the world, and it is based on various surveys conducted by the world-renowned organizations and institutions.

Corruption Perception Index will be presented to the media on Wednesday, 3^rd December 2014, at the Hotel Europe in Sarajevo, with the beginning at 11.00 AM.

TI BiH is Organizing a Press Conference on Financing of the Election Campaign

Announcements ● 06 October 2014

Banja Luka, 6^th October 2014 – Transparency International Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BiH) is organizing a press conference at which the preliminary finding of the monitoring of the election campaign will be presented.

Over the past period, TI BiH has monitored advertising in print and electronic media, election rallies, and conducted the research on budget allocations for political parties.

Also, TI BiH has conducted the research on the use of premises of the public institutions by the political parties, as well as the use of the institutional resources for the purpose of the election campaign.

TI BiH will present all preliminary findings to the media at Wednesday, 8^th October 2014, at the Hotel Europe in Sarajevo, with the beginning at noon.

TI BiH is Organizing a Press Conference on Financing of the Election Campaign

Konferencija povodom Međunarodnog dana slobode pristupa informacijama

Announcements ● 28 September 2014

BiH Joined the OGP Initiative

Announcements ● 26 September 2014

Sarajevo, 26^th September 2014 – In the past two years, Transparency International Bosnia and Herzegovina along with the Foundation CPI (Centre for Public Interest Advocacy), the Center for Social Research Analitika, the Centre for Investigative Journalism and the Open Society Fund of BiH have organized numerous activities and initiated advocacy in order to ensure BiH  enters the Open Government Partnership Initiative, and at the meeting in UN Headquarters, held on 24^th September 2014,  BiH was formally introduced as a new member of the Open Government Partnership. This also represents an official confirmation of BiH intentions to make additional efforts in terms of transparency and openness of government, as well as cooperation with citizens and civil society in accordance with the objectives of economic and social development of the country on the path towards European integration.

BiH accession to the Open Government Initiative represents a confirmation of the outstanding advocacy efforts of the TI BiH and partnership organization made during the accession process. In the past two years, TI BiH has actively been engaged in advocacy and education of the government and civil society regarding the OGP Initiative, and also gave its contribution to BiH accession to the Initiative. In cooperation with mentioned organizations, TI BiH has organized regional workshops in order to present specifics of the Initiative to the public and government representatives, as well as the experiences of the countries in the region. Successful connection with the institutions and organizations was also achieved as well as the participation in global and regional OGP summits, the education was provided along with many other activities.

The next step of BiH, in which TI BiH will actively participate, is to make the Action Plan, which will precisely define issues that have to be worked on in order to achieve the set of principles and improvement in the areas defined as problematic. The issues will be defined by the representatives of the government and civil society – the focus of whole idea of the OGP Initiative is the cooperation and co decision.

The action planning and all forthcoming steps that BiH must take will be presented on the next conference that will be organized by TI BiH on the occasion of the International Right to Know Day, which will be held in Sarajevo on 29^th September 2014. The representatives of the government and civil society will be informed of the procedures of adoption of the action plan and outline of future plans and activities.

Formal accession of BiH to the Open Government Partnership initiative represents the test for the government institutions and their commitment to transparency, considering that the phases of planning and implementation of the concrete measures are to occur in the future. TI BiH will continue with the active engagement in this area and expresses the hope that BiH’s Action Plan for the OGP Initiative will not be one in the series of documents which were adopted but not applied.

BiH Joined the OGP Initiative

Prezentacija istraživanja o javnoj upravi

Announcements ● 19 September 2014

Projekat EU usmjeren na korupciju u BiH

Announcements ● 11 June 2014

Okrugli sto „Finansiranje političkih partija pred Opšte izbore 2014.“

Announcements ● 25 April 2014

Conference in the Occasion of the International Right to Know Day

Announcements ● 26 September 2013

TI BiH is organizing a conference in order to analyze and determine progress achieved so far in the field of Freedom of Access to Information in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in other countries in the region, focusing on civil society and the media. The main goal of the conference is to emphasize current conditions of the implementation of the right to free access to information in BiH and the region, and to give an overview of this right as well as its importance in the global context.

The conference will focus on the civil society organizations that have used the mechanisms to access to information in their work since the very beginning of the Right to Know Day, and on the role of the media in the dissemination of information.

The representatives of the civil society organizations and/or Information Commissioners from the region, international experts, civil society organizations and the media will take part in the conference and they will give their view on the importance of openness of information. The conference will be held on Friday, 27^th September, at 10 am, at the Hotel Europe in Sarajevo. The agenda is attached below.

Conference on the Occasion of the International Day of Freedom of Access to Information

27^th September 2013.

the Hotel Europe, Sarajevo

The agenda

TI BiH is organizing a Presentation of Public Policies for Local Government

Announcements ● 23 September 2013

In the final stage of the project on ‘’ Monitoring and Advocacy for Good Governance in BiH Municipalities’’, TI BiH is organizing presentation of three analyses of public policies regarding the issue on improving integrity in local government, cooperation with non-governmental organizations, and local public enterprises.

Presentation of the analyses of public policy presents an opportunity to answer the following questions:

1)      How to get to the plans for integrity on local level- systemic approach to improving integrity of local government;

2)      The local government and non-governmental organizations- how to improve cooperation?

3)      Local public enterprises in BiH- a problem that is not known enough.

The aim of the project is to improve the governance and increase transparency in municipalities across the country through the monitoring of public policies and their practice, and through advocacy based on analyses and research. Furthermore, providing specialized knowledge for local leaders, citizens and civil society organizations, on how to force the local government to be accountable and improve, the aim of the project is to build the capacities of the local people to achieve high quality, efficiency and effectiveness of local administration, which will lead to grater inclusion of citizens, transparency and accountability.

Roundtable on Legislative Amendments to the Law on Conflict of Interest

Announcements ● 08 February 2013

Considering that the Amendments on both Laws have been sent to the Institutions for their adoption procedures, this will be an opportunity to present those Amendments to the public, and to launch a public debate on quality of provided solutions and their consequences for the Institute of Conflict of Interest in BiH. This opportunity will be also used for establishing of the dialogue between the proponents of the Law, the Institutions that implement the Laws on Conflict of Interest, and civil society in order to improve transparency of creating the legislative framework, and to create the highest quality legal solutions.

The roundtable will be attended by the representatives of the Central Election Commission, the Commission for Determining Conflict of Interest in Institutions of the Republic of Srpska, the legislative and executive state authorities, international institutions, civil society and the media.

Roundtable on Legislative Amendments to the Laws on Conflict of Interest will be held on Monday 11^th February 2013. , starting at 11.00 am in the Hotel Europe in Sarajevo.

Zer0tolerance4corruption for the ninth time in Banja Luka

Announcements ● 07 December 2012

A special segment of the International Anti-Corruption Day is dedicated to the young population, within a general orientation of TI for prevention of corruption through work with young people. On the occasion of the International Anti-Corruption Day TI BiH organizes a partyt for young people called ‘’Zero Tolerance For Corruption Party’’.  During past nine years, the most renowned musicians of electronic music have performed at these parties and have gathered a large number of young people from BiH and the region, which have made Banja Luka recognizable by this event.

This year, the party will be held on 14^th December 2012. in DFK Club in Banja Luka where performers will be  DJ Kormac from Ireland and Cayetano Soundsystem from Greece, who are with indispensable Parov Stelar considered leaders of the musical direction electro swing.

Presentation of the findings of the National Integrity System Assessment in BiH

Announcements ● 06 December 2012

The Conference is part of the project “National Integrity System Assessment in Bosnia and Herzegovina”, funded by the European Union in the amount of 135.711,69 Euro and implemented by the Transparency International BiH.

The conference will start with opening remarks by Mr. Emir Đikić, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Transparency International BiH, Mr. Mladen Ćavar, Deputy BiH Minister of Security and Dr. Renzo Daviddi, Deputy Head of the Delegation of the European Union to BiH.

Presentation of the findings of the National Integrity System (NIS) Assessment will follow. The NIS Assessment offers a qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the legal basis and the actual performance of institutions relevant to the overall anticorruption system. The NIS assessment analyses three dimensions – the capacity of individual institutions to function, their internal governance in terms of integrity, transparency and accountability, and their role in contributing to the overall integrity of the state governance system.

The final part of the Conference is discussion on the issue of Rule of Law and the Fight against Corruption in the Context of European integration.

Attached is the agenda of the Conference which is opened to media.

For more information, please contact:

Srđan Blagovčanin, Executive Director, Transparency International BiH

Street Action in the occasion of International Right to Know Day and Right2Know Party

Announcements ● 27 September 2012

Banja Luka, 27 September 2012. – On this occasion, TI BiH shall again inform citizens about their rights, how to address the Institutions and seek for information, and methods of exercising their rights.

During the street action, citizens will have an opportunity to fill in the requests for information from the institutions, based on existing templates, on the Transparency International’s booth. The Street Action will be held on the 28^th September 2012, on Krajina Square in Banja Luka starting from 13.00.

On the same occasion, on the 28^th September TI BiH organizes a party, called Right2Know Party, in DFK club where the performers will be Silicone Soul, a British duo who are considered as leaders of the UK club scene, Fakir (Noise Destruction), Forest People and Spark.

Conference “Informed Citizen – Accountable Government”

Announcements ● 26 September 2012

Banja Luka, 26 September 2012 –

On the 28th September, the International Freedom of Information Day, Transparency International Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BiH) in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Norway, is organizing the conference “Informed Citizen – Accountable Government.”

The right of free access to information has been regarded as one of the fundamental human rights in all democratic countries and is guaranteed by all relevant international documents prescribing fundamental human rights. Without free access to information responsible and democratic governance cannot be imagined, as well as the participation of citizens in decision-making processes. In the past ten years, BiH and the Western Balkans region have moved a long way in the implementation of the right of Access to Information. After the adoption of the legal framework and defining of legal mechanism for access to information, there have still been existing significant challenges in realizing this right.

In accordance, the conference will serve as an opportunity to summarize the current state when it comes to the application of the right of Access to Information and public participation in decision-making in the country and the region, and provide appropriate recommendations based on past experience of the state institutions, civil society organizations and the media.