Press releases

Conclusions of th regional Conference Corruption, Media and Censorship in the Western Balkans

Press releases ● 05 October 2016

Transparency International in Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BiH) held on 29th September 2016 a regional conference entitled Corruption, Media and Censorship in the Western Balkans, as part of a two-day conference that marked the International Right to Know Day. (more…)

Conclusions of the regional conference „Access to Information and Open Data“

Press releases ● 30 September 2016

On 28th September 2016 Transparency International in Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BiH) organized a regional conference entitled „Access to Information and Open Data“ on the occasion of the International Right to Know Day. The conference participants tried to make the principles and standards of the proactive transparency, openness and accountability closer to the attendees through the presentation of the research on the implementation of the Law on Free Access to Information in BiH and region and discussions.

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TI BiH is organizing a regional conference in Banja Luka entitled „Corruption, Media and Censorship in the Western Balkans“

Announcements ● 28 September 2016

Transparency International in Bosnia and Herzegovina is organizing a regional conference entitled Corruption, Media and Censorship in the Western Balkans, as part of a two-day conference dedicated to the International Right to Know Day. (more…)

TI BiH marks the International Right To Know Day

Announcements ● 27 September 2016

TI BiH is organizing street events in Sarajevo, Banja Luka and Mostar, at which they will talk to citizens and give them the opportunity to learn more about their rights and ways in which to demand the information and accountability from the public institutions in BiH (more…)

TI BiH is organizing a regional conference entitled „Access to Information and Open Data“ in Sarajevo

Announcements ● 27 September 2016

Transparency International in BiH (TI BiH) is organizing a regional conference „Access to Information and Open Data“ which will be a place at which discussions about the right to access the information in BiH and region, as well as the open data as the concept of publicly available data, will take place. (more…)

TI BiH Academy for Women Empowerment in Politics starts in Mostar

Press releases ● 21 September 2016

Political women activists from four cities (Mostar, Sarajevo, Tuzla, Banja Luka) will be given an opportunity to learn more about the practical skills in the field of leadership and role of women in BH politics, with a particular focus on issues regarding the importance of transparency and integrity in politics (more…)

A new “investment” of the citizens in the hydropower plant project “Medna” on the source of the river Sana

Press releases ● 19 August 2016

The conclusion of the Study shows that the operation of the hydropower plant will have a negative financial impact on the budget of the municipality and the Republic of Srpska in the amount of BAM 1.055.988. (more…)

TI BiH won the case against the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH

Press releases ● 11 August 2016

The Prosecutor’s Office of BiH violated the Law on Free Access to Information because it refused to provide documentation on cases related to criminal offenses against the official duty (more…)

TI BiH to the Office of the Disciplinary Counsel: Examine the conduct of Goran Salihovic

Press releases ● 09 August 2016

Transparency International in BiH requested from the Office of the Disciplinary Counsel to examine the allegations which claim that the Chief Prosecutor, Goran Salihovic, was under the pressure to stop the investigation against the President of RS, Milorad Dodik (more…)

Less than a quarter of the measures provided for the first year of the Strategy has been implemented

Press releases ● 04 August 2016

Monitoring of the implementation of the Anti-Corruption Strategy 2015-2019 indicated that most activities planned to be implemented in the first year of the Strategy have not been conducted, and only a small percentage of institutions started with implementation of its obligations (more…)

Presentation of the Monitoring of the Anti-Corruption Strategy implementation

Announcements ● 03 August 2016

Transparency International in Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BiH) is organizing a press conference to present the results of the Monitoring of the Anti-Corruption Strategy 2015-2019 implementation, i.e. the assessment of the activities conducted in the first year of the Strategy implementation. (more…)

Depoliticization as priority of the public administration reform

Press releases ● 27 July 2016

Centers for Civic Initiatives (CCI) and Transparency International in BiH (TI BiH) welcome basic principles contained within the final version of the Draft Law on Public Service in Canton Sarajevo.
Having in mind extremely negative trends in regard to reforming public service at other levels of BiH, the given Law, although containing several controversial and vague provisions, represents a slight improvement in terms of the professionalization and depoliticization of the public service. In this regard we would like to specifically emphasize the importance of the provisions related to: 1. strict separation of the civil service from the political functions; 2. the selection of the best ranked candidates for the civil service positions, i.e. selection based on the list, and not from the candidate list (which is a request of the Reform agenda); 3. limitation of the term of office of the administrative offices and organizations executives, which shall not be related to the term of office of the organ making the appointment.
We urge the legislators not to violate the aforementioned essential provisions during the adoption of the Law, and to enact the corresponding bylaws after the adoption that will additionally strengthen principles of depoliticization and transparency of employment with the civil service. We particularly emphasize the fact that we will actively monitor drafting of the bylaws (and potential additional amendments to the Law) so to prevent any derogation of the quality and intentions of the provisions of the Law.

TI BiH won the dispute against the Banking Agency of the Republic of Srpska in the case of Banka Srpske

Press releases ● 04 July 2016

This is the third lawsuit won by TIBiH due to the failure of submitting data on the situation within the banking sector in the Republic of Srpska (more…)

Conclusions of the conference “Open Government Partnership: From vision to action”

Press releases ● 24 June 2016

Transparency International in Bosnia and Herzegovina (TIBiH), in cooperation with the coalition of NGOs responsible for the Open Government Partnership Initiative (Open Government Partnership – OGP), organized a conference entitled “Open Government Partnership: From vision to action” intended for the institutions and government bodies of the Federation of BiH. (more…)

Mild disciplinary measures for the civil servants in the Republic of Srpska weaken the institute of disciplinary liability

Press releases ● 24 June 2016

The amount and duration of fines for the civil servants who conduct severe or mild violation of official duties have been halved by the adoption of the proposal of the Republic of Srpska Government

The National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska has adopted under an urgent procedure the Amendments to the Law on Civil Servants which significantly weakened the existing disciplinary measures for the civil servants. The amount and duration of fines for the civil servants that perform severe or mild violation of official duties have been halved by the adoption of the proposal of the Republic of Srpska Government.

Transparency International in BiH (TI BiH) believes that the institute of the disciplinary liability in the civil service is being additionally weakened in this way. The last amendments adopted in 2011 erased a disciplinary measure which banned the promotion of civil servants who  conducted a severe violation of official duty. The Government continuous the trend of weakening the penal policy by the newly proposed amendments to the civil service laws.

The Government of RS has submitted the proposal under an urgent procedure due to the alleged need to harmonize it with the Law on Labour. At the same time, the adopted amendments are used to make an inconsistent compliance with the labour legislation, introducing different provisions on employment which shall have effect on the violation of the open competition principle.

TI BiH points out that this is only one of many laws adopted under an urgent procedure which is now frequently used by the Government acting as the proponent, specifically in case of important and systemic laws, thus preventing public discussions and timely reaction of the interested public.

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TI BiH is organizing a presentation of regional experiences as part of the Open Government Partnership Initiative

Announcements ● 20 June 2016

Transparency International in Bosnia and Herzegovina (TIBiH), in cooperation with the coalition of NGOs in charge of the Open Government Partnership Initiative, is organizing a conference at which it will present the experiences of the countries in the region that are members of the same initiate, and the results of work of the civil society regarding the definition of the proposal of measures for the first Action Plan BiH that should define new policies of openness and transparency in public institutions. (more…)