Strengthening corporate governance of public enterprises in BiH through anti-corruption programs

The total project value: BAM 241,610.00

The project goal is to strengthen the capacities of 20 public enterprises in BiH for detecting and deterring corruption practices in their everyday operations through development and implementation of robust anticorruption programmes, i.e. achieving the overall objective of supporting the implementation of the BiH Reform Agenda 2015-2018 and Anticorruption strategy 2015-2019 in BiH through strengthening corporate governance of public enterprises in BiH and by doing so to contribute to the sustainable development of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Project beneficiaries:

• 20 selected public enterprises in BiH;
• 40 media representatives in BiH;
• BiH citizens.

Main activities:

• Conducting research and development of TRAC Index and Report;
• Development of Toolkit on Countering Corruption and Designing Anticorruption Programmes in Public Enterprises;
• One-day workshop for public enterprises in BiH on corporate governance principles in public enterprises, with main focus on mechanisms to counter corruption;
• Implementation of 25 one-day trainings for 20 public enterprises on corruption risk assessment, development and implementation of anticorruption programmes;
• Implementation of two one-day capacity-building training for media representatives (overall 40 persons);
• Implementation of the final conference/presentation of project results;
• Establishment of TI BiH Business Integrity Forum.

Expected results:

• Developed and presented TRAC Index and report on transparency of anti-corruption reporting;
• Developed toolkit on countering corruption and designing anticorruption programmes in public enterprises;
• Increased knowledge and built capacities of public enterprises on the mechanisms to decrease corruption risks and deter/counter corruptive;
• Developed robust anticorruption programmes in 20 public enterprises in BiH;
• Increased knowledge of media representatives on corporate governance principles and mechanisms to counter corruption in public enterprises;
• Main stakeholders and citizens informed of the project results on business integrity activities in public enterprises in BiH through the final conference and developed web platform;
• Established TI BiH Business Integrity Forum.

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