PRESS RELEASES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

TI BiH filed a complaint against Dragan Andjelic for conflict of interest

Press releases ● 20 April 2018

Transparency International in BiH submitted to the Commission for Deciding on Conflict of Interest a complaint against Dragan Andjelic, former deputy director of the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption and Coordination of the Fight against Corruption and the present Acting Executive Director of RiTE Gacko. (more…)

Procedure for the adoption of the Law on Conflict of Interest trapped by political and personal interests

Press releases ● 18 April 2018

Although the Draft Law on Prevention of Conflict of Interest in Governmental Institutions of BiH was submitted to the parliamentary procedure in October 2017, it has not been adopted yet, even on first reading. (more…)

Notice – non-working days

Press releases ● 05 April 2018

On the occasion of the upcoming religious holiday of Orthodox Easter 06.04. (Friday) and 09.04. (Monday) will be non-working days at the headquarters of the Association, Gajeva Street 2, 78 000 Banja Luka.

Public enterprises politicized, subject to corruption and abuses

Press releases ● 28 March 2018

The analysis performed by Transparency International in BiH indicated many irregularities within the legal framework, including the lack of internal mechanisms in public enterprises which would enable the transparency of their work, independence and accountability in business, and prevent corruption. (more…)

TI BiH is organizing a regional conference related to the governance of public enterprises

Announcements ● 24 March 2018

Transparency International in Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BiH) is organizing a regional conference entitled How to strengthen good governance of public enterprises?, which will be the opportunity for TI BiH to present the results of a survey related to the good governance of public enterprises in BiH, conducted on a sample composed of 100 public enterprises. (more…)

Disputable Decision of the City of Banja Luka Assembly is in interest of Eko-toplana?

Press releases ● 14 March 2018

According to the opinion of TI BiH, disputable provisions of this Decision unlawfully and contrary to the Constitution of RS prescribe requirements for exclusion from the heat transfer network thus questioning the legal certainty

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Dragan Covic case shows all defects of the Law on Conflict of Interest

Press releases ● 13 March 2018

Transparency International in BiH believes that the inability of the Commission for Deciding on Conflict of Interest to act in case of Dragan Covic shows that it is illusory to expect a body, consisting of the MPs or party colleagues of the persons who are believed to be in conflict of interest, make unbiased decisions about this conflict. (more…)

Citizens are mostly faced with corruption in employment

Press releases ● 05 March 2018

Citizens mostly complain about irregularities in employment procedures related to hiring of civil servants, and employees in public enterprises. In their reports citizens usually indicate the fact that it is known in advance who will be elected for the position, and complain about the lack of transparency in competition procedures.

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TI BiH is going to present the results of the Center for providing free-of-charge legal advice in the anti-corruption fight

Announcements ● 03 March 2018

Transparency International in Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BiH) is organizing a press conference at which it will present the results of its Center for providing free-of-charge legal advice to the citizens in order to support their fight against corruption in 2017. (more…)

Corruption Perception Index: Escalation of corruption, devastating consequences

Press releases ● 22 February 2018

According to Transparency International Corruption Perception Index, BiH is placed at 91^st position, out of 180 countries, with a score of 38 on a scale of 0 to 100. The results show that it deteriorated compared to the last year. (more…)

How to Increase Transparency and Openness of Public Administration?

Press releases ● 21 February 2018

A training program for the representatives of federal and cantonal institutions, organized with the aim of strengthening transparency, openness and accountability in the work of public administration, as well as creating mechanisms enabling citizens to participate in the decision-making process. (more…)

TI BiH presents the publication prepared by the attendees of the TI BiH Academy for Women Empowerment in Politics

Announcements ● 21 February 2018

The attendees of the Academy for Women Empowerment in Politics will present their essays on corruption phenomena, participation of women in politics in our country, but will also be given a chance to participate in a panel discussion organized in regard to this topic (more…)

TI BiH will present Corruption Perception Index (CPI) for 2017

Announcements ● 21 February 2018

Transparency International in Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BiH) is organizing a press conference in order to present the results of Corruption Perception Index (CPI) for 2017. (more…)

Joint Committee on Defence and Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina submitted an unlawful proposal of candidates to be appointed as Parliamentary Military Commissioner of BiH

Press releases ● 19 February 2018

Transparency International in BiH warns that the appointment of the same person to the position of

Parliamentary Military Commissioner of BiH in third mandate would represent the worst violation

of the Law on Parliamentary Military Commissioner of BiH (more…)

TI BiH Academy for Women Empowerment in Politics in Bihac

Announcements ● 21 January 2018

Political female activists will have the opportunity to learn more about the practical skills in the field of leadership, participation and representation of women in BiH politics, while the special emphasis will be put on the topics related to the importance of transparency, integrity and accountability in politics. (more…)

TI BiH has proposed measures for greater transparency in the financing of political parties

Press releases ● 22 December 2017

Transparency International in BiH (TI BiH) presented its proposals for amending the Law on Financing of Political Parties at a conference organized on that occasion . Srdjan Blagovcanin , Chairman of the Board of Directors of TI BiH, emphasized on that occasion that, according to all civil society research, citizens have the least faith in political parties.

“TI BiH sees the improvement of the way of financing political parties as an extremely important aspect for strengthening the trust of citizens in the work of political parties,” Blagovcanin pointed out.

The proposals of TI BiH are tailored with the aim of ensuring transparency in the financing of political parties, but also to eliminate all possible abuses in election campaigns. Among other things, it is suggested:

• clearer CEC responsibilities for auditing party costs;
• obligation to use single bank accounts, ie. one account for regular financing and the other for financing the election campaign;
• operations exclusively through bank accounts, which also applies to payments of donations and all other transactions;
• introduction of provisions banning the use of public resources for the purpose of promoting parties;
• anticipating the obligation to publish complete financial statements, including expenditures;
• more detailed analysis of violations in the segment of prescribed sanctions and tightening their range;
• suspension of payment of budget funds as one of the sanctions for violating the provisions on prohibited activities.

The Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) regularly points out in its reports and recommendations that Bosnia and Herzegovina has not complied with all requirements regarding transparency in party financing. The European Commission also warns in its reports that effective control over the financing of political parties and election campaigns has not been established. The conference organized by TI BiH gathered all relevant international and domestic actors in this field who gave their support to the proposals presented here, the adoption of which they will insist on in the coming period.