PRESS RELEASES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

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…)

Systematic destruction of the civil service

Press releases ● 30 May 2016

The Council of Ministers of BiH is still trying to enable the politicization of the civil service at the state level and it insists on solutions that would decrease the objectivity and transparency in the employment of the key people in the civil service. (more…)

Regional Conference Property Records of Judicial Office Holders

Announcements ● 26 May 2016

Transparency International in Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BiH) is organizing a regional conference entitled Property Records of Judicial Office Holders, which shall serve as an opportunity to discuss the prevention of conflict of interest in judiciary and the property records of the judicial office holders. (more…)

The Amendments to the Law on Conflict of Interest are urgent, but need to be comprehensive

Press releases ● 23 May 2016

Transparency International in Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BiH) has appealed to the MPs of the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH to start with systemic and long-term resolution of the blockage issue in implementation of the Law on Conflict of Interest in institutions of BiH Government and also submitted to the PABiH a complete Draft Law on the Amendments to the Law on Conflict of Interest. (more…)

TI BiH is organizing the promotion of the documentary film about corruption in employment procedures

Announcements ● 19 May 2016

Transparency International in Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BiH) is organizing the promotion of the documentary film „La La Land“ by the author Dalibor Miljevic, which was made in cooperation with TI BiH, and produced by the same. (more…)

The Government of the Republic of Srpska more frequently proposes laws in urgent procedure

Press releases ● 17 May 2016

TI BiH appeals to the President of the National Assembly of RS and all MPs not to allow the violation of the procedural rules by the groundless urgent legislative procedures that undermine the democratic order.
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Stop abuse in the distribution of aid for the flooded entrepreneurs in Doboj

Press releases ● 16 May 2016

TI BiH has appealed to the City of Doboj to distribute the planned funds in the amount of BAM 3 million intended for the aid to the entrepreneurs who suffered floods, in accordance with the clear criteria on the basis of which it will be determined who is eligible for the aid and in which way the individual aid amounts are defined. (more…)

TI BiH presented the Draft Amendments to the Law on Conflict of Interest of BiH

Press releases ● 16 May 2016

Transparency International in Bosnia and Herzegovina presented the Draft Amendments to the Law on Conflict of Interest of BiH that should eliminate the long-lasting blockage for implementation of the regulations on the conflict of interest. (more…)

Consultative meetings with the representatives of the contracting authorities in the health sector held

Press releases ● 11 May 2016

Transparency International Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BiH), in cooperation with Transparency International Czech Republic, held two consultative meetings in Sarajevo with the representatives of the contracting authorities in the health sector of BiH. (more…)

TI BiH presents the Draft Amendments to the BiH Law on Conflict of Interest

Announcements ● 11 May 2016

Transparency International BiH is presenting the Draft Amendments to the Law on Conflict of Interest in BiH aimed at improving the regulations, in order to eliminate the blockages in the implementation of the Law on Conflict of Interest at the level of BiH and FBiH which have lasted for several years (more…)

The most important Amendments to the Law on Political Parties Financing omitted

Press releases ● 21 April 2016

Although the goal of the amendments to the Law on Political Parties Financing is to fulfill the recommendations provided by GRECO, most of them have not been met and represent an attempt of providing illusion of fulfillment of recommendations through cosmetic changes to the Law. (more…)

The willingness of the management of institutions key to the government openness

Press releases ● 19 April 2016

Results of the cooperation with the institutions regarding the strengthening of openness and proactive transparency were presented by TI BiH and the Coalition of NGOs at the conference „Partnership for the Open Government in BiH“ (more…)

Partnership between the institutions and civil society for the open government in BiH

Announcements ● 16 April 2016

Transparency International in Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BiH) in cooperation with the Coalition of NGOs, is organizing a conference entitled Partnership for the Open Government in BiH. (more…)