PRESS RELEASES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Ministry of Trade and Tourism of the Republic of Srpska refuses to act in accordance with the court judgment regarding a contract on privatization of Boska

Press releases ● 14 April 2016

TI BiH asked from the District Court in Banja Luka to issue a misdemeanor report against the Ministry of Trade and Tourism and the person responsible for non-acting in accordance with the verdict, in order to make the contract on privatization of Boska department store finally available to public (more…)

PANAMA PAPERS INVESTIGATION UNMASKS NUMEROUS PUBLIC OFFICIALS USING SECRET COMPANIES TO HIDE THEIR WEALTH

Press releases ● 13 April 2016

A global investigation into the use of secret companies by the rich, powerful and corrupt has shown how a network of lawyers, bankers and others around the world hide illicit wealth. Transparency International calls on the international community to act immediately to adopt transparency laws to outlaw secret companies. (more…)

TI BiH won another dispute against the Banking Agency of the Republic of Srpska for hiding information regarding Bobar Bank

Press releases ● 12 April 2016

The District Court Banja Luka confirmed again that the Banking Agency of the Republic of Srpska violated Law on Free Access to Information and illegally hid the decision on the account blockade (more…)

Attendees of TI BiH School of Integrity said the effective fight against th corruption in BiH is possible

Announcements ● 11 April 2016

The best attendees of TI BiH School of Integrity, which has been organized in four cities in the form of two-day workshops, gathered on 7th to 9th April in Banja Luka to present their essays regarding corruption in our country and possibilities of establishing integrity system. (more…)

TI BiH School of Integrity presents the publication „Integrity vs. Corruption“

Announcements ● 07 April 2016

The attendees of the School of Integrity will also present their essays on the phenomenon of corruption in our country, the possibilities of establishing a system of integrity, and there will be a debate regarding this topic as well. (more…)

Court confirms: RS Banking Agency is illegally hiding information about Bobar Bank

Press releases ● 31 March 2016

The District Court in Banja Luka accepted the lawsuit of Transparency International BiH against the RS Banking Agency and found that the Agency violated the Law on Freedom of Access to Information and illegally refused to provide the Final Report on Interim Administration in the Bobar Bank case. (more…)

Conflict of interest in the judiciary still unregulated

Press releases ● 29 March 2016

The analysis of TI BiH has shown a lack of mechanisms to prevent and sanction conflicts of interest, and that in situations in which legal framework prescribes specific aspects of ensuring the integrity, there are no clearly specified competencies for determining and sanctioning the conflict of interest, or controlling property records. (more…)

Public administration reform is stagnating and not working

Press releases ● 14 March 2016

TI BiH announced results of the second monitoring of the public administration reform which show the failure to achieve significant results in previous year, and even a decline in some fields, especially in matters related to the employment of public officials and the lack of transparency in creating and implementing reform processes conducted by the government (more…)

Training and workshops related to proactive transparency in public administration completed

Press releases ● 11 March 2016

Transparency International BiH (TI BiH) held today a workshop (Sarajevo, 11th March, 2016) regarding a manner in which a two-year action plan for proactive transparency in public administration should be made and thus completed a training program within “Support Initiative for the Open Government: Proactive Transparency in Public Institutions”, financed by the Government of the United Kingdom. (more…)

TI BiH and CIN are presenting the monitoring results of the public administration reform

Announcements ● 11 March 2016

Transparency International Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BiH), in cooperation with the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIN), are organizing a conference to present the results of the second monitoring of the public administration reform for 2014-2015. (more…)

Commission for Deciding on Conflict of Interest in a legal vacuum

Press releases ● 10 March 2016

Rejection to determine the specific status of the Commission for Deciding on Conflict of Interest absolutely favours the public officials who have found themselves in potential conflict of interest and questions the purpose of the existence of the law (more…)

Conference “Challenges of the Open Government Partnership Initiative”

Press releases ● 02 March 2016

Sarajevo, February 26, 2016 – Transparency International in Bosnia and Herzegovina (TIBiH), in cooperation with the coalition of non-governmental organizations in charge of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) initiative, is 25. held a conference on the Challenges of the Open Government Partnership initiative in February.

The conference discussed the current situation, but also proposals for measures for the first action plan of BiH, which are in 2015. active work of civil society organizations, in cooperation with institutions. Representatives of the Agency for Statistics of BiH and the Public Administration Reform Coordinator’s Office spoke about the challenges that institutions face when publishing data. The experiences of several institutions that, despite numerous challenges, have made progress in the field of proactive transparency through the development of policies and standards of proactive transparency in public administration were also presented. The participants of the conference were especially interested in the lecture of the visiting expert for online communication with the public, Tomislav Korman, who spoke about mechanisms for improving communication with interest groups and citizens with the aim of opening government, with special focus on social networks.

The participants in the conference concluded that the support of the highest structures of government was completely lacking, and that at that level of government there is not enough interest and will to continue fulfilling the obligations assumed by joining the Open Government Partnership. It called on all civil society institutions and organizations, the media and the academic community to contribute and speed up the process of establishing an Advisory Body and ensure greater citizen participation in the planning process.

TI BiH and other organizations will continue to support the OGP initiative and put pressure on decision makers to speed up compliance.

TI BiH is organizing the Roundtable on Employment in Public Administration

Announcements ● 02 March 2016

Transparency International BiH (TI BiH) is organizing the roundtable on ”Employment in Public Administration with Special Emphasizes on the Implementation of Legal Principles”. (more…)

The FBiH Government is obstructing the implementation of the Law on Combating Corruption and Organized Crime

Press releases ● 25 February 2016

The explanation according to which the Law on Combating Corruption and Organized Crime cannot be implemented since there are no specific conditions for it, only proves the fact that fight against corruption is not on the priority list of the current FBiH Government (more…)

Transparency International celebrated 15 years of existence in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Press releases ● 24 February 2016

Transparency International in Bosnia and Herzegovina marked its 15th anniversary by giving a reception which took place on 18th February 2016 in Sarajevo. The reception brought together the representatives of the diplomatic corps, institutions at all levels of BiH, members of the organization, civil society, media, as well as a lot of associates and friends of the organization. (more…)

World’s most important side issue is fertile ground for corruption

Press releases ● 24 February 2016

The Global Corruption Report by Transparency International, which is dedicated to sport this year, indicated that sport is prone to massive corruption, through the management of sports organizations, match-fixing, allocation of the organization of sports events, etc.
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