PRESS RELEASES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Initial training for the development of integrity plans in the Municipality of Centar Sarajevo

Press releases ● 07 October 2015

An initial training, part of the project Strengthening Integrity in Local Self-Governments aimed at creating and adopting the Integrity Plan in the Units of Local Self-Government, will be held tomorrow at the Municipality of Centar Sarajevo. This Municipality will host representatives of four municipalities (Istocna Ilidza, Bratunac and Srebrenica) with whom they will discuss the educational program developed by Transparency International BiH (TI BiH). The overall number of 20 BiH municipalities will take place in the development of integrity plans.

Integrity plans are anti-corruption plans that will contribute to the improvement of transparency and accountability of the local self-government work. The project objectives, as well as the training program, that will be run by TI BiH experts, will be presented at tomorrow’s initial training. The participants will be addressed by Lejla Ibranovic, Acting Executive Director of TI BiH and Dzevad Becirevic, the Mayor of the Municipality of Centar Sarajevo.

Project Strengthening Integrity in Local Self-Governments shall strengthen the work of local self-government, especially in relation to the challenges of the anti-corruption fight, and it is being conducted by the joint forces of Transparency International of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Agency for prevention of corruption and coordination of fight against corruption, Association of Local Authorities of the Republic of Srpska and Association of Municipalities and Cities of the Federation of BiH, with the financial support of the Netherlands.

Presentation of the entire project and the initial training for the development of Integrity Plans for four municipalities will be held tomorrow, on 8th October 2015, at the municipal premises of the Municipality of Centar Sarajevo, while the statements to the media will be released at 10 o’clock.

Initial training for the development of integrity plans in the Municipality of Centar Sarajevo

Presentation of the Municipality of Teslic Integrity System Assessment

Press releases ● 05 October 2015

Transparency International Bosnia and Herzegovina has, for the first time, made a detailed integrity system assessment (LIS assessment) in 10 units of local self-government, including the Municipality of Teslic. The assessment has been made on the basis of the methodology created by the Transparency International, which has been globally tested.

The assessment has been aimed at analyzing the efficiency of the procedures and mechanisms for the promotion of transparency, liability and integrity in order to fight corruption at the local level, thereby offering the recommendations for their further improvement.

TI BiH and the Municipality of Teslic are organizing the public presentation of the study results, which will include the presence of the key actors in the Municipality of Teslic (Mayor and the local government representatives, the President of the Municipal Assembly, officials, representatives of non-governmental organizations and the media) who will discuss results and recommendations for the improvement of transparency, liability and good governance in the Municipality of Teslic.

Presentation will be held on Tuesday, 6th October 2015, at 10.00h in the Small Hall of the Municipality of Teslic (Karadjordjeva no. 8).

During the presentation the attendees will be addressed by the representatives of TI BiH, but also by the Mayor of the Municipality of Teslic, Milan Milicevic and the President of the Municipal Assembly, Zeljko Perisic.

Presentation of the Municipality of Teslic Integrity System Assessment

TI BiH started the cooperation with 20 BiH municipalities regarding the creation of integrity plans

Press releases ● 29 September 2015

Transparency International Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BiH) started in Trebinje the first educational course regarding the creation and adoption of integrity plans for 20 BiH municipalities, i.e. anti-corruption plans aimed at the improvement of transparency and responsibility in the work of local self-government.

Units of local self-government participating in the project are: Istocna Ilidza, Bratunac, Centar Sarajevo, Srebrenica, Siroki Brijeg, Trebinje, Grude, Posusje, Bosanska Krupa, Kozarska Dubica, Cazin, Sipovo, Zivinice, Srebrenik, Lopare, Pelagicevo, Tesanj, Petrovo, Orasje and Samac.

All representatives of the local self-government units will attend the 8-module educational program while, at the same time, they will work in their home governments on the creation of integrity plans that will be presented to the public at the end of 2016.

At the beginning of the first session of this course held in Trebinje , the Mayor of Trebinje, Slavko Vucurevic, officially signed the letter of intent, on the basis of which the City of Trebinje is obliged to take part in all activities related to creation and adoption of the integrity plan. Vucurevic also emphasized how pleased they are to be the host to the first session of the course and how happy they are that TI BiH is the first to offer the instructions for the creation of quality plans that shall be used for the prevention of corruption in the future.

TI BiH conducts these activities in cooperation with the Agency for prevention of corruption and coordination of fight against the corruption, with the help and support of Association of Local Authorities of the Republic of Srpska and the Association of Municipalities and Cities of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and with the financial support provided by the Netherlands Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

TI BIH cooperation with 20 BiH municipalities

TI BiH marks the International Right To Know Day

Announcements ● 26 September 2015

Transparency International Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BiH) is organizing a whole range of activities in order to celebrate 28th September, the International Right to Know Day. TI BiH uses this opportunity every year to remind the citizens that they have the rights to demand the responsibility and transparency of work of public institutions at all levels, and that these rights are guaranteed by the Law on Free Access to Information.

Therefore, TI BiH will organize street events in Sarajevo, Banja Luka and Mostar, in order to inform the citizens on their rights and ways to demand and obtain information which should be provided by public institutions, whereupon the citizens will be given the opportunity to prepare direct demands to access the information they need.

Street events will take place on Monday, 28th September 2015, from 11.00 to 14.00h in Sarajevo (Ferhadija, in front of Katedrala), Banja Luka (Trg Krajine) and Mostar (Spanski trg).

TI BiH is also participating in the organization of the Conference on Transparency in Public Administration in BiH, which is going to be held due to the International Right to Know Day, as well. The Conference is being organized by members of the interinstitutional working group on communication and knowledge management (representatives of the Public Administration Reform Coordinator’s Office, Directorate of European Integration, Agency for Statistics of BiH and Agency for Development of Higher Education and Quality Assurance in BiH), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and Transparency International BiH. This Conference will also take place on Monday, 28th September 2015, at 10.00 in the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, hall 1/I floor,Sarajevo.

TI BiH invites the media to attend street events and the Conference and thus contribute to the activities aimed at increasing the transparency of BiH institutions.

TI BiH marks the International Right To Know Day

Usaglašen treći set prijedloga za Akcioni plan BiH u okviru Partnerstva za otvorenu vlast

Press releases ● 25 September 2015

Banking Agency of the Republic of Srpska refuses to clarify a new financial affair

Press releases ● 21 September 2015

The Banking Agency of the Republic of Srpska and Banka Srpske refused to submit complete audit reports of Banka Srpske upon the request of the Transparency International Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BiH), indicating they were confidential, regardless of the public interest and the fact that this is a state-owned bank. At the same time, the Agency refused to provide any information on the actions taken regarding this case, acting thus in a completely non-transparent and irresponsible manner, as in the case of Bobar Bank.

In fact, after the short audit reports indicating the illegal operations of Banka Srpske appeared in public, TI BiH requested from the Banking Agency of the Republic of Srpska and Banka Srpske the delivery of copies of complete reports made by the external auditor for 2013 and 2014. At the same time, it was requested from the Agency to provide information on all actions undertaken against the controversial Bank, which meant all additional information regarding the control of solvency and the legality of business operations, in order to clarify new financial affair.

The Banking Agency refused to provide all requested information by having declared them confidential, and thus ignored to take into account the public interest to disclose all actions undertaken so far, including the complete audit reports, in order to eliminate doubts regarding another financial affair. Banka Srpske also refused to submit the requested reports, and thus almost a year after Bobar Banka was shut, the users of financial services are faced with new disturbing doubts concerning the legality of business operations in the financial market monitored by the Banking Agency of the Republic of Srpska. Once again the Agency refused to act or explain its actions, making thus its role in the system of protection of financial system useless.

This practice only additionally deepens the doubts regarding the regularity of the Bank’s operations and the public must be urgently provided with all information on the business operations of Banka Srpske in order to restore the confidence in the banking sector, but also to clarify the doubts regarding the work of this Bank.

The Banking Agency, as a supervisory body, showed in both cases, of Banka Srpske and Bobar Banka, that it was not ready to demonstrate even the minimal responsibility, nor to justify its existence or role. TI BiH has already filed a complaint against the Agency regarding the violation of the Law on Free Access to Information in connection to the case of Bobar Banka, and it is expecting the judgment to be made in that case. However, it will continue to insist to have all the requested information provided in this case too, and it will use all available legal means to obtain them from the Banking Agency of the Republic of Srpska and Banka Srpske, since this is the state-owned bank and it is obliged to provide information of public interest.

Banking Agency of the Republic of Srpska refuses to clarify a new financial affair

First School of Integrity started in Travnik

Announcements ● 18 September 2015

The first School of Integrity is taking place in Travnik, organized by the Transparency International Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BiH) as a kind of educational course on anti-corruption topics designed for students and young people in four towns of BiH. The School provocatively deals with the topics such as the effects of corruption on economic development and the importance of the rule of law, as well as the role of transparency and free access to information of general importance as an effective method in the fight against corruption.

First School of Integrity started in Travnik

Civil Service Agency of the Republic of Srpska violated the law

Press releases ● 14 September 2015

Upon the complaint submitted to its Advocacy and Legal Advice Centre, Transparency International BiH determined that the Civil Service Agency of the Republic of Srpska violated the law while having conducted the employment procedure for vacancies in the Republic Hydrometeorological Service of the Republic of Srpska, TI BiH determined that, besides having announced the vacancy which has already been occupied by a certain person to formally employ that person, the Civil Service Agency of RS allowed the same person not to take the professional exam, although there was no legal grounds for such decision.

During the employment procedure, TI BiH requested from the Republic Hydrometeorological Service the record made by the commission which investigated the applications of the candidates, and thus discovered that the candidate, who has already been employed with the aforementioned institution, was released from the obligation to take the professional exam for the work in administrative bodies by the decision brought by the Civil Service Agency of RS. This exam is a precondition for the employment with the civil service and is taken before the commission designated by the Agency, and only in specific cases the Agency may issue a decision to release the candidate from taking the exam – e.g. if the candidate has already passed the bar exam, if the candidate holds a Master’s degree in Law, or if the candidate has passed the professional exam within some other profession. The candidate we mentioned above did not meet any of these conditions so TI BiH asked the Agency to explain the legal grounds for releasing the same candidate from the obligation to take this exam, especially due to suspicions that this very candidate was going to be elected for the job position.

The Agency responded that the candidate was released from the obligation of taking the professional exam since he had passed the professional exam at the level of BiH. This is not the legal basis for releasing someone from the obligation of taking the exam and TI BiH warned the Agency about this. In spite of the warning, the Agency appointed the candidate to the position of civil servant with the Republic Hydrometeorological Service of the Republic of Srpska. TI BiH reported this to the Administrative Inspector of the Republic of Srpska who investigated it and found the irregularities, and ordered to the Agency to annul the decision based on which the candidate was released from the obligation to take the professional exam. The Agency refused to act upon the inspector’s order and filed an appeal to the Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government trying to protect the elected candidates at all costs. TI BiH also addressed the Ministry and the Ombudsman for Human Rights, emphasizing that the elected candidate has already been employed with the institution and that he has never passed the professional exam, while all other candidates, who met all requirements prescribed by law, were rejected. After this the Agency annulled the decision by which the mentioned candidate was released from taking the professional exam, in which way it finally admitted that it was a precedent with no legal grounds..

TI BiH considered the case should not end like this, so it requested from the Administrative Inspector to annul the decision on the disputable employment, for it would be unfair to have the candidate, who had not even met the requirements for application, employed with this position and take the professional exam after the employment, at the expense of all other candidates who met all requirements. Acting upon the request submitted by TI BiH, the Administrative Inspector of RS ordered to the Republic Hydrometeorological Service of RS to terminate the employment to the mentioned candidate. At the same time, the Ombudsman for Human Rights in BiH in this case issued a Recommendation ordering to the Republic Hydrometeorological Service and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management of the Republic of Srpska to annul the disputable decision on the employment.

Finally, the Republic Hydrometeorological Service of the Republic Srpska informed TI BiH that it acted upon the Inspector’s order and terminated the employment to the civil servant.

The given case showed it is possible to prevent the possible abuse in the employment area by persistent insisting and use of all legal means. TI BiH will continue to insist on the fact that none of the candidates who do not meet the requirements to apply for the job position is hired to the same. Also, having in mind that this is not the only case of illegal release from taking the professional exam, TI BiH will insist on investigating all similar cases, in order to end the bypass of regulations and preferential treatment in employment with public administration institutions.

Civil Service Agency of the Republic of Srpska violated the law

Coalition of NGOs announces the third working meeting to define the action proposals for the Action Plan of BiH within the Open Government Partnership

Press releases ● 04 September 2015

Transparency International Bosnia and Herzegovina, Center for Social Research Analitika and coalition of NGOs responsible for the initiative the Open Government Partnership (OGP) shall organize a meeting to define the action proposals and initiate the public consultations for the preparation of the first Action Plan of BiH within the OGP initiative.

The meeting will be held on Monday, 21^st September 2015, at the Hotel Europe in Sarajevo, starting at 11.00 h.

This will be the opportunity to define the action proposals for the first Action Plan of BiH in the field of fiscal transparency and strengthening of the public institutions’ integrity, but also to define new proposals which have not been considered so far. The Action Plan is a two-year strategic document by which the member states of the OGP initiative shall be strongly obliged to achieve the set goals.

In the past two months there were two meetings of this kind which were attended by the representatives of public institutions, as well as the representatives of NGOs in BiH. The discussion referred to the set of action proposals regarding free access to information, the key priorities concerning the transparency of government in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and specific activities that public institutions, in cooperation with civil society, should undertake in order to improve the transparency of the government and increase the participation of civil society when bringing decisions of public interest. The participants also emphasized and defined actions which shall provide the launch of central portals for the announcement of open data in BiH, the establishment of online platform at BiH and entity level to perform consultations regarding the enactment of laws and other regulations, and the improvement of application of the law on free access to information at all levels of government.

A coalition of NGOs continue to support the institutions of BiH in creating the first Action Plan through the organization of meetings and public consultations aimed at defining the set of actions for the first Action Plan within the Open Government Partnership. Considering that the process of action planning promotes and encourages the cooperation between the government and the civil society, all representatives of relevant public institutions, civil society, academic community and citizens are welcomed to participate.

TI BiH won the dispute against the Republic Administration for Geodetic and Property Affairs referring to the delivery of information on property owned by 44 politicians

Press releases ● 25 August 2015

Transparency International BiH won the administrative dispute against the Republic Administration for Geodetic and Property Affairs (RUGIP) which means that the Decision rejecting the request for submission of property deeds and excerpts from the Land Registry for 44 politicians was declared null and void. The requested information referred to the assets owned by Nikola Spiric, Nedeljko Cubrilovic, Mico Micic, Milanko Mihajlica, Igor Radojicic, Milica  Markovic, Nada Tesanovic, Gavrilo Bobar, Petar Djokic and others, and RUGIP kept refusing to provide the same stating it was private information.

The District Court in Banja Luka took the view that „the Land Registry is a registry of public interest, and the public Registry of real rights over the real estate“, confirming thus the allegations given in the lawsuit filed by TI BiH that this is the public information in accordance with the applicable legislation, regardless of the fact that they refer to the individual information of physical entities.

TI BiH considers this to be an extremely important judgment since the court confirmed that information on property cannot be considered personal and private, and that public authorities acting upon requests for access to information should take into account the importance of free access to information controlled by the public authorities. It is particularly important since it refers to the information on property owned by politicians who, being public figures engaged in the activities of public interest, should voluntarily make available and public all information that may influence their performance. Some politicians,  such as Mladen Bosic, Ognjen Tadic, Nikola Spiric and Vukota Govedarica, stated that they are not against having the information on their property published, while for example, Igor Radojicic, former president of the National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska, and member of the current Assembly, thinks that it is personal information, which therefore cannot be available to the public.

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The second set of proposed measures for the BiH Action Plan within the Open Government Partnership has been agreed

Press releases ● 24 August 2015

Transparency International BiH (TI BiH), in cooperation with the coalition of non-governmental organizations and with the support of the Open Society Fund BiH, held a meeting at which another set of proposed measures on freedom of access to information was defined and agreed as a continuation of the public consultation process. within the Open Government Partnership. All agreed proposals for measures will be available to the general public until the end of October and open for comment on the portal http://ogp.ba/

The mentioned meeting is the second in a series of meetings aimed at defining concrete measures and activities for the first BiH Action Plan, and represents the continuation of active work of TI BiH and the coalition of non-governmental organizations on creating more transparent and accountable government. In addition to representatives of the informal coalition of non-governmental organizations (TI BiH, CPI Foundation, Center for Social Research Analytics, Why Not, Center for Investigative Journalism), the meeting was attended by representatives of other NGOs and the executive. Representatives of the RS Information Society Agency presented the results so far as well as the planned activities within the OGP initiative, and contributed to the creation of the second set of proposed measures.

The second set of measures defines activities related to raising awareness of freedom of access to information, improving direct contact with civil society, and establishing an online platform at the level of BiH and entities to consult in the process of adopting laws and regulations, and launching central portals for publication of open data. All defined proposals for measures are available to the public and can be downloaded here , and are open for comment, and at the end of the process the measures will be presented to the coordinating body together with comments and proposals that will be recorded in the public consultation process.

It was once again called on all civil society institutions and organizations, the media and the academic community to contribute and enable civic participation throughout the action planning process, and on this occasion all interested parties are again invited to take part in defining the remaining measures as defined in advance. meeting schedule .

The first set of proposals for the BiH Action Plan within the Open Government Partnership has been agreed

Press releases ● 04 August 2015

This is the first in a series of meetings through which concrete measures and activities for the first Action Plan of BiH will be defined, and it represents the continuation of active work of TIBiH and the coalition of non-governmental organizations on creating more transparent and accountable government. In addition to representatives of the informal coalition of non-governmental organizations (TI BiH, CPI Foundation, Center for Social Research Analytics, Why Not, Center for Investigative Journalism), the meeting was attended by representatives of other NGOs and the executive.

The first proposal of the set of measures defines activities related to amendments, and to improve supervision over the implementation of the law on freedom of access to information. Legislation on public procurement was partly discussed at the first meeting and a measure related to the obligation to publish detailed procurement plans, with all relevant categories and for all types of procedures provided by law, reports on the implementation of procurement plans and reports / forms for monitoring the implementation of all contracts. All defined proposals for measures are available to the public and can be downloaded here , and open for comment, and upon completion of the process, the measures will be presented to the coordinating body together with comments and proposals that will be recorded in the public consultation process.

It was once again called on all civil society institutions and organizations, the media and the academic community to contribute and enable civic participation throughout the action planning process, and on this occasion all interested parties are again invited to take part in defining the remaining measures as defined in advance. schedule holding meetings.

Resignation of the Chairman of the Board of Directors of TI BiH

Press releases ● 23 July 2015

After less than two terms in this position, the current chairman of the Board of Directors of Transparency International BiH, Emir Đikić, has submitted his irrevocable resignation from this position, due to personal reasons. The Board of Directors thanked him for his engagement so far and seven years of successful leadership of the organization, and instructed Aleksandra Martinović to perform the duty of the Chair of the Board until the election Assembly of TI BiH.

Non-governmental organizations are initiating the process of creating the BiH Action Plan within the OGP

Press releases ● 22 July 2015

The Coalition of Non-Governmental Organizations consisting of Transparency International of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Center for Civic Advocacy – CPI Foundation, Center for Social Research Analytics, Why Not and the Center for Investigative Reporting, within the Open Government Partnership (OGP) initiative invites everyone interested in participating in the process of creating the BiH Action Plan within the OGP.

The NGO Coalition has been working for more than two years to advocate and educate the government and civil society on the Partnership. As a result, BiH joined the Partnership in September 2014. and thus took responsibility for taking measures to implement the principle of open government.

The next step after joining the OGP is to create an Action Plan which obliges member states to take a number of measures and activities over a period of two years to improve the transparency and accountability of government. Therefore, the NGO Coalition will continue its activities to help BiH institutions create the first Action Plan, and will organize meetings and public consultations in the next three months, in order to define proposed measures for the first Action Plan.

The OGP action planning process encourages cooperation between government and civil society, so representatives of public institutions, civil society organizations, academia and citizens are expected to attend these meetings.

On this occasion, we invite all interested parties to register and join the meetings of the working groups, which will be held in Sarajevo and which are divided according to thematic units:

• Working group 1. – Access to information (July 29, 2015)
• Working group 2. – Public participation, information technology and open data (August 21, 2015);
• Working group 3. – Fiscal transparency, operation of public enterprises, integrity of government and new proposed measures (September 18, 2015).

More details on how to apply for the mentioned meetings, the schedule of working group meetings and the proposed measures can be found here .

Municipalities in BiH must adopt anti-corruption plans

Press releases ● 20 July 2015

The assessment of the local integrity system showed that municipalities in BiH lack key mechanisms for preventing corruption, while the responsibility of local assemblies, administrations and local political parties is very low.

Transparency International of Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BiH) presented the research Local Integrity System Assessment (LIS assessment), which was conducted in 10 local self-government units in BiH – in the municipalities of Gracanica, Goražde, Novi Grad Sarajevo, Stari Grad Sarajevo, Teslić, Travnik, Visoko, the City of Bijeljina, the City of Mostar and the Brčko District of BiH. LIS assessment includes an analysis of the legal framework and practice when it comes to anti-corruption mechanisms at the municipal level, ie a comprehensive assessment of the system of integrity and accountability.

The general findings of the research show that local self-government units in BiH generally do not have developed instruments and capacities for the fight against corruption, nor adequate support from higher levels of government in BiH. Also, local governments lack adequate support from higher levels of government in improving their integrity system and improving the work of municipalities. The current system of internal and external audit is not in line with the real needs of local self-government units, while the accountability of local representative bodies as well as political parties at the local level is very low. Political parties do not represent the interests of citizens at the local level, nor are they transparent enough, and in all local government units covered by the survey, local parties are one of the weakest segments of the integrity system.

Chloé Berger, Head of the Section for Operations for Justice and Home Affairs and Public Administration Reform of the Delegation of the European Union to BiH, also addressed the media, pointing out: “Corruption is perceived as a constantly growing phenomenon in all sectors of public life. Citizens are most exposed to health and
education sector, but also at the level of local self-government. These are places where most citizens face corruption and where the greatest impacts on their lives are felt. The EU stands ready to support all serious efforts in Bosnia and Herzegovina to prevent and fight corruption. We have made the fight against corruption a central element of our assistance to the law enforcement sector, and we are working by awarding grants to civil society organizations to empower NGOs to address this issue. We are also working to improve accountability in the judiciary, and we have addressed the fight against corruption in the political dialogue. ”

The findings that are common to all analyzed municipalities show that in order to strengthen the integrity system at the local level, it is necessary for all local self-government units in BiH to adopt their own plans to fight corruption. Municipalities need to improve both internal and external audit mechanisms to improve financial accountability. It is necessary to improve transparency, ie to adjust citizens’ budget documents and information on the disposal of public funds, and to improve proactive transparency in local government decision-making processes in order to increase citizen participation in decision-making. To this end, it is necessary to improve cooperation with civil society organizations, especially in the field of anti-corruption, and to modernize communication with the public.

The purpose of the Local Integrity System Assessment is to provide municipalities with an objective insight and the opportunity to focus their efforts on improving anti-corruption mechanisms by focusing on poorly assessed segments of local government work. The methodology for assessing local integrity systems was developed by Transparency International and tested in Europe, South America, the Middle East and Africa.

TI BiH conducted this study within the EU-funded project “Strengthening Integrity and Good Governance for More Effective Implementation of the Anti-Corruption Strategy in BiH from the Local to the State Level”. This is the largest LIS assessment conducted in the world so far, because for the first time 10 local self-government units were covered in one country, and in each of the municipalities covered by this research, the findings for that municipality will be presented separately.

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Presentation of the report on the integrity system for 10 municipalities

Announcements ● 17 July 2015

Transparency International BiH (TI BiH) is organizing a press conference to present its survey entitled Local

Integrity System Assessment (LIS assessment) which has been conducted in 10 units of local self-government in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

This assessment has been performed within the framework of an EU financed project entitled “Strengthening the integrity and good governance for better implementation of the Anti-Corruption Strategy in Bosnia and Herzegovina from local to national level” and it implies an analysis of anti-corruption mechanisms at the municipal level, and the level of the integrity and accountability system, but also as seen within legal framework and practice.

On this occasion TI BiH shall present the key results of LIS assessment for the following municipalities: Gracanica, Gorazde, Novi Grad, Sarajevo, Stari Grad Sarajevo, Teslic, Travnik, Visoko, The City of Bijeljina, the City of Mostar and the Brcko District. The assessment has been performed in accordance with the methodology developed by Transparency International, which was tested in Europe, South America, Middle East and Africa. This is the largest LIS assessment conducted so far since it includes 10 units of local self-government within one country.

The presentation shall be held on Monday, 20^th July 2015, at the Hotel Europe in Sarajevo, at 10 o’clock.