PRESS RELEASES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

TI BiH Condemns Censorship of the Parliamentary Assembly

Press releases ● 20 April 2013

Banja Luka, 20^th April 2013. – This action taken by the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH, to ban monitoring of their work to the civil society organizations, represents an extremely undemocratic act and direct censorship attempt.  The decision and explanation of the decision set the representatives at the Parliamentary Assembly above the citizens of BiH, and above the system of democratic monitoring of government, suffocating any attempt to criticize their (lack of) work.

Instead of solving the burning issues in this country and monitoring the work of executive bodies, the representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH deal with censorship and suppression of democratic freedom, representing non-governmental organizations as enemies and traitors just because they indicate on their lack of work.

Transparency International BiH supports the Centers for Civic Initiatives in their efforts to bring closer the work of the institutions to the citizens of BiH and to indicate to which extent the representatives in the Parliamentary Assembly represent their interest.

TI BiH Calls on the Council of Ministers of BiH to reject the proposed Amendments to the Law on Conflict of Interest

Press releases ● 15 April 2013

Banja Luka, 15^th April 2013.- Transparency International Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BiH) calls on the Council of Ministers of BiH not to support the proposed Amendments to the Law on Conflict of Interest in the Governmental Institutions of BiH, which is set for today’s session of the Council of Ministers.

TI BIH has already warned that proposed Amendments to the Law on Conflict of Interest presents a setback in the regulation and prevention of the conflict of interest, mainly because the creation of the new Commission for the Conflict of Interest, consisting of majority of parliamentary members and representatives of political parties, has been proposed. Such Commission structure allows direct influence of the political parties on its decisions and would imply that members of the Commission would identify conflict of interest in the cases of their party colleagues, which certainly brings into question their impartiality in decision-making process and provides even greater political control over determining conflict of interest among public officials.

According to the proposed Amendments, it has been predicted the establishment of the Office of the Commission, whose structure will be specifically determined by the Office Rules and Regulations, whereby the Office employees will be treated as public officials. Notwithstanding the explanation of the proposed Amendments that additional funds would not be required, it is obvious that the formation of a new office, as well as the Commission, would imply allocation of additional funds from the budget, which has already been burdened with heavy state administration. This sets the question of justification of the formation of the new body for the implementation of the Law on Conflict of Interest, when there is the existing body on which formation significant resources have been invested.

Moreover, in spite of the warnings of international institutions that the existing penalties for conflict of interest are exceptionally low and that they do not motivate his compliance, fines have not been significantly increased. At the same time the possibility has been left to the elected official, executive officeholders and advisors to eliminate conflict of interest, whereby the Commission may end the proceedings. This certainly leaves the possibility for “negotiation” with lawbreakers and does not represent an adequate attitude towards lawbreakers.

Also, instead of hitherto ineligibility to stand for election, the form of sanction “proposal for dismissal,” has been introduced, which the commission should submit to the same competent authority who have appointed the official. However, the formulation of sanctions as a “proposal” does not oblige the authorities to implement it, suggesting that the bodies of these may refuse these suggestions. Thereby elected official, executive officeholder or advisor could freely continue with holding their functions which puts them in situation of conflict of interest.

Considering all the above mentioned, TI BiH believes that the proposed Amendments to the Law on Conflict of Interest in Governmental institutions of BiH do not improve any important issues regarding this area in comparison with existing situation, and they do not contribute to the prevention of corruption at all, instead, through the legalization of the influence of the political parties on the decision-making, they further encourage it.

Most of the Corruption Reports in Public Administration and Education

Press releases ● 25 March 2013

Banja Luka, 25^th March 2013. – During 2012 Advocacy and Legal Advice Centre byTransparency International Bosnia and Herzegovina (TIBiH), a project supported by the governments of Norway and Germany, as well as the Civil Right Defenders, received 972 calls through the open line for reporting corruption (0800 55555), and number of received reports in electronic forms, through the website www.ti-bih.org or by e-mail ,have been increasing. On the basis of these reports, TIBiH has initiated 208 cases to various institutions in BiH, in order to provide legal assistance to citizens in exercising their rights, and to indicate to individual cases of corruption.

The largest number of reports in 2012 referred to the public administration (19%), then (12%) to education, property rights (10%) and access to information (9%).

As well as in two previous years, most of the reports were related to the irregularities and to abuses in the recruitment process, where the partiality in the selection of candidates for different positions was noticed. The largest number of reports was related to irregular conduction of competitions for civil servants at all level of government, and to the recruitment of the staff in public enterprises and public institutions. Also, there were reports on irregular appointment procedures at all levels, or cases in which the conditions of competition were adjusted to preselected candidates.

During 2012 there have been 5 reports that referred to the irregularities in awarding of incentives for agriculture. It is necessary to emphasize that some of the incentives were awarded  by the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry to some non-farmers in order to obtain votes for the People’s Party Work for Progress (Narodna stranka Radom za boljitak), against which TIBiH submitted report on violation of the Law on financing of political parties to the Central Election Commission.

25 reports were related to corruption in education, which were 10 more reports than in 2011. It is interesting that 11 reports were related to higher education institutions, mostly because of non-transparency of competition procedures for selection of assistants and other teaching staff, and because of irregularities related to the projects that were being conducted at some universities etc.

On the basis of these reports TIBiH has contacted authorized institutions at all levels in BiH. However, the prosecution of corruption is still at unsatisfactory level because of the obstacles such are slow pace of administration and inadequate implementation of legislation on freedom of information at all levels.

Nevertheless, a noticeable increase in the number of reports in relation to the previous year, indicate to greater awareness of the citizens in the fight to their rights. TI BiH hopes that this practice will continue in the future and once again urges all who were witnesses or victims of corruption to report any irregularities to institutions through free phone line 0800 55555 or website www.ti-bih.org.

Opening of the Exhibition ‘’Mitomania’’

Press releases ● 18 March 2013

This project is creative way of displaying consequences of corruption in BiH society. Accordingly, the first in the series of the exhibitions under the name ’’Bribe Mania’’ is being organized in Mostar, where the winning drawings and caricatures collected through the award contest announced by TI BiH will be displayed, along with the work of professional cartoonists who participated in the project.

The exhibition will be opened by the Ambassador of the United States of America, His Excellency Patrick S. Moon and Emir Đikić, Chairman of the Board of Directors of TI BiH. The opening will be held in the Youth Culture Centre  Abrašević (Alekse Šantića , No 25) on March 20 2013. at 18.00 p.. The exhibition will remain open in the period from 20^th March to 30^th March 2013., and then it will be moved to Sarajevo and Banja Luka.

Conference on Regional Experiences in the Financing of Political Parties

Press releases ● 22 February 2013

Besides TIBiH, the conference will be attended by the representatives of the chapters of Transparency International in Croatia, Serbia, Kosovo and Albania, who have conducted regional research and project about transparency of financing of political parties. Considering that similar studies have been conducted in BiH, the main purpose of this conference is to compare the situation and identify positive solutions in order to improve transparency in this area. The conference will be also attended by representatives of BiH institutions, civil society, political parties and the media.

The conference will be held on 28 February 2013. commencing at 10.00 am in the Hotel Europe in Sarajevo.

Agenda bellow.

Transparency International turns 20

Press releases ● 20 February 2013

Twenty years ago foreign bribes were a legal tax write-off for multinational corporations in too many countries, there was no way to measure corruption on a global scale and few leaders of countries lost their jobs for being corrupt.

International organisations did not focus on promoting transparency and anti-corruption, nor was there a single global agreement among countries aimed at stopping bribery or corruption.

Fast forward to 2013 and corruption has gone from a taboo topic to the most-talked about social challenge in the world. Those seeking to eliminate the abuse of power, secret dealings and bribery have torn down graft-riddled governments from Egypt to Peru.

Not one, but two global agreements between governments around the world seek to stop the scourge of foreign bribery and corruption. Corruption does not stop at international borders, making the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention and the United Nations Convention against Corruption important crime-fighting tools.

Transparency International played an integral role in all of these changes. Our work has taken us many places, including into the corridors of power where we push and lobby for laws that, for example, open up government books so the people know where the money is coming from, how it is spent and who is spending it. It takes us to a small legal advice office in rural India where a father wants help fending off the request for a 500 rupee (US$9) bribe from a school official in order to secure his daughter’s diploma.

Transparency International has helped save citizens’ lives and billions of dollars by stopping secret deals, shedding light on crooked contracts and making bidding and other public processes more open to the public.

It all began in 1993 when Peter Eigen launched Transparency International. A former World Bank senior official, Eigen had waged a campaign inside the institution and across the development aid community to build understanding of how corruption was wrecking anti-poverty projects in many of the world’s poorest countries. He won encouragement on a personal level from an array of senior officials, but the institutions refused to budge. Their leaders said corruption was just too hot to handle. Eigen decided it was time to act.

In February 1993, Eigen and a group of some 20 allies from a dozen countries met in The Hague to approve the charter document that established Transparency International. In May a conference was held in Berlin and the organisation commenced the long struggle against secret dealings, bribery and the abuse of power.

With the first two decades under our belt, now is the time to look ahead and ask ourselves where will we be in the next 20 years and what will we need to do to get there.

An important clue to the future lies in the events of the last two years when citizens from Tahrir Square to Wall Street decided to say “Enough is enough”, toppling corrupt regimes and demanding corporations who bring too much risk to the global economy be removed.

The battle against corruption can no longer only take place within the halls of government, it must now be waged from a broad public base and engage new constituencies like the business community and other non-governmental organisations or football fans.

As we saw in Cairo and within the Occupy Wall Street movement, technology will increasingly be used to bring people together quickly to challenge the status quo.

Looking ahead, Transparency International will create a succinct, clear and accessible statement of people-centred principles outlining what people all over the world can do to stand up and successfully resist corruption.

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Roundtable on Legislative Amendments to the Law on Conflict of Interest

Announcements ● 08 February 2013

Considering that the Amendments on both Laws have been sent to the Institutions for their adoption procedures, this will be an opportunity to present those Amendments to the public, and to launch a public debate on quality of provided solutions and their consequences for the Institute of Conflict of Interest in BiH. This opportunity will be also used for establishing of the dialogue between the proponents of the Law, the Institutions that implement the Laws on Conflict of Interest, and civil society in order to improve transparency of creating the legislative framework, and to create the highest quality legal solutions.

The roundtable will be attended by the representatives of the Central Election Commission, the Commission for Determining Conflict of Interest in Institutions of the Republic of Srpska, the legislative and executive state authorities, international institutions, civil society and the media.

Roundtable on Legislative Amendments to the Laws on Conflict of Interest will be held on Monday 11^th February 2013. , starting at 11.00 am in the Hotel Europe in Sarajevo.

High Risk of Corruption in BiH Defense Sector

Press releases ● 29 January 2013

London, 29^th January 2013- Transparency International UK, within the Programme for Defense and Security, has released the Government Defense Anti-Corruption Index, which analyses what 82 countries do to reduce corruption risks. Countries included in the Study accounted for 94% of the global military expenditure in 2011, equivalent to $1.6 trillion. Each country is scored in bands from very low risks of corruption (A) critical risk (F), according to detailed assessment across 77 indicators that cover five prominent risk areas in the sector: politics, finance, personnel, operations, and procurement.

According to the first ever index measuring how governments prevent corruption in the defense sector indicates that 70% of countries leave the door open to waste and security threats as they lack the tools to prevent corruption in the defense sector. Countries with poor controls include two-thirds of the largest arms importers and half of the biggest arms exporters in the world. Germany and Australia are the only countries that have strong anti-corruption mechanisms, which include a robust parliamentary oversight, very strict standards for the companies in the defense sector and responsible intelligence agencies. On the other side, there are nine countries- Algeria, Angola, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, Syria and Yemen- which exhibit critical risk of corruption thanks to lack of basic control and accountability mechanisms. In the Appendix 1 there is a general overwiev of the raitings for all the countries included in the study.

Bosnia and Herzegovina has been marked with a band D, which implies high risk of coruption. Comparing with the political risks,even though regulations for the control of formal policy of the defense and security exist there is no transparency in the decision making process or effective supervision over the defese and security budget.

When it comes to financial risks, control over the distribution of property has yet to be established, while at the same time media reports have been pointing to an illegal sale of assets and weapons. Although, the audit reports have been delivered to the Parliament the percentage of the defense and security budget allocated to the ‘’secret items’’ is unavailable to the public. In terms of personnel, there are no laws which would protect whistleblowers and facilitate reporting irregularities. Even though the formal system for appointing and promoting of the personnel exists, in practice some irregularities have been identified. Although corruption is not recognized as a strategic issue in military doctrine, within the category of operational risks, the personnel has been subjected to training on corruption, including corruption in the procurement process. When it comes to procurement area, there is lack of oversight mechanism in the legal framework. Bidders are not subjected to the special demands to compliance with the provision of the law and codes and, also there is lack of sanctions for collusion among bidders. Ratings for individual indicators for Bosnia and Herzegovina are located in Appendix 2.

Transparency International calls on governments to make this traditionally secretive sector, which involves large public contracts, more open to the public. Defense establishments should increase citizens’ access to information about defense budgets and procurement. Legislators should have stronger controls and oversight of the sector, as well as the will to prevent corruption.

Appendix 1. General Overwiev

A-Very low risk of corruption (2 countries): AUSTRALIA, GERMANY

B-Low risk (7 Countries): AUSTRIA, NORWAY, SOUTH KOREA, SWEDEN, TAIWAN, UNITED KINGDOM, UNITED STATES

C-Moderate risk (16 countries): ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, BULGARIA, CHILE, COLOMBIA, CROATIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, FRANCE, GREECE, HUNGARY, ITALY, JAPAN, LATVIA, POLAND, SLOVAKIA, SPAIN

D- High level (30 countries):

D+ BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, CYPRUS, INDIA, ISRAEL, KENYA, KUWAIT,L EBANON, MEXICO, NEPAL, SERBIA, SINGAPORE, SOUTH AFRICA, THAILAND,UKRAINE, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE)

D== BANGLADESH, BELARUS, CHINA, ETHIOPIA, GEORGIA, GHANA, JORDAN,

KAZAKHSTAN, MALAYSIA, PAKISTAN, PALESTINE, RUSSIA, RWANDA,

TANZANIA, TURKEY

E- Very high level (18 countries): AFGHANISTAN, BAHRAIN, COTE D’IVOIRE, INDONESIA, IRAN, IRAQ, MOROCCO,NIGERIA, OMAN, PHILIPPINES, QATAR, SAUDI ARABIA, SRI LANKA, TUNISIA,UGANDA, UZBEKISTAN, VENEZUELA, ZIMBABWE

F- Critical level (9 countries): ALGERIA, ANGOLA, CAMEROON, DRC, EGYPT, ERITREA, LIBYA,

SYRIA, YEMEN

Appendix 2 Ratings for individual indicators

The Collaboration between the University of Sarajevo and Transparency International BiH

Press releases ● 18 January 2013

at which it was discussed about activities of the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding between the University of Sarajevo and Transparency International Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BiH). The meeting was attended by representatives of Transparency International BiH: Mr. Emir Đikić, Chairman of the Board of Directors,  Ms. Ivana Korajlić, head of the program, and members of the management of the University: PH.D.Muharem Avdispahić, rector and PH.D. Ugo Vlaisavljević, and provosts, PH.D. Faruk Mekić and Ph.D.Dženan Đonlagić.

Memorandum of Understanding between University of Sarajevo and Transparency International BiH was signed on 22^nd September 2011. The Memorandum defines the mechanisms and modes of collaboration in the field of prevention and fight against corruption and assurance of the integrity and quality in higher education. On 27^thDecember 2012. the Senate of the University of Sarajevo at the session held adopted document of the Federal Ministry of Education and Science under the name ‘’ Program of Measures for Prevention of Corruption in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina’’. Also, Transparency International took part in the drafting of this document.

At the meeting, it was also discussed about the next steps of cooperation in proposing and adopting of the acts relating to the prevention of corruption and principals of the work of ethics committees at public universities in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Decline of Transparency in Public Procurement in BiH

Press releases ● 26 December 2012

Banja Luka, 26^th December 2012. – Transparency International Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BiH) has issued a report on Monitoring of the Implementation of the Law on Public Procurement, within the activities of monitoring the implementation of Anti-Corruption Reforms in BiH conducted in collaboration with the Open Society Fund (OSF).

The Monitoring findings have indicated the lack of transparency in public procurement because open participation in the overall procurement fell from about 91% in 2008, to 37% in 2011. This is primarily due to amendments to the Law on Public Procurement in 2009 which has raised the limit for direct agreements and led to a reduction of the number of public procurement conducted in open bidding procedures.

The abuses in the implementation of the Law have been caused by the arbitrary interpretation of regulations, poor coordination between the institutions at all levels, and lack of accountability of individuals in all major segments of corruption prevention in this area. The price of tender documentation or the way of its acquiring from the very start discourage some providers of goods, services or work, while during the preparation of the documentation some specific criteria have been defined  which favor certain bidders.

Adequate supervision of the public procurement process has not been established yet by the Public Procurement Agency and the Procurement Review Body, and there are no consequences for non-transparent and illegal procurement. Termination of proceedings for almost 80% of decisions on complaints of bidder does not end in their favor, but they are ended mostly by irregular canceling of procurement by contraction authorities. So far a single bidder has not been reimbursed.

There is no an adequate response from the judiciary – delay in passing judgments makes them irrelevant, because it is impossible to correct an irregular procurement process after two or three years, and numerous reports of the Audit  Services indicating irregularities in the implementation of public procurement procedures have not resulted in adequate investigations.

On top of all the above, instead of adopting a new law on public procurement, which would enhance oversight and allow more effective control, political parties, have sent to the Council of Ministers a proposal to increase taxes for appeals (from the 500KM to a whopping 25,000KM, depending on the value of procurement). Such proposed costs of the appeal would represent tremendous disincentive discrimination of aggrieved bidders in procurement process, and would send a dangerous message to the business world and to the citizens that any attempt to combat irregularities and corruption in public procurement and countering financial oligarchs, who often receive and supply contracts, is a losing battle.

Bosnia and Herzegovina Captured by the Interests of Six Individuals

Press releases ● 14 December 2012

The act of amending very important laws of Bosnia and Herzegovina, such as the Election Law, the Law on Conflict of Interest, the Law on the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council, the Law on Civil Service etc. by the agreement of just six people, under urgent amendment procedure and without any public debate, represents dictatorial and undemocratic act of the ruling parties.

Political parties in power, and their six leaders, hereby try and officially confirm that they have absolute control over all processes in Bosnia and Herzegovina, positioning themselves above the legislation, and by the amendments to the Law on Civil Service and the Law on Conflict of Interests they additionally verify their power as well as the complete immunity to sanctions for violating the law.

Such behavior of the political parties, and the fact that none of the authorized institutions on which the implementation of these laws would have devastating effects have not reacted, show  that Bosnia and Herzegovina is not a democratic country, but the state captured by the six individuals.

In the next few days, signatories of the statement shall send their open letter regarding the amendments to the laws to the Council of Ministers and the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, regardless of their efforts to hide the amendments to the laws from public insight. At the same time, we are taking the opportunity to invite all other civil society groups to oppose the destruction of the legal framework and parliamentary democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Signatories of the statement:

Transparency International Bosnia and Herzegovina

Centers for Civic Initiatives

Open Society Fund Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Helsinki Committee for Human Rights RS

Center for the Promotion of Civil Society

The European Research Center

Conference on Integrity of Higher Education and prevention of Corruption

Press releases ● 11 December 2012

The goal of this conference is to identify effective mechanisms for prevention of corruption at universities in the region with the aim of creating a transparent and accountable system of higher education, and to provide equal access to education and to strengthen trust in universities, which has been shaken due to a number of corruption scandals which have shaken not just Bosnia, but also other countries in the region.

Conference will focus on the discussion about the solutions which have so far yielded results in the fight against corruption in higher education, and on proposals for strengthening the integrity of higher education institutions.

The conference will be held on 12^th and 13^th December at the Hotel Europe in Sarajevo. The first day of the conference (starting from 13:00 p.m.) will be devoted to discussion about ensuring integrity in higher education and pre-requisites for effective prevention of corruption.  The second day (starting from 10:00 a.m.) will be devoted to comparison of the regional experiences. The conference speakers shall be representatives of organizations and institutions from Serbia, Croatia, Romania and Bosnia and Herzegovina with participation of representatives of the BiH universities and the institutions in charge of implementation of laws on higher education.

The conference will be open to the press, and the agenda is attached.

Zer0tolerance4corruption for the ninth time in Banja Luka

Announcements ● 07 December 2012

A special segment of the International Anti-Corruption Day is dedicated to the young population, within a general orientation of TI for prevention of corruption through work with young people. On the occasion of the International Anti-Corruption Day TI BiH organizes a partyt for young people called ‘’Zero Tolerance For Corruption Party’’.  During past nine years, the most renowned musicians of electronic music have performed at these parties and have gathered a large number of young people from BiH and the region, which have made Banja Luka recognizable by this event.

This year, the party will be held on 14^th December 2012. in DFK Club in Banja Luka where performers will be  DJ Kormac from Ireland and Cayetano Soundsystem from Greece, who are with indispensable Parov Stelar considered leaders of the musical direction electro swing.

Presentation of the findings of the National Integrity System Assessment in BiH

Announcements ● 06 December 2012

The Conference is part of the project “National Integrity System Assessment in Bosnia and Herzegovina”, funded by the European Union in the amount of 135.711,69 Euro and implemented by the Transparency International BiH.

The conference will start with opening remarks by Mr. Emir Đikić, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Transparency International BiH, Mr. Mladen Ćavar, Deputy BiH Minister of Security and Dr. Renzo Daviddi, Deputy Head of the Delegation of the European Union to BiH.

Presentation of the findings of the National Integrity System (NIS) Assessment will follow. The NIS Assessment offers a qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the legal basis and the actual performance of institutions relevant to the overall anticorruption system. The NIS assessment analyses three dimensions – the capacity of individual institutions to function, their internal governance in terms of integrity, transparency and accountability, and their role in contributing to the overall integrity of the state governance system.

The final part of the Conference is discussion on the issue of Rule of Law and the Fight against Corruption in the Context of European integration.

Attached is the agenda of the Conference which is opened to media.

For more information, please contact:

Srđan Blagovčanin, Executive Director, Transparency International BiH

Corruption is still a major barrier to BiH stability

Press releases ● 05 December 2012

Sarajevo, December 5, 2012 – Transparency International published the Corruption Perceptions Index 2012, which ranks Bosnia and Herzegovina 72^nd out of 176 countries this year with a score of 42 (on the scale of 0-100). That is still below the midpoint of 50, placing Bosnia and Herzegovina below most European countries. CPI also shows that majority of 176 countries scored below the average, indicating that corruption represents a serious threat throughout the world.

The index shows Bosnia and Herzegovina cannot be complacent with its ranking given its aspirations of becoming a member of the European Union. The only state to join the EU in the region of the former Yugoslavia over the last 10 years is Slovenia with a CPI rank of 37, showing that BIH has a long path to go in fighting corruption, to be considered a serious partner within EU.

Furthermore, CPI shows that BiH remains closely-ranked with countries where corruption is a major problem, and a barrier to growth, stability and investment. Bosnia and Herzegovina shares 72^nd position with Sao Tome and Principe and Italy. When it comes to countries from the region the highest ranked is still Slovenia (37^th), while the lowest ranked is Albania (113^th).

The results of the new CPI indicate that Bosnia and Herzegovina is stagnating, as seen in other surveys that show that there is no progress in fighting corruption in BiH. European Commission warned only two months ago that corruption is prevalent and that no significant efforts have been invested in tackling this issue, including a total lack of implementation of Anti-Corruption Strategy.  Bosnia and Herzegovina still needs to face with high-level political corruption, non-transparent management and misappropriation of public funds, through dubious subventions and public procurement, and corruption in public sector, in order to move up on the CPI list.

TI BiH Presents Municipal Transparency Ranking in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Press releases ● 30 November 2012

One of the main activities of the project is the transparency index for municipality in BiH. It will set the basis for further activities relating to the improvement of transparency of those municipalities which show weak results on the transparency and openness of municipalities ranking list.

On this occasion a specially designed application will be presented, which allows ranking of municipality transparency index and their mutual comparison, and an interactive map of municipalities with basic information on the index scale.

The presentation will be held on Monday, 3^rd December 2012. in the Atrium Hall of the Hotel Europe in Sarajevo, starting at 12 o’clock pm and it is open to the media.