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Preventing Corruption in Sport

Izvještaji za Medije ● 16 Juna 2009

For the good of the game, this must be so. Unfortunately, the spate of recent match-fixing scandals has cast doubt on this, even at the World Cup, and could threaten the long-term appeal of the sport. Wolfgang Feldner, the head of strategy at FIFA, world football’s governing body, suggested that even its Early Warning System, which monitors suspicious betting patterns, could not wipe out match-fixing altogether. In May 2010, Michel Platini, governing president of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), called for an international police task force to fight corruption in sports, especially in football, in an interview.

But are data screening of betting patterns and policing enough? Investigations and monitoring may catch a few villains, but it will not win the war on corruption in football or any sport. The best defense for the long-term has to be prevention. That applies not only to match-fixing, but the potential for corruption in all areas, from stadium construction and bidding for large competitions like the World Cup, to running a club using good governance principles.

Corruption – especially match-fixing – is a two-person crime. It needs a bribe payer and a bribe taker. While the payers in match-fixing usually come from outside the sport – traditional organised crime — the bribe takers are part of the clubs and associations. Calling for better policing only addresses one side of the equation; the sports authorities, around the world, must take on the responsibility to tackle corruption risks within their own organisations at regional, national and local levels.

This requires proper risk management and prevention programmes to raise awareness throughout the football family, from the more vulnerable players and referees to club administrators. Educational programmes, whistle blower hotlines and helpdesks as well as internal controls and standardised codes of ethics are essential for real improvement.

Before the kick-off in South Africa, FIFA for the first time warned of the potential of match-fixing. But awareness-raising cannot be a one-day issue. All sports’ governing bodies, including FIFA, UEFA and outside of football, the International Olympic Committee, for example, must take on the responsibility to introduce anti-corruption measures at all levels within their member organisations. They must modernize their structures in order to achieve transparency and integrity, and demonstrate zero-tolerance against all kinds of corruption.

That, in the long run, has to be the game-winning goal.

In 2006 TI Germany established a working group on sport and corruption issues to raise awareness and bring the issue to the international level. In March 2011, TI will take part in a conference organised by FIFA’s Early Warning System and the Swiss Sport Forum. TI has published a working paper and several articles including:

Blowing the whistle on match-fixing
Sustainability reporting in major sporting events
Red Card: Time to expel corruption from the game

TI BiH condemns the attacks on TI Romania

Izvještaji za Medije ● 10 Juna 2009

The recent media report indicating that Victor Alistar delayed income declarations to hide illicit gains is an obvious attempt to stop the TI Romania criticism regarding the political abuses committed around the adoption of new legal codes and the financial interests lying behind these.

The role of TI Romania and the civil society in general is to advocate for change, in this case to produce expert research on the causes and effects of corruption, and to serve as a partner for constructive discussions and expert debates with governments and the private sector. However, the work of TI, this time in Romania, has found itself again under the attack and intimidation through orchestrated defamation campaigns.

Transparency International Bosnia and Herzegovina had been in a similar situation, when it was attacked by the government through the media, and therefore wants to show and offer its full support to TI Romania in dealing with the attacks and continuing its activities under this pressure.

TI BiH appeals to the European Commission and the Romanian government to take an active role in stopping and preventing these attempts of undermining the personal integrity of a civil society advocate and in that process, the broader fight against corruption. The civil society must be guaranteed its freedom and space to participate in the public debate and must not be restricted, especially in the fight against corruption.

Yours sincerely,

Emir Đikić
Chair of the Board of Directors
Transparency International Bosnia and Herzegovina

Poruka TI BiH-a Evropskoj komisiji: Stanje korupcije u BiH dramatično

Izvještaji za Medije ● 08 Juna 2009

TI BiH’s message to the European Commission: The state of corruption in BiH is dramatic

Izvještaji za Medije ● 08 Juna 2009

Representatives of Transparency International (TI) and European Commission met in Brussels on the regular annual consultations that are organized for the purpose of preparing the European Commission’s Progress Report that is published every year.

During the consultations it was discussed about the progress that Bosnia and Herzegovina achieved in the past year in anti-corruption field, and all the findings so far suggest that the level of progress in this field is insignificant. Transparency international Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BiH), by monitoring the work of BiH institutions in implementing the anti-corruption reforms, has come to results that show that BiH has not undertaken any concrete anti-corruption activities, which was also proved by this year’s Corruption Perceptions Index by which BiH deteriorated and became the lowest ranking country in the region.

Analyses show that the greatest problems BiH has to deal with on the way to the progress towards European Union are political corruption, public officials being closely connected to the organized crime, as well as illegal privatization processes and non-transparent work of public companies. Additionally, incompatibility of laws regulating conflict of interests, week implementation of freedom of access to information laws, and the absence of independent anti-corruption agency, present additional obstacles to  Bosnia and Herzegovina’s progress in implementing significant anti-corruption reforms.

TI’s opinion is that BiH needs a clear anti-corruption strategy that should be adopted by Parliamentary Assembly of BiH, with participation of civil society organizations, whose implementation would be consistent and transparent, in order to achieve satisfactory level of its quality and sustainability within the overall process of anti-corruption reforms, which is proscribed by the United Nations Convention against Corruption.

Neučinkovitost vlasti i politička korupcija ponovo najizraženiji

Izvještaji za Medije ● 03 Juna 2009

Neučinkovitost vlasti i politička korupcija ponovo najizraženiji

Izvještaji za Medije ● 03 Juna 2009

Transparency International objavio je novi Globalni barometar korupcije (GCB) za 2009. g. koji istražuje kako korupcija utiče na obične ljude i pruža indikacije o oblicima i opsegu korupcije sa stanovišta građana širom svijeta. Barometar za 2009. godinu predstavlja rezultate istraživanja stavova javnosti o korupciji, kao i iskustva građana u susretu sa mitom. Globalni barometar korupcije ove godine procjenjuje koliko je, prema stavovima građana, korupcija prisutna i ključnim insitucijama i javnim službama, mjeri stavove građana o naporima vlasti da se bori protiv korupcije, a ove godine po prvi put uključuje i pitanje koliko je prisutan fenomen „zarobljene države“. Globalni baromatar korupcije za 2009. g. predstavlja stavove 73.132 ispitanika u ukupno 69 zemalja, uključujući i Bosnu i Hercegovinu u grupi zemalja zapadnog Balkana.

Kao i prethodnih godina, korupcija je prema stavovima građana (68% ispitanika) najprisutnija u političkim partijama, što važi i za Bosnu i Hercegovinu, a kada je u pitanju regija zapadnog Balkana, kao najkorumpiranija istaknuta je državna služba.

Ove godine, istraživanje se bavilo i pitanjem prakse privatnog sektora da korištenjem mita utiče na donošenje odluka i propisa unutar države, što se često naziva fenomenom „zarobljene države“. U zemljama zapadnog Balkana čak oko 60% ispitanika smatra da je ova praksa uobičajena, što potvrđuje ostale nalaze Transparency International-a koja ističu ovaj fenomen kao jedan od najvećih problema u Bosni i Hercegovini. Kada je u pitanju učinkovitost vlasti i njihovih aktivnosti u borbi protiv korupcije, građani su ponovo iskazali nezadovoljstvo, a u Bosni i Hercegovini je u odnosu na 2007.

g. broj onih koji smatraju da vlasti dovoljno čine u borbi protiv korupcije opao čak za oko 10%. Ovakvi rezultati odgovaraju istraživanjima percepcije korupcije koje sprovodi Transparency International Bosne i Hercegovine (TI BiH), a koji iz godine u godinu pokazuju sve veće nezadovoljstvo građana u vezi sa naporima institucija da se bore protiv korupcije kao jedne od najštetnijih pojava po društvo. 
Ovogodišnji Barometar je ukazao i na relativno veliku spremnost građana da daju mito, a rezultati pokazuju da su građani najviše voljni dati mito policiji, te da je skoro četvrtina ispitanika koja je u posljednjih godinu dana imala susret s policijom platila mito. U isto vrijeme, jako je mala spremnost građana da prijave davanja mita, a kada je zapadni Balkan u pitanju, razlog za ovo su uglavnom strah od mogućih posljedica.

Ovo istraživanje još je jedan od pokazatelja nadležnim institucijama i vlastima u BiH da moraju pokazati više volje i odgovornosti u borbi protiv korupcije, te da je krajnje vrijeme da se preduzmu energičnije i oštrije mjere kako bi se ova pojava iskorijenila, naročito kako bi se izbjegle ponovne afere vezane za korupciju u privatizaciji i javnim nabavkama kojima su građani BiH u posljednjih nekoliko godina često bili svjedoci.

Global_Corruption_Barometer.pdf

Government inefficiency and political corruption most distinctive

Izvještaji za Medije ● 03 Juna 2009

Transparency International published a new Global Corruption Barometer
(GCB) 2009 that looks into how corruption affects the regular people and offers indications of the forms and the
scope of corruption from the point of view of citizens worldwide. Barometer for 2009 presents results of public
opinion research on corruption and citizens’ experiences with bribe. This year’s GCB assesses how much,
according to citizens, the corruption is present in key institutions and public services, measures citizens’ attitudes
on governments’ efforts in the fight against corruption, and for the first time this year it includes the issue of the
presence of “state capture” phenomenon. GCB 2009 represents attitudes of 73,132 citizens in the overall of 69
countries, including Bosnia and Herzegovina in the group of countries of Western Balkans.

As in the previous years, corruption is, according to citizens’ views, the most present in political parties, which is
also the case for Bosnia and Herzegovina, and civil service is emphasised as the most corrupt for the region of
Western Balkans countries.

This year’s research also dealt with the issue of the private sector practice to use bribe in order to influence
decision making and regulations in the country, which is often called as “state capture’ phenomenon. In Western
Balkans countries around 60% of people questioned think that this is a common practice, which is confirmed by
other Transparency International analyses that point out to this problem as one of the greatest problems in Bosnia
and Herzegovina. When it comes to government efficiency and its anti-corruption activities, citizens expressed their
discontent again, and in Bosnia and Herzegovina the number of people who think that government authorities do
enough in the fight against corruption decreased 10% in comparison to 2007. These results match the corruption
perceptions survey carried out by Transparency International Bosnia and Herzegovina that year after year shows
increasing dissatisfaction of citizens regarding the efforts of institutions to fight corruption as one of the most
damaging occurrences in a society. This year’s Barometer pointed out to relatively high readiness of citizens to give
bribe, and the results show that citizens are most willing to bribe police and that almost a quarter of those
questioned who had encounters with police in the past year paid a bribe. At the same time, the willingness to report
bribery is very little, and the reason for this, when it comes to Western Balkans, is a fear of possible repercussions.

This research is another indicator to authorized institutions and authorities in BiH that they must show more
willingness and accountability in the fight against corruption, and that it is a high time for more aggressive and
fearse measures to be undertaken in order to eradicate corruption, especially in order to avoid new corruption
affairs in the area of privatization and public procurement of which BiH citizens have been witnesses in the previous
couple of years.

Panel diskusija – „Uloga civilnog društva u antikorupcionim reformama“

Izvještaji za Medije ● 27 Maja 2009

Panel diskusija – „Uloga civilnog društva u antikorupcionim reformama“

Najave ● 27 Maja 2009

Transparency International Bosne i Hercegovine (TI BiH) organizuje panel diskusiju pod nazivom „Uloga civilnog društva u antikorupcionim reformama“, povodom posjete gospođe Huguette Labelle, predjsedavajuće međunarodnog Odbora direktora Transparency International-a.

Panel diskusija će biti prilika za predsatvnike institucija vlasti, civilnog društva i međunarodne zajednice da analiziraju stanje korupcije u BiH i u svijetu, te diskutuju o načinima borbe protiv ove štetne pojave kroz međusektorsku saradnju i antikorupcione reforme i inicijative. Ovo je takođe prilika da se iz različitih uglova sagleda uloga organizacija civilnog društva u antikorupcionim reformama, prije svega Transparency International-a kao organizacije čija je osnovna svrha borba protiv korupcije,  imajući u vidu specifičan kontekst bosansko-hercegovačkog društva.

Predstavnici institucija vlasti i nevladinog sektora imaće mogućnost da identifikuju prepreke i probleme sa kojima se suočavaju u brobi protiv korupcije, te izgradnji i poboljšanju sistema nacionalnog integriteta.

Panel diskusija će se održati 28. maja, u Casino Sali hotela Holiday Inn u Sarajevu, sa početkom u 12.00 časova i biće otvorena za predstavnike medija.

Posjeta predsjedavajuće međunarodnog Odbora direktora TI Bosni i Hercegovini

Izvještaji za Medije ● 25 Maja 2009

Posjeta predsjedavajuće međunarodnog Odbora direktora TI Bosni i Hercegovini

Izvještaji za Medije ● 25 Maja 2009

Transparency International Bosne i Hercegovine (TI BIH) ugostiće 27. i 28. maja predsjedavajuću međunarodnog  Odbora direktora Transparency International (TI), gospođu Hugette Labelle. Povod posjete gospođe Labelle je ocjena stanja korupcije u zemlji, te prilika da se Predsjedavajuća TI sastane sa međunarodnim i domaćim zvaničnicima Bosne i Hercegovine i razgovara o postojećim mehanizmima borbe protiv korupcije i načinu na koji civilno društvo, prije sveg TI, može tome doprinijeti.

Tokom posjete, biće organizovana i panel diskusija pod nazivom „Uloga civilnog društva u antikorupcionim reformama“ na kojoj će se iz različitih uglova sagledati perspektiva i uloga civilnog društva u borbi protiv korupcije, imajući u vidu specifičan kontekst bosansko-hercegovačkog društva. Panel diskusija će se održati 28. maja, sa početkom u 12.00 časova, u hotelu Holiday Inn u Sarajevu.

Experts: Weak justice system failing Kosovo

Izvještaji za Medije ● 19 Maja 2009

The International Crisis Group said in a report published Wednesday that Kosovo “struggles with uneven rule of law and a weak justice system that is failing its citizens.” It says institutions are “prone to political interference and abuse of office” and cautions that “organized crime and corruption are widespread and growing.”

So far 68 countries have recognized Kosovo's independence from Serbia, including the U.S. and most countries in the EU. Serbia has vowed to block further recognition and has Russia's support.

The EU has a 2,000 strong police mission that deals with war crimes and organized crime.

Vlada FBiH protiv javnog interesa

Izvještaji za Medije ● 16 Maja 2009

Vlada FBiH protiv javnog interesa

Izvještaji za Medije ● 16 Maja 2009

Transparency International Bosne i Hercegovine (TI BiH) izvršio je analizu privatizacije Energopetrol d.d. Sarajevo, koja je pokazala da Konzorcij MOL (Mađarska) i INA (Hrvatska), kao većinski vlasnici preduzeća, nisu izvršili brojne obaveze određene Ugovorom o dokapitalizaciji. Ovo se prije svega odnosi na obaveze investiranja u Energopetrol, odnosno iznos i vremenski rok u okviru kojeg se Konzorcij MOL-INA obavezao da će uložiti sredstva u Energopetrol d.d. Sarajevo.

Iz Izvještaja Agencije za privatizaciju Federacije BiH nije vidljivo da li je Konzorcij zaista investirao ugovorene iznose za prvu i drugu godinu. Prema ovom izvoru, Konzorcij je investirao u Energopetrol d.d. Sarajevo između 4 i 6 miliona KM u prvoj godini investiranja, dok za drugu godinu nema podataka, pa se može zaključitu da nije sigurno da li je Konzorcij investirao preuzetih 35.000.000 KM u drugoj investicijskoj godini, koja je istekla u martu ove godine.

Takođe, ugovorne strane, dakle Vlada FBiH i Konzorcij MOL-INA, obavezale su se da će prije kraja prve godine angažovati nezavisnu revizorsku kuću koja će utvrditi da li je Konzorcij investirao u Energopetrol iznose na koje se obavezao. Međutim, iako je istekla i druga investicijska godina, revizorska kuća još uvijek nije angažovana, a Vlada FBiH nije preduzela nikakve korake kako bi utvrdila u kom obimu je Konzorcij ispunio svoje obaveze. Ovim je jasno stavljeno do znanja da Vlada FBiH toleriše ovakvo ponašanje, a neangažovanjem revizorske kuće ide u korist Konzorcijumu koji nije ispunio ugovorne obaveze.

Iako se Konzorcij obavezao da će u roku od tri godine riješiti radno-pravi status zaposlenih koji žele da napuste Energopetrol, na manje od četiri mjeseca od isteka ovog roka još uvijek nisu obezbijeđena sredstva za otpremnine još 86 radnika (približno oko 2.000.000,00 KM), a nije ni jasno ko bi trebalo da obezbijedi ova sredstva – Konzorcij MOL-INA ili pak Vlada Federacije BiH.

„U slučaju Energopetrola, kao i u brojnim drugim slučajevima privatizacije u BiH, postavlja se pitanje stvarnih namjera Vlade. Imajući u vidu realizaciju ugovornih obaveza, sasvim je jasno da Vlada nije radila u javnom interesu, a u čijem interesu je djelovala, trebalo bi da utvrde nadležni istražni organi“, izjavio je Srđan Blagovčanin, izvršni direktor TI BiH.

Analiza privatizacije Energopetrola d.d. Sarajevo izvršena je na osnovu informacija koje je Vlada Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine dostavila TI BiH početkom 2009.g., te drugih informacija dostupnim javnosti. TI BiH je Analizu proslijedio i Vladi Federacije BiH, sa zahtjevom da se oglasi po ovom pitanju.

Energopetrol_dd_Sarajevo_privatizacija.pdf

Autor: SRNA

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