Presentations of the Strategy and Action Plan for the Fight against Corruption were held in three cantons

Sarajevo, 8. July 2015 – Transparency International of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in cooperation with the Agency for Prevention of Corruption and Coordination of the Fight against Corruption (APIK), held presentations of the Strategy and Action Plan for the Fight against Corruption for the period 2015-2019. 25. June in Bosansko – Podrinje, 30. June in Central Bosnia and 2. July in Tuzla Canton.

The Anti-Corruption Strategy was adopted by the Council of Ministers in May 2015, and the aim of the presentations organized by TI BiH was to acquaint representatives of institutions in the mentioned cantons with the obligations arising from the new Strategy, so that its implementation can begin as soon as possible. was as efficient as possible. Namely, the experience with the implementation of the previous Strategy showed that one of the causes of insufficient implementation of measures from the Strategies and Action Plan lay in the fact that all actors who should have participated in the implementation were not timely or properly aware of their obligations.

The presentations were attended by representatives of the executive and legislative authorities of the canton, representatives of courts and prosecutor’s offices, public companies and public institutions, as well as representatives of the academic community, non-governmental organizations and the media. The participants were introduced to the process of adopting the Strategy, its content, and the individual pillars of the Strategy were presented in more detail, as well as individual measures from the Action Plan for its implementation. Special attention was given to the need to establish a coordination mechanism at the cantonal level, as well as to the models for establishing this mechanism.

The presentation was held as part of a project entitled “Strengthening Integrity and Good Governance for More Effective Implementation of the Anti-Corruption Strategy from the Local to the State Level”, funded by the Delegation of the European Union to Bosnia and Herzegovina.