TI BiH and the University of Banja Luka sign the Memorandum of Cooperation

Banja Luka, December 08, 2011. –After establishing cooperation with the universities in Zenica, Tuzla and Sarajevo, Transparency International Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BiH) will sign the Memorandum of Cooperation with the University of Banja Luka with the aim of establishing the mechanisms and means of cooperation in the filed of prevention and fight against corruption, as well as ensuring integrity and quality in higher education.

The aim of establishing cooperation is the active engagement on the prevention of corruption in higher education through the adoption of anti-corruption plans at the universities and the creation of preconditions for harmonizing the legal framework in this area. Realization of cooperation with BiH universities is the part of the activities of TI BiH aimed at defining the causes of corruption in higher education and their elimination through a strategic approach and application of pre-defined measures and anti-corruption plans.

TI BiH and the University of Banja Luka will commit themselves to joint involvement primarily in the creation and adoption of plans of integrity and principles of transparency and accountability at the University. TI BiH hopes that this type of cooperation between NGOs and institutions of higher education will become a common practice and that the anti-corruption plans to be adopted in future will bring the expected results.

Memorandum of Cooperation will be signed by the vice-chancellor of the University of Banja Luka, Prof. Dr, Stanko Stanic and TI BiH’s spokesperson, Ivana Korajlic. The signing will take place on Friday, December 9, 2011. at the Vice-Chancellor Office in Banja Luka at 10:30 a.m. In this way, the University and TI BiH will symbolically mark December 9, the International Anti-Corruption Day.