Prevention of Corruption by the Directorate for Anti-Corruption

Initiative

Bratislava, 30 June – 1 July 2009

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Implementing promotional and preventive anti-corruption activities (public awareness raising, education, research work)

Cooperating with state bodies (in preparation and implementation of legislation and programme documents, and in reporting corruption), with NGO and private sector

Proposing adoption and implementation of European and international standards to the Government

Monitoring implementation of GRECO recommendations Coordinating implementation activities of the UNCAC Performing other activities arising from the membership in

Regional Cooperation Council for SEE, and other international organizations and institutions

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Media Campaigns Promotion of DACI’s, NMC and other state bodies’ work (NAP) Promotion of national and international AC legal instruments General public, public sector, private sector, education sector Billboards, brochures, leaflets; TV and radio programmes; press

conferences, conferences, round table discussions… Educational Activities Lectures and workshops for civil servants, high school and

university students, on regular basis, as well as number of ad hoc lectures and presentations, in cooperation with NGOs

Communication with General Public on regular basis DACI’s Communication Strategy

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Increased level of public awareness and public trust in DACI (number of citizens’ reports to DACI in 2008 was 40, and almost 50 in the first half of 2009)

Good cooperation with media (increased presence of DACI in mass communication media)

Publishing and distributing: “Anticorruption Guide for Secondary Schools”, “Participation of private sector in combating corruption”, “Reporting corruption in the process of privatization”, “Your NO Counts”, ”Report corruption, the rest is our responsibility”…

Launching Internal bulletin in 2009 (quarterly, two issues published)

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With the support of UNDP Montenegro: Integrity and Capacity Assessment of Judiciary

(2008) Integrity and Capacity Assessment of Local

Governance (2008-09)

With the support of Norwegian MFA: Survey on Corruption in the Private Sector in

Montenegro (2009)

Planned: Integrity and Capacity Assessment of Public

Administration

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Sources of valuable information on scopes, forms, causes and mechanism of corruption and recommendations for improvements in specific sectors

Useful information in drafting/amending legislation, in better designing and targeting sectoral/national anti-corruption efforts, basis for measuring the progress and effects of these efforts

Better designing and targeting of DACI’s activities

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GRECO (coordination, implementation, monitoring, reporting) UNCAC (promotion, harmonization of legislation) Implementation of activities under:

Regional anti-corruption initiative (RAI)Regional Cooperation Council (RCC)The Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative (StAR) European Partner for Fight Against corruption (EPAC) Enhanced Permanent Dialogue (EPD)Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP)UNDOC Global AC CampaignMoUs with Slovenian Commission for Prevention of Corruption and Macedonian State Commission for Prevention of Corruption

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Joint First and Second Evaluation Rounds for Montenegro: 24 recommendations (October 2006)

Compliance Report on Montenegro (December 2008):

Two-thirds of GRECO recommendations (16/24), progress achieved in virtually all areas tackled in recommendations

Recognition of DACI’s success in fulfilling recommendations, (undertaking research on corruption issues and its forms, revising Public Procurement Law, NAP monitoring, training for auditors and accountants...)

Next evaluation July 2010.

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With the support of UNDP Montenegro, desktop analysis of the compliance of Montenegrin legislation with the UNCAC:

Law on Criminal Liability of Legal Entities Law on Free Access to Information Law on Funding of Political Parties Law on International Legal Assistance in Criminal

Matters Code of Criminal Procedure Criminal Code Law on Public Procurement Law on Conflict of Interest

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Analysis of provisions of the Law on Civil Servants and Employees concerning protection of whistleblowers in public administration

Professional Directive for procedures for reporting corruption crimes and protection of those reporting them

Draft Law on Integrity in Public Sector

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NAP Monitoring

DACI Capacity Building (OSCE, HRMA, Slovenian AC Commission)

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EC/IPA 2007 The twining project “Combating corruption and organized crime” (2009-2010)

NMFA: “Support to Implementation of International Anticorruption Standards and instruments in Montenegro” (2009)

UNDP: Implementation of activities recommended under the Capacity Assessment of the DACI

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Ever broadening mandate and increasing expectations

Prospect of becoming secretariat of NMC

Strengthen the position of a national anti-corruption coordinator (First Conference on Donor Coordination in AC Policy - June 2009)

Further building of DACI’s capacities in PR, coordination, research work, knowledge management.

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Thank you for your attention!

Mirela Bakalbasic, Advisor mirela.bakalbasic@daci.gov.me

www.gov.me/antikorup/