Regional corruption monitoring system

In the meanwhile, work progressed on the development of a regional corruption monitoring system. Experts from Vitosha Research, the sociological unit of the Center for the Study of Democracy developed a survey methodology for the corruption diagnostics in seven SEE countries - Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, and Serbia and Montenegro. A network of survey agencies and watchdog NGOs was established to carry out the surveys.

As a result, a report Regional Corruption Monitoring in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, and Serbia and Montenegro was produced in March 2001. The main goal of the comparative analysis contained in the report was to show the public significance of the problem of corruption and the extent to which corruption has penetrated into the various sections of society.

The report is a unique effort which has not been undertaken in the region before. Its significance was underscored at the international conference Beyond Anticorruption Rhetoric: Coalition Building and Monitoring Impact, organized by Coalition 2000 in Sofia. Both Bulgarian and international media widely covered the report which was presented and discussed at the event. The conference was attended by representatives of non-governmental organizations and public officials from Southeast European countries as well as by representatives of international organizations, such as USAID, OECD, the World Bank, the European Union, UNDP and the Stability Pact for Southeast Europe. Among the keynote speakers were Mr. Sten Ask, Ambassador of Sweden, holding rotating presidency of the EU and the US Ambassador to Bulgaria Richard Miles. In his opening speech Ambassador Donald Kursch, Principal Deputy Special Coordinator of the Stability Pact for Southeast Europe, highly praised the achievements of the Southeast European Legal Development Initiative.

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Purpose and premise
Project progress
Regional corruption assessment
Regional corruption monitoring system
Preparation of phase two