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| SPAI regional conference: Empowering Civil Society in the Fight against Corruption in South East Europe
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On September 17-19, 2001 a Stability Pact
Anti-corruption Initiative (SPAI) regional
conference on civil society Empowering
Civil Society in the Fight against Corruption in South East
Europe was held in Dubrovnik, Croatia. CSD Head of Law Program Dr.
Maria Yordanova participated in the work of the Conference on
behalf of the Center for the Study of
Democracy and Coalition
2000.
The Conference was chaired by the Chairman of the
SPAI Steering Group Mr. Giuseppe Di Gennaro with the assistance of
Mr. Frederic Wehrle, Co-ordinator for Outreach Activities in the
Anti-Corruption Division.
Aimed at reviewing the existing legal and
institutional framework in the SEE countries for a pro-active
involvement of civil society in the fight against corruption, the
Conference delivered the following outcomes:
- Diagnosis of the conditions for civil society's
involvement in the fight against corruption in the SEE
countries,
- Policy dialogue between SPAI
representatives and civil society organizations, and
- Discussion of technical
assistance needs and institutional donor community
support.
The two and a half-day Conference included a
thorough review of the conditions for civil society's further
involvement in the fight against corruption, followed by
round-table discussions. The event became a forum for discussion on
specific key civil society issues under the general framework of
the SPAI and featured a special informal dialogue between SPAI
Senior Representatives and representatives of civil society, which
facilitated an exchange of views on strengthening and developing a
collaborative partnership to combat corruption. The meeting
provided opportunities for strengthening bilateral contacts with
the donor community and allowed SPAI governments and civil society
participants to discuss their specific technical assistance
needs.
Participants included SPAI senior representatives
and experts, representatives of all SPAI member states,
representatives of some South East European business associations
and trade unions, media and NGOs as well as representatives of
international organizations (Council
of Europe, OECD, UNDP, ABA CEELI, etc.), bilateral
agencies, Stability Pact donor countries (Denmark, Switzerland,
United Kingdom, etc) and of observer countries. Country Action
Plans for the fight against corruption in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Yugoslavia, Moldova and Romania were discussed and agreed upon
during the conference.
In plenary session Dr. Maria Yordanova presented the
Coalition 2000 experience in preparing Anti-Corruption
Action Plan and Corruption Assesment Report as well as in developing the Southeast European Legal Development Initiative (SELDI). Ms. Alexenia Dimitrova, a leading Bulgarian
investigative reporter (24 Hours Daily), made a presentation
within the framework of the Focus Group on Mass Media and Public
Information. The Bulgarian participants also made substantial
proposals to be included in the SPAI Final Report.
Agenda of the conference
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