| The Fourth Annual Meeting of the Anti-Corruption Network for
Transition Economies organized by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
took place in Istanbul from 26 to 28 March 2002. Over 120
government officials, civil society actors, and international
organizations, actively involved in combating corruption took part
in the meeting.
The national anti-corruption strategies of Bulgaria,
Latvia, Georgia and Slovakia were presented and discussed at the
conference. The following subjects were discussed in the three
breakout sessions:
- Rule of Law - accentuating on the judicial reform,
political party financing and whistle blowing / witness
protection;
- Good Governance - including codes of conduct,
public procurement and conflict of interest;
- Civil Participation - highlighting the ways and
means of establishing dialogue between NGOs, government, private
sector, and the media and elaborating adequate international
standards for the donor organizations, supporting the
anti-corruption projects.
The Bulgarian experience in the efforts for curbing corruption was
presented by Mr. Dimitar Penkov, Security Council with the Council
of Ministers, who introduced the National Anti-Corruption Strategy
and the Program for its implementation, adopted by the Bulgarian
government, as well as the organizational, technical and financial
problems occurring along the process. Mr. Ventsislav Karadjov,
Transparency International - Bulgarian Chapter and Dr. Zhivka
Damyanova, Coalition 2000, acquainted the participants with the
corruption environment in Bulgaria and the experience of Coalition
2000 in the public-private partnership as an important
anti-corruption mechanism.The conference endorsed the regional
anti-corruption cooperation of the Baltic Anti-Corruption
Initiative and the Stability Pact Anti-Corruption Initiative and
discussed the possibility of elaborating an Anti-corruption Action
Plan for Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Russian
Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Ukraine.
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