On 13 – 14 November 2014 in Tirana, Albania, the Southeast Leadership for Development and Integrity (SELDI) network, in cooperation with the Regional Anti-corruption Initiative (RAI), the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) and the Ministry of State on Local Issues of Albania, co-organized the Regional Conference on Good Governance and Anti-corruption Policy Challenges. The first day was dedicated to Monitoring Corruption and Anti-Corruption in Southeast Europe: Policy Challenges and the Role of Civil Society. The second day focused on Preventing Corruption by Assessing its Risks.
Day 1: Monitoring Corruption and Anti-Corruption in Southeast Europe: Policy Challenges and the Role of Civil Society
Given the major significance of the corruption issue in the SEE region, the conference contributed to promoting the civil society - state dialogue in identifying effective counter-measures. The countries from the region of Southeast Europe (SEE) discussed the main findings and lessons learnt from analyzing the corruption manifestations and applied national anti-corruption policies. SELDI presented its Regional Anti-corruption Report - Anti-Corruption Reloaded: Assessment of Southeast Europe, which by summarizing the conclusions from the national analyses and the data from the sociological surveys carried out in nine countries, provides an assessment of the regional anticorruption developments in SEE.
Day 2: Preventing Corruption by Assessing its Risks
The second day of the forum was targeted at boosting countries’ efforts for corruption risks identification and mitigation in decision making process. The conference recommended for use the developed by RAI and RCC , adopted the as an international standard in this field and recommended corruption risk assessment as a corruption preventive tool.
For detailed summary of discussion, presentations and more, please visit the official webpage of the SELDI Network.
SELDI Regional Conference on Good Governance and Anti-corruption Policy Challenges
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