Government of Montenegro

Directorate for Anti-Corruption Initiative

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Regional workshop on strengthening cooperation in SEEin the implementation of UNCAC

Sofia, 9 – 10 December 2009

� The Directorate was established by a Decree of theGovernment of Montenegro in 2001, as the Agency forAnti-Corruption Initiative

� Decree on Organisation and Functioning of the PublicAdministration (2004) – the Directorate for Anti-Corruption Initiative

� Amendments to the Decree on Organisation andFunctioning of the Public Administration (2007) broadenthe Directorate’s competences

� The Directorate’s structure:1) Department for promotion and prevention activities2) Department for international cooperation3) Service for general legal affairs and finances

� Implementing promotion and prevention activities aimed at raisingpublic awareness on corruption and the means to combat it

� Cooperating with state bodies in preparation and implementation oflegislation and programme documents, and in reporting corruption;with NGO and private sector

P i d ti d i l t ti f E d i t ti l� Proposing adoption and implementation of European and internationalstandards to the Government

� Coordinating and monitoring the implementation of GRECOrecommendations

� Coordinating activities in the implementation of UNCAC

� Other activities arising from the membership in Regional CooperationCouncil for SEE, and other international organisations and institutions

� AC lectures to various target groups (secondary school anduniversity students, civil servants, municipal assemblymembers, NGO, private sector stakeholders, accountants andauditors…)

� Design and distribution of promotion material (brochures� Design and distribution of promotion material (brochures,posters, leaflets, calendars, internal bulletin)

� Texts in the daily newspapers,TV and radio programmes, pressconferences, conferences, round table discussions…

� Research activities on corruption in various areas (judiciary,local governance, public administration, private sector)

MEDIA CAMPAIGNS RESEARCH ACTIVITIES MAJOR EVENTS

�Anticorruption Guide forSecondary Schools

�Participation of private sectorin combating corruption

�Reporting corruption in theprocess of privatization

�Integrity and CapacityAssessment of Judiciary (2008)

�Integrity and CapacityAssessment of LocalGovernance (2008/09)

�Analysis of corruption

• Round Table Promotion of theCouncil of Europe’s Civil LawConvention on Corruption(April 2009)

• First national donorcoordination meeting in thearea of anti-corruption (Junep p

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�Report corruption, the rest isour responsibility

�Internal bulletinAnticorruption

� Marking 9th December -International Anti-CorruptionDay (Art Exhibition,newwebsite…)

y poccurrence and barriers tobusiness Survey on Corruptionin the Private Sector inMontenegro (2009)

� Public Opinion Survey on theDACI’s work and corruptionissues

�Integrity and CapacityAssessment of PublicAdministration (2009/10)

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•Workshops on criminalliability of legal persons andasset recovery (October 2009)

• Conference on the occasionof 3rd anniversary of theUNCAC implementation inMontenegro (December 2009)

• Second national donorcoordination meeting in thearea of anti-corruption(December 2009)

Competent StateBodies

NGO & Private Sector International Patners

•Drafting Strategy for Fightagainst corruption andorganised crime with ActionPlan (2010-2012)•Draft Law on Lobbying•Draft Provisions on Integrityin Public Sector

• Joint media and educationcampaigns with NGO (Centrefor Education / Partnership ofParents and Youth and Centrefor Monitoring – secondaryeducation; Centre forDevelopment of NGO – local

• OSCE in Montenegro• UNDP inMontenegro/UNDPBRC/UNODC

• Council of Europein Public Sector• Professional Directive forprocedures for reportingcorruption and protection ofthose reporting corruption• Law on Civil Servants andEmployees (provisions onwhistleblowers protection)• Reporting corruption(corruption hotline)• NAP ImplementationMonitoring• Facilitating and promotingwork of the NMC

Development of NGO localgovernance, NGO sector andgeneral public

• Joint media and educationcampaigns with Union ofEmployers, Chamber ofCommerce and MontenegroBusiness Alliance

p• Norwegian Ministry ofForeign Affairs

� GRECO (coordination, implementation, monitoring, reporting)� UNCAC (promotion, harmonisation 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)

� MoU’s with Slovenian Commission for Prevention of Corruption,Macedonian State Commission for Prevention of Corruption andItalian Anti-Corruption and Transparency Service

� The Directorate coordinates and monitors the activities onimplementation of the GRECO recommendations

� I and II evaluation round for Montenegro: 24 recommendations(October 2006)

� Compliance Report on Montenegro (December 2008) after the jointI and II evaluation rounds

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

� Recognition of DACI’s success in fulfilling recommendations, (researchactivities on corruption issues and its forms, revision of the PublicProcurement Law, NAP monitoring, trainings for auditors andaccountants...)

� Submission of the additional information regarding the implementationof the remaining recommendations - July 2010

� Beginning of III evaluation round scheduled for mid-2010

� Organisation of seminars and conferences on UNCAC� Desktop analysis of the compliance of national 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

� EC/IPA 2007 The twining project: Combating corruption andorganised crime (2009-2010)

� NMFA: Support to Implementation of International AnticorruptionStandards and Instruments in Montenegro (2009)

� UNDP: Implementation of activities recommended under the CapacityAssessment of the DACI

� NMFA: Strengthening Strategic Operational Capability of DACI

� Ever broadening mandate and increasing expectations� Prospect of becoming secretariat of NMC; national statistic and

research centre in the area of anti-corruption� Strengthen the position of national anti-corruption coordinator and

knowledge base� Further building of DACI’s capacities in PR, coordination, research

work, knowledge management.

Directorate for Anti-Corruption Initiative

Dalibor Saban, Senior AdvisorMirela Bakalbasic Senior AdvisorMirela Bakalbasic, Senior Advisor

Rimski trg 46, PodgoricaTel: +382(0)20/ 234 396Fax: +382(0)20/ 234 082

Email: aci@daci.gov.mewww. antikorupcija.mewww.antikorup.gov.me

http://www.rai-see.org/montenegro/