Analysis of the risk of corruption in the regulations of local self-government units

The general goal of the project is to contribute to the development and strengthening of the integrity and improvement of the organization, efficiency and effectiveness of the work of local self-governments, in accordance with the Law on Prevention of Corruption.

Also, the implementation of this project contributes to more efficient application and monitoring of the provisions of acts and regulations adopted by local self-government through the analysis of the risk of corruption, in accordance with the Methodology for assessing the risk of corruption adopted by the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption.

During the implementation of this project, the Transparency Serbia analyzes the risks of corruption in at least two and at most six regulations adopted by the City of Belgrade and 27 cities: Bor, Valjevo, Vranje, Vršac, Zaječar, Zrenjanin, Jagodina, Kikinda, Kragujevac, Kraljevo, Kruševac, Leskovac , Loznica, Niš, Novi Pazar, Novi Sad, Pančevo, Pirot, Požarevac, Prokuplje, Smederevo, Sombor, Sremska Mitrovica, Subotica, Uzice, Čačak, Šabac.

Depending on the general acts and regulations of individual LGUs, TS analyzes some of the following acts:

1. Regulations on the work of City Assemblies;

2. Decisions or regulations on the allocation of financial resources to associations;

3. Decisions or regulations on the co-financing of projects in the field of public information;

4. Decisions or regulations on public hearings;

5. Decisions or regulations on the management and use of public property of LGUs.

6. Special decisions governing the leasing of City premises for use by political entities

In addition to the analysis in accordance with the Methodology for Corruption Risk Analysis developed by the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption, TS will, as an additional result of this project, compile a list of acts that 28 cities included in this project have, that is, acts that they have not adopted. TS will send initiatives to cities that do not have any of these six acts and call for their adoption, pointing at the same time to examples of good practice that will be identified during this project.

Local anti-corruption plans, according to the Model developed by the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption, envisage the adoption of regulations that would regulate the issues of allocation of financial resources to associations, co-financing of projects in the field of public information; public hearings and management and use of public property of LGUs. The results of the activities on this project will therefore be useful for fulfilling the obligations from the Local Anti-corruption Plans.

The results of all analyzes on the risks of corruption in the aforementioned regulations will be submitted to each of the 28 LGUs. TS will also prepare and deliver to each LGU recommendations for changes and additions to the analyzed regulations, which will contribute to the general goal of the project, that is, the development and strengthening of the integrity and improvement of the organization, efficiency and effectiveness of LGU work.

Project duration: June 2023 – May 2024