EUROPEAN MOVEMENT IN SERBIA
Projects

The program of the seminar: "A guide for perfect monitoring public budgetary processes and public procurements of local governments", February 26, 2004 , at 11 a.m , Ceremonious Hall, the city Hall Kikinda

Regional seminars for representatives of civil society and medias monitoring public procurements

Series of seminars dedicated to public procurement- Agenda of the seminar, April 20, 2003 , the Big Hall of the City Hall, Nis

Annunciation of the series of seminars dedicated to introduction of the system public procurement

Press conference due to delivery of computers for the 29 municipalities in Serbia

Agenda of the conference : "Fighting corruption: foundations of the society and reform of local government" (November 30, 2001, Sava Center, Belgrade, under the organization of the European Movement in Serbia and the Transparency International Serbia, a corporate member of the European Movement in Serbia)
Greeting speech of Mr. Danijel Pantic, Secretary General of EMinS, at the beginning of the conference
Presentation of previous achievements in the framework of the project Building Transparent and Accountable System of Public Procurement in Municipalities of Serbia (presentation is in Microsoft PowerPoint format)

Agenda of the workshop "How to increase municipalities' incomes and advance public procurements?" (February 23-24, 2001, the offices of the European movement in Serbia, Djura Jaksic Street 5/1, Belgrade )

Agenda of the workshop "How to create municipal budget to be in accordance with European standards?" ( November 22-23, 2000 , the offices of the European movement in Serbia , Djura Jaksic Street , 5/1, Belgrade )

Press release: Index of corruption perception in 2000

Building Transparent and Accountable System of Public Procurement in Municipalities of Serbia (TASPP)

Project Coordinator: Danijel Pantić,
Project Assistants: Jelena Milovanović, Dragan Vujčić, e-mail: tsp@eunet.yu

This project of the European Movement in Serbia aims to increase the transparency of budgeting and public procurement and to introduce European standards in Serbian municipalities. The project, officially initiated by the international conference "Fighting corruption - the anti-corruption pillars and local government reform", involves 29 Serbian municipalities, and its implementation is organized on the basis of the regional principle.

The pilot project (March 2001-March 2002)

  • The Practice of Public Procurement and Reform Methods Workshop (guest: Wayne Witting, ITC)
  • The Challenge of Investigative Journalism Workshop
  • The planning and the implementation of the Choosing the Best Civil Servant Campaign
  • The round-table discussion Privatization and Transparency
  • Opinion poll on the functioning of municipal administration
  • The second workshop on public procurement (guest: Jeremy Pope, TI)
  • Guide to municipal administration (New Belgrade)
  • International conference on the occasion of the termination of the pilot project proclaimed the three-year project "Increasing the Transparency of Budget and Public Procurement in Serbian Municipalities"

TASPP (March 2002- March 2003)

Workshops:

  • A Step Closer to Donors (with the participation of EAR, DFID, UNDP, SLGRP, Halifax )
  • Budget Classification on the Basis of IMF Standards
  • What Do the New Laws on the Budgeting System and Local Government Mean for Serbian Municipalities? Kikinda
  • The New Law on Public Procurement, Niš
  • The Implementation of New Public Procurement Regulations in Serbian Municipalities, Niš
  • Training municipal budget department employees in using the budget software
  • Continuing the Choosing the Best Civil Servant Campaign
  • Towards the end of 2002, the Internet system for managing municipal public procurement will be finished establishing a network of municipalities, which will ensure a greater transparency of the procedure of public procurement and a significant reduction of expenses.
The municipalities participating in the project are: Aleksandrovac, Apatin, Čukarica, Dimitrovgrad, Grock?, Kikinda, Kovin, ?ragujevac, ?raljevo, ?ruševac, Leskovac, ?ajdanpek, ?ladenovac, Negotin, Niš, New Belgrade, Novi Kneževac, Pančevo, Pirot, Savski Venac, Sombor, Užice, Voždovac, Vršac, Zaječar, Zemun, Zrenjanin, Zvezdara and the city of Belgrade.