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The project Cross-Country Legal and Institutional Framework for Suppression of Fraud in Public Procurement is a joint endeavour of the experts from Partnership for Social Development (Croatia) and EFOR. These two organizations and their experts are engaged in strategic partnership since 2005 in the field of fight against corruption, policy research and national and EU advocacy ···
EFOR drew the attention several times on the need of administrative reorganizing in order to set a more efficient mode of functioning for the territorial-administrative units in Romania, especially the communes. The problem starts with the high number of communes that was artificially raised, the lack of financial efficiency, taking into consideration the fact that ···
In the context of assessed deficiencies regarding the procedures and mechanisms for the implementation of extended confiscations at a national level, due to a delayed Romanian legislative alignment (i.e. Law 63 2012) to EU directive norms, the project SCRPCR serves as a necessary initiative which will facilitate the implementation of this new judicial framework through ···
Many myths and scandals have been produced during the past years around the discretionary allocation of funds from the government to the local administrations. It has been said that some have been favoured, that the previous ones have been excessively clientelistic and the current government is just fixing the injustices, that the mayors coming from ···
Surely you often wondered why governments make decisions without consulting the citizens; or decide contrary to the interests of the community; or simply do not understand why they should work for the well-being of the citizens. Is it because they lack the will to apply principles of good governance? Because there are not enough citizens ···
After the projections in Chisinau (April 19 to 21), Expert Forum, British Council and Pro Democracy Association, in partnership with the Cultural Institute “Michael Ursachi” Documentary Film Festival, organize the WHY DEMOCRACY? festival in Iasi, April 25-29. The films in the festival are part of a large international project and are made by independent filmmakers awarded at renowned film ···
What connection can there be between a student from China who runs for class monitor, the role of new media in the expansion of riots in Egypt, the transition from pre-1989 Romanian economy to market or the election of a female president in Liberia? Apparently none. However, each case answers the question What is democracy ···
UPDATE: EFOR organized a debate about conflicts of interests and incompatibilities, legal issues and practical difficulties and instruments for increasing the degree of public integrity in together with Horia Georgescu, President, National Integrity Agency, Andrei Chiliman, Mayor of the First District, Bucharest, Dan Darabont, Vicemayor of Bucharest, Cornel Călinescu, Director, Ministry of Justice, representatives of ···
The scope of the project is to enhance efficiency of the cooperation between civil society and anticorruption agencies and is based on a partnership between six civil society organizations in Romania, one Bulgaria think tank and one University from the Netherlands. The most important activities are: two workshops with participants from NGOs and AGD aimed ···
We organized a debate on a list of sensitive topics related to the quality of governance in nowadays Europe: current trends in strengthening rules of ethics in the administration; and how to assess political corruption with objective indicators. Our results come from two pilot projects carried out in four countries (Croatia, Moldova, Romania, Serbia). We believe our conclusions are ···