Romania needs to pay closer attention to civil society groups and citizens who can provide expertise in the fight against corruption, experts told SETimes following the release of the World Bank’s Worldwide Governance Indicators for 2013, which assesses the governing quality of 200 countries. The 2013 data, which is the most recent available, shows that ···
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Youth without old age
Youth without old age. The Romanians’ pensions in 2040
Expert Forum launched on Monday, January 19th 2015, the study Tinerețe fără Bătrânețe. Pensiile Româniilor în 2040 / Youth without old age. The Romanians’ pensions in 2040, within the National Conference for Private Pensions 2015, organized by Media XPRIMM with the support of APAPR. Romanians, especially the ones born after 1968, are worried that state ···
2014 European parlament elections monitoring report
The electoral processes in Romania, between improvisation and good practices
Because the professional organization of the elections is mostly connected with the capacity of the permanent electoral authority of mapping out the voting process, the uniform regulations which are enforced by the responsible electorate and less by the information on the public agenda, we published a pragmatic analysis about what are the trials and tribulations ···
The confiscation of the goods originating from malfeasances
The assets of the law-breakers
There is a public skepticism regarding the efficiency of the conviction, as long as the great fortunes built on malfeasances seemed untouchable. But the situation started to change and the confiscation became more efficiently, even if there are still many thing to be done. Pol-Brief-32 was published during a debate concerning the extended confiscations, the ···
The electoral legislation must be radically reformed
The Electoral Code reform can wait no longer
The 2014 elections proved how the possible penal political decisions, the lack of reaction form BEC and the neglect of the decisions by MAE can be a barrier in the organization of the elections. Bold measures must be taken in order to reform radically the actual organization of the elections in Romania. The EFOR priorities ···
Romania confronts communist past in trial of prison camp chief
The hearing only lasted an hour. The defendant was a frail old man in a hat. The atmosphere was subdued, the legal procedure perfunctory. But in a packed courtroom in Bucharest, Romania finally took steps on Wednesday to come to terms with the brutality of its communist past. Twenty-five years after the collapse of the ···
TENDER (MD): INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANCY TO develop the Methodology to collect data and document cases of violation of freedom of religion and on abusive use of religious freedom to limit other rights
BACKGROUND: In the Republic of Moldova, although the national legal framework provides for a broad protection of freedom of thought, conscience and religion, there are still important challenges ahead to ensure the full enjoyment of this fundamental right for all based on non-discrimination and equality. As acknowledged in the US Department of State International Religious ···
Legal, institutional and technical solutions
Anti-fraud measures in public procurement in the EU single market
In 2014, a first report on corruption and anticorruption in the EU member states has been released. The horizontal topic is corruption in public procurement, a topic of a major importance from the public spending perspective in the member states and taking into account the adoption of the New Directive on Public Procurement that will ···
Experts: New law may hinder anti-corruption efforts in Romania
Members of civil society in Romania are cautioning against recently passed amendments to a public administration law that they say will make it harder to enforce the country’s corruption laws. The amendments allow mayors and county council heads to expand the group of subordinates to whom they can delegate official responsibilities, including signing contracts. Elected ···
A place for hope – Andrei Pleșu about EFOR
Sometimes I’m fed up myself of jeremiad’s sub tone many of the articles I publish have. I have, it’s true, enough reasons to be moody, to be more and more skeptical when I try to envision solutions. I wish I could come up with strong solutions, favorable circumstances, encouraging achievements. But they are either very ···