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Dossiers by AIM on Corruption
in the Countries of South-Eastern Europe (October,
2001) with information on Slovenia,
Croatia, Kosovo, Albania, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina,
Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Macedonia. AIM (Alternativna
Informativna Mreza)
is a network of independent journalists in former
Yugoslavia and the southern Balkans which provides
a service of in-depth information in the local languages
and in English.
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National
Integrity Systems: Country Study Report -- BULGARIA
2001. -- by TI in cooperation with the Centre
for Fraud Management Studies, Liverpool Business
School, [now the Fraud Management Studies Unit,
University of Teesside]. The Country Report examines
the government's anti-corruption strategy (where
such a strategy exists), in several cases making
use of surveys and indicators to measure or chart
progress. 
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Regional Corruption Monitoring
Indexes --
The 2002 Regional Corruption Monitoring
Indexes, produced within the framework of the Southeast
European Legal Development Initiative, were officially
presented at a press-conference held on April 4,
2002, at the Center for the Study of Democracy,
SELDI Executive Secretariat. The regional monitoring
of corruption is being held for a second year in
a row as part of the Coalition Building and Monitoring
for Anti-Corruption in Southeast Europe project.
The Regional Corruption Monitoring System (RCMS),
introduced by SELDI in 2001, is based on the experience
and methodology of the monitoring system of corruption
developed and implemented on a quarterly basis since
1998 in Bulgaria by the anti-corruption initiative
Coalition 2000 (www.online.bg/coalition2000). The
RCMS is the first ever region-wide corruption diagnostic
carried out simultaneously in Albania, Bosnia &
Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Macedonia, Romania, and Yugoslavia on the basis
of a uniform methodology. The main goal of the comparative
analysis contained in the RCMS is to show the public
significance of the problem of corruption and the
extent to which corruption has penetrated into the
various sectors of these societies.
Get 2002
Regional Corruption Monitoring Indexes on SELDI
website.
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Bulgaria-
The Media Sustainability Index 2001 (MSI)
analyzes and measures the current status and sustainability
of independent media systems in twenty countries
throughout Europe and Eurasia. Research for the
country chapters and panel discussions of experts
for each chapter were undertaken in May and June
of 2001.
Selected
publications of the Coalition 2000:
- Publications
from the Coalition 2000 -- on the Coalition
2000 website. Among them available in English and
Russian:
- Corruption
Assessment Report 2000 -- Report produced
by the Coalition 2000. It outlines the general framework
and the specific dimensions of corrupt practices in
Bulgaria introduced in their dynamics. The evaluation
criteria takes into account reputable international
analyses and domestic indexes about the spread and
the frequency of different forms of corrupt behavior.
Russian Version:
Доклад
об оценке коррупции 2000 -- Доклад, подготовленный
Коалицией 2000, отражает общую картину и специфические
аспекты проявления коррупции в Болгарии, а также динамику.
Критерии оценки принимают во внимание известные международные
подходы, а также местные индексы о распространении
и частоте проявления коррупции.
- Corruption
and Trafficking: Monitoring and Prevention
-- the brochure published by the Center for the Study
of Democracy (Bulgaria) is the first analytical output
of the newly founded Expert group on corruption and
illegal trafficking as part of Coalition 2000 anti-corruption
activities.The brochure presents:analysis of trans-border
crime in Bulgaria during the 90ies; a review of the
sociological and statistical methods of measuring
illicit trafficking; and practical ideas of curbing
corruption and trafficking.
Selected publications of the TI-Bulgaria:
Corruption
in Contemporary Bulgaria --
a a policy paper published by Transparency International
Bulgaria in 1998 which was the first ever in-depth analytical
reseach of corruption done in the country. It comprises
of the following chapters:
Curbing
Corruption and Promoting Transparency in the Work of
Municipal Councils in Bulgaria - a Policy
Outlook and a Handbook on Effective Advocacy (2000).
Final
Report on Transparency and Legal Compliance of BTC Privatization
Proceedings
Other selected publications:
A Culture of Corruption? Coping with Government
in Post-Communist Europe. Dr. Ase B. Grodeland
of the Norwegian Institute of Urban and Regional Research
conducted research on corruption in Ukraine, Bulgaria,
Slovakia and the Czech Republic in conjunction with
two professors from the University of Glasgow. The project
was funded by DFID/ESRC. The Central European University
Press will publish a book containing their main findings
this fall 2000. Dr. Groseland can be contacted at ase.grodeland@nibr.no.
Mobilization
of Civil Society Organisations in Transition Countries
to Improve Accountability, Transparency and Governance
-- by Alexander Stoyanov, Coalition 2000, Bulgaria.
Presentation at the Regional
Workshop on Fighting Corruption in Transition Economies
during the 9th International Anti-Corruption Conference
on Global Integrity: 2000 and Beyond -- Developing Anti-Corruption
Strategies in a Changing World (Durban, South Africa,
10-15 October 1999).
Russian Version: Мобилизация
гражданского общества в странах с переходной экономикой
с целью улучшения подотчетности, прозрачности и государственного
управления -- автор Александр Стоянов, Коалиция
2000, Болгария. Доклад на региональном
семинаре "Борьба с коррупцией в странах с переходной
экономикой", проходившем в рамках 9-ой международной
антикоррупционной конференции "Глобальная доброчесность:
2000 и далее -- Создание антикоррупционных стратегий
в изменяющемся мире" (Дурбан, Южная Африка, 10-15
октября 1999 г.).
Presentations at the Second
Annual Meeting of the Anti-Corruption Network for Transition
Economies, Istanbul, Turkey, 2-3 November 1999:
Corruption
in Bulgaria Threatens Social Stability,
by CIPE, No. 2 1998. According to a CIPE-funded survey,
57% of adult Bulgarians believe that their politicians
are primarily interested in securing special privileges
for themselves and their friends. Bulgaria's Center
for the Study of Democracy (CSD) conducted a national
survey on perceptions of corruption and found that it
engenders pessimism about the promise of economic reform
and weakens confidence in democracy.
Bibliography
and other resources from the OECD AnCorr website
Structural
Corruption of Party-Funding Models: Governmental Favouritism
in Bulgaria and Russia -- by Daniel Smilov.
Paper presented at the Princeton University-Central
European University Joint Conference on Corruption,
Oct 30-Nov 6, 1999.
Presentations at the Global Forum on Fighting
Corruption: Safeguarding Integrity Among Justice and
Security Officials hosted by U.S. Vice President
Al Gore, Washington, DC, February 24-26, 1999:
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