A kick-off meeting marked the official commencement of the EU-funded project “Strengthening anti-corruption capacities and CSO networks in the area” held January 30th at the Delegation of the European Union to Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo. The project will provide technical assistance to the Agency for prevention of corruption and coordination in the fight against corruption, main institutions mandated to combat and prevent corruption at state, entity and Brcko district level as well as to the recipients of the EU grants from IPA 2010 for fighting corruption and civil society organizations active in the fight against corruption.

The overall objective of the project is to contribute to the fight against corruption and to effective corruption prevention in Bosnia and Herzegovina.  Furthermore, this project should support the institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina to effectively implement the Anticorruption strategies and Action plans in cooperation with Civil Society Organisations (CSO) and business associations.

The Project is part of the EU grants from the IPA 2010 Programme for fighting corruption and civil society organizations active in the fight against corruption, together with the projects of Transparency International BiH, Centre for Investigative Journalism, Centre for media development and Analyses, Centre for Security Studies and University Interlogos. The kick-off meeting gathered representatives of all IPA 2010 grant beneficiaries and the main institutions in Bosnia Herzegovina mandated to prevent and fight corruption such as the Agency for prevention of corruption and coordination in the fight against corruption, Ministry of Justice of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Federal Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Justice of Republika Srpska and Government of the Brčko District.

The project is funded by the EU and implemented from December 2013 until November 2015 by the ECG-led Consortium, alongside partners DBB Akademie, Sequa GmbH and Centre for the Study of Democracy.