Training seminar for the local monitoring teams of the Local Integrity System Index initiative took place on 16-17 January 2015 in Sofia

Representatives of 26 non-governmental organizations throughout the country took part in a training seminar within the Local Integrity System Index initiative of Transparency International-Bulgaria. The seminar took place on 16-17 January 2015 in Sofia.

The aim of the meeting, titled “Index of the Local Integrity System: how to conduct the monitoring?”, was to provide practical guidance to the local monitoring teams to implement the methodology for assessment of the key institutions at local level, encompassed by the study: municipal council, mayor, municipal administration, political parties and coalitions, district courts, police, business, media, civil society.

The participants shared their expectations from the work on the initiative and exchanged contacts and practical experience from their activities on projects in the regions that they represent.

28.10.2014

Transparency International-Bulgaria presented the Methodology for Assessment of the Local Integrity System in Bulgaria

On 28 October 2014 TI-Bulgaria officially presented the Methodology for Assessment of the Local Integrity System in Bulgaria, developed within the framework of the “Local Anticorruption Index” project. The initiative is implemented with the financial support of America for Bulgaria Foundation.

Among the participants in the event were representatives of the regional administrations, regional public councils for prevention and counteraction of corruption throughout the country, municipal administrations of the municipalities-regional centres, representatives of the National Associations of Municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria, as well as representatives of the national media.

The methodology will serve as the basis for assessment of the institutions and structures which are at the centre of the local integrity system at the level of municipal self-governance in Bulgaria: municipal council, mayor, municipal administration, political parties, business, media, non-governmental organizations, courts and police. The assessment will encompass all 27 municipalities-regional centres in the country in the period 2015-2017. The research activities will be performed in collaboration with representatives of non-governmental organizations from all municipalities-regional centres in the country.

The first Local Integrity System Index in Bulgaria will be published in late 2015. It will allow for comparison among the systems for integrity in governance and counteraction of corruption in the 27 regional municipalities in the country. At the same time, the index will serve as a basis for exchange of good governance and organizational practices, as well as for supporting the municipalities that have received lowest scores to develop their capacity, role and mechanisms for integrity in the public governance and development.