Belgrade, Serbia, 6 and 7 March 2007
Organised jointly by the Anti-Corruption Council of Serbia, the Swiss Embassy in Belgrade and the Basel Institute on Governance
The principal objective of the two-day event was to enhance awareness and understanding of the key prerequisites for an efficient supreme audit institutions and its role in combating corruption and ensuring budget transparency. In doing so, the conference also intended to reinforce and strengthen knowledge about basic budgetary and financial management procedures. The issue of external audit of public finance continues to be of particular importance in Serbia where no such institution has yet been set up, despite the fact that the law that provides for it has already been passed. To support the establishment of adequate audit procedures and structures, the Belgrade Transparency Days sought to inform Members of Parliament, representatives of concerned ministries and government agencies, the media and other civil society groups about the impact of misguidance of and lack of control over public expenditure, and to provide more information on potential remedies.
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> Download a summary of recommendations provided by experts in the closing pannel (49 kb)
> Download conclusions by the Anti-Corruption Council of Serbia as PDF (37 kb)
Powerpoint Presentations
The Political Economy of Controlling Corruption
Prof Dr Yvan Lengwiler, Institute of Economics, University of Basel, Switzerland
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Law on the National Audit Office (Serbo-Croatian)
Radojko Obradovic, Former Vice-President of the Parliamentarian Board for Finances
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Budget Transparency: Experiences from OECD Countries
Ian Hawkesworth, Administrator, Budgeting and Public Expenditure Division, OECD
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Bases for the Independence of the Court of Audit of the Republic of Slovenia
Igor Soltes, President of the Court of Audit, Slovenia
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Avoiding Overlapping Tasks Between Control Organs - Cooperation with the National Parliament (English and German)
Kurt Grüter, Director, Swiss Federal Audit Office
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Preconditions for Successful State Audit in Serbia (Serbo-Croatian)
Dejan Popovic, Professor at the Belgrade Faculty of Law
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Typologies of Corruption in Public Procurements
Pierre-Christian Soccoja, Central Service for Corruption Prevention, France
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Transparency and External Control of the Public Procurement Process in Serbia (Serbo-Croatian)
Predrag Jovanovic, Director, Public Procurement Office, Serbia
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Typologies of Irregularities in Public Procurement in Serbia (Serbo-Croatian)
Saa Varinac, President of Commission for the Protection of Tenderers' Rights
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Role of the National Audit Office in Supervision of Public Procurement System (Serbo-Croatian)
Ljubisav Jolovic, Ministry of Finance, Member of the Working Group for Drafting Law on National Audit Office
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The Rationale of Transparent Public Finances - Impacts on Economic Growth
Prof Dr Yvan Lengwiler, Institute of Economics, University Of Basel, Switzerland
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Keeping the Books Clean in the Private Sector - Preventing Corruption in Public Licensing
Mrs Alenka Podbevsek, CEO, Socius Consulting Inc.
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Keeping the Books Clean in the Private Sector (Serbo-Croatian)
Kata karic Jovanovic, Professor At The Belgrade Faculty Of Economy
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Using the INTOSAI Privatisation Audit Guidelines: The Hungarian Case
Prof Gusztáv Báger, Director General, Research and Development Institute, Supreme Audit Organisation Of Hungary
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Privatisation in Serbia: Challenges and Opportunities (Serbo-Croatian)
Jelisaveta Vasilic, Anti-Corruption Council, Government Of Serbia; and Expert Counselor, Serbian Privatisation Agency
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Supervision over the Financing of the Election Campaigns
Igor Soltes, President of the Court of Audit, Slovenia
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Financial Reporting of the Political Parties (Serbo-Croatian)
Miroslava Milenovic, Certified Accountant, Member of the American Association of Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialists and Certified Fraud Examiner
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Background Documents and Transcripts of Speeches
EU: Budget Still a Big Deal for Fraudsters
Marcello Faraggi
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Financial (State) Audit and the Fight against Corruption
Árpád Kovács, State Audit Office of Hungary
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Corruption and the Options of the Activities of the State Audit Office
Gustáv Báger and Árpád Kovács, State Audit Office of Hungary
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Support for Improvement in Governance and Management (SIGMA)
> Download Serbia External Audit Assessment June 2006 as PDF (44 kb)
> Download Serbia Public Expenditure Management Assessment June 2006 as PDF (71 kb)
> Download Serbia Public Internal Financial Control Assessment June 2006 as PDF (82 kb)
> Download Serbia Public Procurement Assessment June 2006 as PDF (53 kb)