Regional Anti-Corruption Initiative

AFA/OECD event on regulatory frameworks for promoting business integrity, Paris, France
2023-05-22 08:00 - 2023-05-23 17:00 UTC | Paris, Paris, France

Workshop on Conflict of Interest in the Security Sector, Podgorica, Montenegro
2023-05-15 08:00 - 2023-05-19 17:00 UTC | Podgorica, Montenegro

Regional Event on CRA and CPL for Higher Education and Public Enterprises Sectors
2023-04-04 09:00 - 2023-04-05 17:00 UTC | Belgrade, Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
RAI Secretariat organized Regional Event for Higher Education and Public Enterprises Sectors on Corruption Risk Assessment (CRA) and Corruption Proofing of Legislation (CPL) in Belgrade, Serbia on April 4th and 5th.
Regional Workshop gathered peers from respective ministries for Higher Education and Public Enterprises Sectors and anti-corruption agencies/commissions, from all the capitals where trainings took place in the course of 2022. Representatives from the Agency for Prevention of Corruption of Serbia and Ministry of Economy participated in the event.
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22-23 March 2023, Skopje NMK: SEE Anti-corruption Women Leaders Forum Initiative, Skopje
2023-03-22 08:00 - 2023-03-23 17:00 UTC

Regional Conference "Effective Asset Recovery in the Western Balkans"
2023-03-15 10:00 - 2023-03-16 17:00 (Europe/Paris) | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
On 15 and 16 March 2023, the RAI Secretariat (Regional Anti-Corruption Initiative – RAI), in cooperation with the AIRE Centre (Advice on Individual Rights in Europe) is organising the Annual Alumni Conference “Effective Asset Recovery in the Western Balkans”.
The conference is organised within the project “Combating corruption and organised crime in the Western Balkans through strengthening regional cooperation in asset recovery”. Since 2019, supported by the UK Government, the project is being implemented in all six Western Balkans jurisdictions, with participation of Bulgaria, Croatia, Moldova and Romania.

Have we broken the silence? (Project closeout event followed by a networking reception)
2023-03-14 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Closeout Event for the EU funded regional Project ‘Breaking the Silence: Enhancing Whistleblowing Policies and Culture in the Western Balkans and Moldova’ will be held on 14 March, 2023 in hotel Courtyard Marriott, Sarajevo. This will be a mid-afternoon, one-and-a-half-hour event, followed by a networking reception.
The closeout event will be hosted by RAI Secretariat, with its headquarters in Sarajevo, and organized in collaboration with the EU Delegation to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The main purpose of the closeout event is to provide visibility and recognition to EU as donor and RAI as implementing partner, through the presentation of key Project results in the context of the overall mission, goals and activities of RAI and EU in SEE.

39th RAI Steering Group Meeting taking place on 9-10 March, online
2023-03-07 08:00 - 17:00 UTC
39th Regional Anti-corruption Initiative (RAI) Steering Group (SG) Meeting will take place online on March 9-10.
The meeting will be solely dedicated to selection of the Senior Anti-Corruption Advisor.

More information coming soon.

Sarajevo: Annual Meeting of the Southeast Europe Coalition on Whistleblower Protection
2023-02-03 | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Annual Meeting of the Southeast Europe Coalition on Whistleblower Protection will be held on February 3, 2023 in Sarajevo.

Sarajevo: Third Annual Regional Multi-Beneficiary Training on Whistleblower Protection
2023-02-01 - 2023-02-02 | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Third Annual Regional Multi-Beneficiary Training on Whistleblower Protection: Ensuring Strong Protections for Employees who Report Wrongdoing will be held on February 1-2, 2023 in Sarajevo.

Sarajevo: Peer-to-Peer Regional Meeting of Public Institutions
2023-01-31 | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Peer-to-Peer Regional Meeting of Public Institutions: Ensuring Strong Protections for Employees who Report Wrongdoing will be held in Sarajevo, on January 31, 2023.

Regional Online Digital Evidence Awareness Training
2023-01-30 13:30 - 16:30 (Europe/Sarajevo) | Online
This training is intended for judges, prosecutors, and trainees of the Judicial Training Institutes in South East Europe. The three-hour training will familiarise the attendees with the essential elements of digital evidence, digital forensics and digital material identification, acquisition, and analysis. It will also give an overview of established best practices in handling and presenting digital material as evidence in trials and tribunals.
The workshop will be delivered by the international expert Jon Blake from Cognitas Global, a leading practical learning institution.
The training is organized under the regional project “Combating corruption and organized crime in the Western Balkans through strengthening regional cooperation in asset recovery,” implemented by the AIRE Centre in partnership with the RAI Secretariat, and funded by the UK Government.

Regional Online Cryptoasset/Virtual Asset Awareness Training
2022-12-21 13:30 - 16:30 (Europe/Sarajevo) | Online
This training is intended for judges, prosecutors, and trainees of the Judicial Training Institutes in the Western Balkans. It will familiarise the participants with the essential elements of cryptoassets and the approach of regulators and lawmakers in different jurisdictions. This training is organized by the AIRE Centre and the RAI Secretariat.

Regional Meeting on the International Treaty on Exchange of Data for the Verification of Asset Declarations: Our tool for strengthening regional cooperation in asset disclosure
2022-12-20 09:00 - 17:00 UTC | Podgorica, Montenegro
Regional Anti-Corruption Initiative in cooperation with the Agency for Prevention of Corruption in Montenegro organized Regional Meeting on International Treaty on Exchange of Data for the Verification of Asset Declarations.
Regional Meeting that took place on December 20, 2022, brought together participants competent for the verification of asset declarations from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Moldova, North Macedonia and a host country Montenegro.
Full story is available at the LINK:

* This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence

Online Meeting on Achieving Accurate, Comprehensive and Standard Recording of Asset Recovery Statistics
2022-12-15 11:00 - 13:00 (Europe/Sarajevo) | Online
The objective of this meeting will be to present the unified regional model of statistical sheets developed within the project “Combating corruption and organized crime in the Western Balkans through strengthening regional cooperation in asset recovery” implemented by the Advice on Individual Rights in Europe (AIRE Centre) in cooperation with the Regional Anti-Corruption Initiative (RAI) Secretariat.

Skopje, North Macedonia: High Level Regional Anti-Corruption Conference
2022-12-14 | Skopje, North Macedonia, Skopje, North Macedonia
On December 14th, 2022, the Government of North Macedonia, in cooperation with the Regional Anti-corruption initiative and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, will organize a Regional Anti-Corruption Conference in Skopje, North Macedonia.

The Conference will bring together the highest level government members from the Western Balkan jurisdictions, senior government officials, anti-corruption technical experts, practitioners and representatives of civil society organizations to reflect upon the progress made in implementing the regional anti-corruption commitments and discuss potential future actions. It will strengthen regional cooperation in overcoming the common challenges in the anti-corruption area by creating synergies between the Western Balkan jurisdictions on the anti-corruption priorities of the Regional Anti-Corruption and Illicit Finance Roadmap and their London Summit pledges.
For more information about Regional Anti-Corruption and Illicit Finance Roadmap please go here.

Budapest: International Conference 'Theoretical and practical aspects of corruption prevention' - RAI contribution to the topic of whistleblowing
2022-12-07 | Budapest, Hungary
The Hungarian Protective Service Department for Prevention of Corruption is organizing the international conference “Theoretical and practical aspects of corruption prevention”, as part of a European Union project “Anti-corruption training with special focus on international bribery”. The conference is planned to be held on 07 December 2022, in view of the World Anti-Corruption Day. The conference will gather police officers, prosecutors and public administration servants, working in the field of prevention of corruption.

Tirana: Contribution to the Week of Integrity Conference ‘Promoting Integrity: The Individual, the Organization and Beyond’
2022-12-07 | Tirana, Albania
Regional Anti-corruption Initiative (RAI) Secretariat will contribute to the delivery of the Week of Integrity Conference titled ‘Promoting Integrity: The Individual, the Organization and Beyond’, to be organized in partnership with ICC Albania and HIDAACI. RAI Secretariat contribution will include participation in the plenary panel discussion “Integrity: a valuable proposition” and facilitation of the group breakout Session 1. on Whistleblowing and Whistleblower Protection. This event is organized in the framework of the Week of Integrity, to be held during 1 and 10 December 2022, organized by the International Chamber of Commerce in Albania, in cooperation with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Chisinau: Break the Silence - Lead By Example To Reduce Corruption (local youth event in Moldova)
2022-11-25 | Chișinău, Europe Square, Central Park, Chișinău, Moldova, Republic of

Chisinau: Masterclass – From silence to action!
2022-11-24 09:30 - 14:30 UTC | Chișinău, Europe Square, Central Park, Chișinău, Moldova, Republic of
The Regional Anticorruption Initiative (RAI) Secretariat continues the regional tour of workshops Masterclass – From silence to action!, on how to run successful public awareness campaigns. The Masterclass in Chisinau, Moldova will take place on Thursday, November 24, 2022.

38th Steering Group Meeting
2022-11-21 09:00 - 2022-11-22 17:00 UTC | Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

Webinar on the topic of Importance and Useful Examples about Good Practice Sharing
2022-11-16 14:00 - 15:00 UTC | Online
The aim of the webinar is to introduce examples of good practice sharing and encourage the implementation of such practices in each country. This is the second webinar for the EPAC/EACN community organised by the Task force on Training and Transfer of Knowledge (TTK).
The webinar speakers are as follows:

Mr Edvinas Chorostinas, representative of Special Investigation Service of the Republic of Lithuania (STT),
Ms Aneta Arnaudovska, representative of Regional Anti-Corruption Initiative (RAI)

“Prevention and Sanctioning the Corruption- the perspectives of France and South East Europe"
2022-11-09 08:00 - 17:00 UTC | Skopje, North Macedonia, Skopje, North Macedonia

Regional Anti-corruption and Illicit Finance Roadmap
2022-11-07 08:00 - 2022-11-08 17:00 UTC

Online Seminar: Case study, practice and implementation of the legislation on confiscation of assets resulting from criminal activity
2022-10-26 13:00 - 15:00 (Europe/Sarajevo) | Online

Pristina: CPL Training for Higher Education and Public Enterprises
2022-10-19 09:00 - 14:00 UTC | Pristina, Pristina
RAI Secretariat organized last in a row of Training for Higher Education and Public Enterprises Corruption Proofing of Legislation (CPL) on October 19th in Pristina.
Training gathered representatives of the Ministry of Justice, Anti-Corruption Agency and Law Institute.
The first session was introductory where participants were discussing the term “corruption proofing of legislation” and different paths in applying this mechanism in practice. During this session, participants had the opportunity to get better acquainted with the newly-developed CPL Guidance with Checklists for two sectors.
Last session was oriented towards applying the aforementioned guidance in concrete examples, where participants supported by experts were engaged in the risk identification and mitigation measures in the existing local laws and procedures. Presentations and practical exercises opened the way to a very fruitful discussion and experience sharing! The delivery of this training tend to be at a right time for Anti-Corruption Agency, since they are currently at the process of establishing department for corruption proofing of legislation.
Training provided an innovative method for participants in their everyday issues when dealing with corruption and drafting the new laws.
CPL training in Pristina was the last in a series of training that the RAI Secretariat organized this year, as part of the project Southeast Europe – Together Against Corruption (SEE-TAC), jointly implemented by RAI and UNODC – United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime – Civil Society Unit and funded by Austrian Development Cooperation.

Skopje: CRA and CPL Training for Higher Education and Public Enterprises
2022-10-17 09:00 - 2022-10-18 14:00 UTC | Skopje, North Macedonia, Skopje, North Macedonia
After the summer break, RAI Secretariat continued with a tour through the region delivering Training for Higher Education and Public Enterprises on Corruption Risk Assessment (CRA) and Corruption Proofing of Legislation (CPL).
Training organized in Skopje on October 17th and 18th gathered representatives of the State Commission for Prevention of Corruption, Ministry of Justice, Agency for Quality of Higher Education, Ministry of Education and Science and Ministry of Finance Ministry of Information Society and Administration and two CSOs, Institute for Human Rights and Transparency International.
The first day was dedicated to CRA, while the topic of CPL was covered during the second day.
Mr. Vladimir Georgiev, from the State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (SCPC) in his opening statement, commentated on cooperation with RAI Secretariat and gave special significance to the recently developed Guidance with Checklist for these two sectors. These documents are developed with significant contributions from the SCPC to the process.
Ms. Aneta Arnaudovska, Senior Anti-corruption Advisor at RAI Secretariat in her opening remarks touched upon the importance of sectoral corruption risk assessment and corruption proofing of legislation in curbing corruption and reducing harmful effects that corruption has on society.
The first two sessions dealt with the introduction of the terms “corruption risk assessments” and “corruption proofing of legislation” and different approaches when applying these two mechanisms. During the second session, participants had the opportunity to get better acquainted with the newly-developed CRA and CPL Guidance with Checklists for these sectors.
Last session was oriented towards applying the aforementioned guidance in concrete examples, where participants supported by experts were engaged in the risk identification and mitigation measures in the existing local laws and procedures. Concrete suggestions and ideas were exchanged and participants provided different approaches in dealing with everyday situations.
Training provided an innovative method for participants in their everyday issues when dealing with corruption.
CRA and CPL training in Skopje was the fourth in a series of training that the RAI Secretariat will organize this year, as part of the project Southeast Europe – Together Against Corruption (SEE-TAC), jointly implemented by RAI and UNODC – United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime – Civil Society Unit and funded by Austrian Development Cooperation.

Conference on Effective Asset Recovery in accordance with European Standards
2022-10-14 09:00 - 16:30 UTC | Montenegro, Montenegro

Skopje: Masterclass – From silence to action!
2022-09-30 09:30 - 14:30 UTC | Podgorica, Montenegro
The Regional Anticorruption Initiative (RAI) Secretariat continues the regional tour of workshops Masterclass – From silence to action!, on how to run successful public awareness campaigns. The Masterclass in Skopje, North Macedonia will take place on Friday, September 30, 2022.

Tirana: Masterclass – From silence to action!
2022-09-28 09:30 - 14:30 UTC | Tirana, Albania
The Regional Anticorruption Initiative (RAI) Secretariat continues the regional tour of workshops Masterclass – From silence to action!, on how to run successful public awareness campaigns. The Masterclass in Tirana, Albania will take place on Wednesday, September 28, 2022.

UNODC Multi-Stakeholder Workshop
2022-09-27 09:00 - 2022-09-29 17:00 UTC | Kumbor, Montenegro, Montenegro
