Accountable Local Authorities, Strong Communities
The main objective of the project is to improve the accountability and integrity system of local government and thus create conditions for countering corruption at the local level by mobilizing local civil society communities. The activities are carried out in partnership between Scanteam, Norway and Anti-Corruption Fund (ACF), Bulgaria. The NGO Scanteam, Norway has considerable experience in implementing projects related to anti-corruption and the application of good governance principles in different parts of the world.
Project work includes:
– Development of a Local Government Accountability and Integrity Standard:
The Standard introduces principles of good governance established in international practice. The Standard has been developed in collaboration with the Norwegian organisation Scanteam, following an analysis of the situation on the ground and with the active participation of local coordinators and activists and cooperation with local authorities in the selected municipalities.
Monitoring the implementation of the standard:
Journalists, citizen activists and NGOs in ten pilot municipalities will monitor the local implementation of the standard in their communities and will be able to report bad practices using an electronic application. Meetings and training for local community representatives – journalists, activists, NGOs – will improve their skills to report to the competent authorities.
Introducing the Accountability and Integrity Standard for consideration by regional anti-corruption councils:
The standard will be proposed to the municipal councils in the monitored municipalities for approval and adoption as a code of ethics standard for good governance practices in the municipality. The aim is that following a decision by the municipal council, the standard will become part of local legislation.
The project “Transparency and Accountability of Local Authorities, Strong Communities: Implementing a Local Government Accountability and Integrity Standard through Engagement of Local NGOs and Media” is implemented with the financial support of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway under the EEA Financial Mechanism through a grant of EUR 182 655, 03.
Press releases
What has been omitted by the Prosecutor’s Office in its “report” on the persons sanctioned under the Magnitsky Act?
Andrey Yankulov took part in the conference “Rule of Law and the Business Environment in Bulgaria”
Disobeying Court Rulings: Anti-Corruption Commission Refuses to Publish Its Decisions on Confiscating Illegally Acquired Property
Four NGOs Have Supported Proposed Legislative Changes to the Criminal Procedure Code, Increasing Accountability of the Prosecutor's Office
“Aliance for Fair Elections” will work against electoral fraud
In 2018, the Prosecutor's Office suspected Miglena Tacheva of malfeasance in office after a report from the ACF
ACF took part in the International Anti-Corruption Conference in Washington DC
The Anti-Corruption Fund announced the winners of the 2022 Red Line Awards for Journalism against Corruption
Paul Pardew becomes International Adviser to the Anti-Corruption Fund
The Administrative Court: The Anti-Corruption Commission’s decisions cannot be official secrets and must be published
The others for us
Major General Paul H. Pardew will be ACF's International Advisor
Purchased and controlled vote and trust in the electoral process
Anti-Corruption Fund Foundation held a meeting and discussion in Blagoevgrad
Andrey Yankulov to Fakti: The work of the Anti-Corruption Commission is shrouded in secrecy
Mario Rusinov on election technology and the purchased vote
The most important thing about anomaly-monitoring analyses is the politicians' awareness that they are taking place
Der Standard: As early as 2019, ACF has sent reports to the Financial Inspectorate and the Prosecutor's Office about irregularities at the Capitan Andreevo Check Point
Andrey Yankulov: It is strange that a deputy minister was dismissed after allegations of a BGN 200 000 bribe, and now he has been restored to the same position
Andrey Yankulov: The draft law about the Anti-Corruption Commission allows for external control over the Prosecutor's Office
Trading votes for firewood, or about the election frauds in the upcoming elections
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Analysis of the ACF: GERB and the Movement for Rights and freedom win the biggest share of votes in polling stations at risk
The Rules of Bukovlak
"Our Party - Number One": Witness account of voting instead of voters and threats on election day in Breznitsa village
"How many votes do we have for Stefcho?", new witness from Simitli municipality
"How many votes do we have for Stefcho?" Another first-hand account of flagrant violations at the polling stations in Simitli, where Stefan Apostolov won 90% of the vote
Is the Asparuhovo Bridge dangerous?
Swamp Stories from Varna Lake, PART 2
Swamp Stories from Varna Lake, PART 1
The Public Financial Inspection Agency: In Search of the Missing Capacity
Parliamentary elections, November 2021: What happened at the polling stations at risk?
