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

The Anti-Corruption Fund took part in the Partnerships for Anticorruption Global Forum 2025, hosted by the World Bank Group

The Mayor's Apartments: ACF Sheds Light on Shady Property Deals of Pencho Milkov

ACF Reports to EPPO and CINEA the Latest Questionable Public Procurement for Chiren Underground Gas Storage

First Hearing of the Defamation Lawsuit Against Nikolay Nedelkov, the Metropolitan Inspectorate Director Who Reported Sofia’s 240 Unregulated Dumpsites

Delyan Peevski Seeks to Turn Public Attention Away from the Influence Networks in the Justice System

ACF Reveals Scandalous Appointments of Persons Linked to Political Parties in State-Owned Bulgartransgaz

ACF Presented with 2024 Knight of Truth Award

ACF Announces Winners of 2024 Red Line Journalism Against Corruption Awards

As Deputy Prosecutor General, Borislav Sarafov Signed Documents While Unaware of Their Contents and Out of Loyalty to His Superior Ivan Geshev

State-Owned Gas Transit Company “Bulgartransgaz” Gives up BGN 26 Mln. in Compensation for the Failed Expansion of Chiren Underground Gas Storage
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Lora Georgieva: The State is Ignoring the Problem with the Compulsory Private Parking Facilities at the Borders

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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
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ACF Reveals Scandalous Appointments of Persons Linked to Political Parties in State-Owned Bulgartransgaz


Chiren: Tenders with Convenient Incline


State-Owned Gas Transit Company “Bulgartransgaz” Gives up BGN 26 Mln. in Compensation for the Failed Expansion of Chiren Underground Gas Storage


Bulky Schemes: Are Sofinvest and Pancharevo's District Inspectorate Protecting Abuses of Sofia's System for Bulky Waste Removal?


Lords of the Dust: Who are the Patrons of a Parallel Construction Waste Removal Scheme in Sofia?


ACF’s Annual Monitoring Report for 2023: Anti-Corruption Institutions at Freezing Point


The Wolf of Varbovka: How Rumen Gaitanski, with Support by the Authorities, is Getting Closer to Building Bulgaria's Largest Waste Incinerator


Project for a Huge Incinerator near Pavlikeni Stalls After Civil Protests, but Supreme Court Has the Last Word
“Pelletgate”: firm linked to Delyan Dobrev received large amounts from Maritza 3 TPP for fictitious deliveries of biomass

