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
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 Calls for Sanctioning of Anti-Corruption Commission Members for Repeated Failure to Adhere to Final Court Decision
Supreme Administrative Court Orders Commission for the Forfeiture of Illegally Acquired Property to Provide Access to All Asset Forfeiture Decisions
Case of Illegal Construction by Mother of Politician Delyan Dobrev Reaches Supreme Administrative Court, Meanwhile National Revenue Agency Inspects Complainant
Open Letter from Civil Society Organisations: Legitimizing Politicians Sanctioned for Corruption Cannot be a European Value
The Wolf of Varbovka: How Rumen Gaitanski, with Support by the Authorities, is Getting Closer to Building Bulgaria's Largest Waste Incinerator
Prosecution Leaks: The "Magic Carpet" of Proceedings 114/2022 of Sofia Regional Prosecutor's Office or How Influence Brokers in the Judiciary Initiate Advantageous Investigations
Project for a Huge Incinerator near Pavlikeni Stalls After Civil Protests, but Supreme Court Has the Last Word
Diagonally Across the Law: Bratsigovo Municipality Ignores Illegal Construction by Mother of Politician Delyan Dobrev
The others for us
Petyo Petrov “The Euro” Had Key Role in Investigating Delyan Peevski
Prosecutor's Office Initiates Probe Following ACF Report About Manipulated Supreme Judicial Council Vote
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
Video
Bulky Schemes: Are Sofinvest and Pancharevo's District Inspectorate Protecting Abuses of Sofia's System for Bulky Waste Removal?
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
ACF: Many Violations in the Operation of Buffer Parking Lot Near Ruse Border Crossing Part 2 of Game of Parking Lots Exposes Curious Family Ties and Shows How State Interference Supports a Monopoly
Game of Parking Lots: Persons Linked with Kapitan Andreevo Scandal Expand Their Reach to Bulgaria’s Northern Border
“Pelletgate”: firm linked to Delyan Dobrev received large amounts from Maritza 3 TPP for fictitious deliveries of biomass
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
