{"id":8901,"date":"2021-12-14T11:00:48","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T09:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mans.co.me\/en\/?p=8901"},"modified":"2021-12-15T19:35:11","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T17:35:11","slug":"xiv-national-anti-corruption-conference-9-10-december-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/?p=8901","title":{"rendered":"XIV NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION CONFERENCE 9-10 December 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/FFF.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8905\" src=\"https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/FFF-1024x574.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"702\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/FFF-1024x574.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/FFF-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/FFF-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/FFF.jpg 1132w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/a><\/b><br \/>As part of the celebration of the International Anti-Corruption Day on<br \/>December 9 and 10, the<strong> XIV National Anti-Corruption Conference<\/strong> was held, <br \/>organized by the Network for the Affirmation of the Non-governmental Sector (MANS)<br \/><br \/>This year&#8217;s Anti-Corruption Conference was organized as part of a<br \/>project supported by The National Endowment for Democracy (NED), Dutch<br \/>Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the Embassy of the Kingdom of the<br \/>Netherlands, United State Embassy in Montenegro, project Balkan Tender<br \/>Watch coalition, Delegation of the European Union, Embassy of Italy in<br \/>Podgorica and the German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation<br \/>(IRZ)<b><br \/><br \/><br \/>OFFICIAL OPENING<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Prof. Dr. Zdravko Krivokapi\u0107<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prime Minister of Montenegro<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><b>H.E. <\/b><b>Judy Rising Reinke<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> U.S. Ambassador to Montenegro<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><b>H.E. <\/b><b>Luca Zelioli<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ambassador of Italy to Montenegro<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><b>Riccardo Serri<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deputy Head of the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Delegation of the European Union to Montenegro<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Anne-Sietske Brinks<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the <\/span><i style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Kingdom of the Netherlands in Serbia and in Montenegro<\/i><\/li>\n<li><b>Steve Arrick<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Deputy Head of Mission at the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">British Embassy to Montenegro<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><b>Vanja \u0106alovi\u0107 Markovi\u0107<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Executive Director of the Network for Affirmation of the NGO Sector<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>PANEL I: <\/b><b>Financing political entities and election campaign <\/b><b>in Montenegro<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Nikola Kova\u010d<\/b><b>evi\u0107<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Member of Senate of the State Audit Institution<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Momo Koprivica<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, MP of Democratic Montenegro and Chairman of the Committee on Political System, Judiciary and Administration<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Genci Nimanbegu<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, MP of FORCA<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Ana Novakovi\u0107 \u0110urovi\u0107<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Political Director of the Civic Movement URA<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Dejan Milovac<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Network for Affirmation of NGO Sector \u2013 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MANS<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b><br \/>\u00a0<\/b><b>PANEL II: <\/b><b>Financing political entities and election campaigns<\/b><b> &#8211;\u00a0<\/b><b>International practice<\/b>\u00a0<b><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Goran Petrov<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Election Adviser, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (<\/span><b>ODIHR<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Lisa Klein, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Independent International Electoral consultant<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Dr. Magnus Ohman<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Director, Regional Europe Office and Senior political finance adviser at the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Foundation for Electoral Systems (<\/span><b>IFES<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Dr. Yukihiko Hamada<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Programme Manager, Money in Politics, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance \u2013 <\/span><b>IDEA<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Stockholm, Sweden<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Richard Pilger<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, head of the Elections Crimes Branch in the Public Integrity Section and the U.S. Department of Justice&#8217;s expert<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b>\u00a0PANEL III: Free access to information<\/b><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Milijana Vukoti\u0107 Jelu\u0161i\u0107<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, MA, Acting Director General of the Directorate for Effective Implementation of Good Public Administration<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ministry of Public Administration, Digital Society and Media<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><strong>Biljana Bo\u017ei\u0107<\/strong>, <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Head of the Department for free access to information in the <\/span><i style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: 600;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agency for Personal Data Protection and Free Access to Information<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><b>Mihailo Jovovi\u0107<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, programme director, Independent Daily Vijesti<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Helen Darbishire<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Executive Director, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Access Info Europe\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Natalie Hogg<\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director of Defence &amp; Security global initiative,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transparency International<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><strong>Perko Glu\u0161\u010devi\u0107<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, legal adviser of the NGO MANS<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b>PANEL IV: Public procurement<\/b><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Jelena Joveti\u0107<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Acting Director General of the Directorate for Investments and Development Projects, Ministry of Finance and Social Welfare<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Ana \u0110urni\u0107, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">public policy researcher,<\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Institute Alternative<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><b>Dra\u0161ko Mila\u010di\u0107<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, journalist, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily newspaper DAN<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>German Filkov, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Center for Civil Communications, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Macedonia\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lazar Grdini\u0107<\/strong>, <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Network for Affirmation of NGO Sector \u2013 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MANS<\/span><\/i><b><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dwdR7tzzQvM\" width=\"575\" height=\"394\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h5><b>\u00a0Introductory panel<\/b><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Sergej Sekulovi\u0107<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>MA<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Minister, Ministry of the Interior\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Milojko Spaji\u0107, MA<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Minister, Ministry of Finance and Social Welfare<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Dejan Milovac<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Network for Affirmation of NGO Sector &#8211; MANS<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>PANEL I: Proposed reforms of confiscation of proceeds of crime<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Boris Mari\u0107<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, State Secretary, Ministry of Justice, Human and Minority Rights<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Boris Savi\u0107<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, President of the High Court in Podgorica\u00a0<\/span><b><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Valentina Pavli\u010di\u0107<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, representative of Montenegro before the European Court of Human Rights<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Vukosav Jovanovi\u0107<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Sector for the fight against crime, Police Directorate<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Prof. Dr. Neboj\u0161a Vu\u010dini\u0107<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, former judge of the International Court of Justice in Strasbourg<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>\u00a0 PANEL II: Confiscation of property in criminal proceedings and\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/b><b>criminalization of illicit enrichment of public officials\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 <\/span><b><i>Italy:<\/i><\/b><b> Marco Del Gaudio, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deputy National Anti-Mafia and Counter-terrorism Prosecutor<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><i>Germany:<\/i><\/b> <b>Dr. Stefan P\u00fcrner<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Head of Section for South Eastern Europe, German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation (<\/span><b>IRZ<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><i>Germany: <\/i><\/b><b>Dr. Gunnar Greier<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Senior Prosecutor and Deputy Head at Public Prosecutor\u2018s Office Cologne<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><i>United Kingdom: <\/i><\/b><b>Rupert Vining<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, expert in the field of rule of law and fight against organized crime and corruption<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><i>Italy: <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Col. (GdF &#8211; Financial police) <\/span><b>Claudio Valentini<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Preventive Investigation Unit, Antimafia Investigative Directorate, Ministry of Interior<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><i>Italy: <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Col. (GdF &#8211; Financial police) <\/span><b>Roberto Dieghi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, International Cooperation Unit, Antimafia Investigative Directorate, Ministry of Interior<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b>\u00a0 PANEL III: Civil Forfeiture of criminal assets\u00a0<i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 <\/span><b><i>United Kingdom:<\/i><\/b><b> Jill Thomas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, independent consultant in the field of recovery of illegally acquired property<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 <\/span><b><i>United Kingdom: <\/i><\/b><b>Tristram Hicks<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, expert on the recovery of proceeds from corruption and organized crime<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 <\/span><b><i>Slovenia: <\/i><\/b><b>Barbara Lipov\u0161ek<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, special prosecutor<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DlKWAUcBzO4\" width=\"575\" height=\"394\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the celebration of the International Anti-Corruption Day onDecember 9 and 10, the XIV National Anti-Corruption Conference was held, organized by the Network for the Affirmation of the Non-governmental Sector (MANS) This year&#8217;s Anti-Corruption Conference was organized as part of aproject supported by The National Endowment for Democracy (NED), DutchMinistry of Foreign Affairs<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"cat-17\" href=\"https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/?p=8901\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8901","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-press_releases"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mans.co.me\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}