Улога и место закона о лобирању у политичком систему Cрбије
Introduction of the Lobbying Act into Political System of Serbia

Summary/Abstract: We believe a society should recognize lobbying as legitimate and necessary. In a democracy, active private involvement in setting public priorities is an asset. In return, we believe society can expect lobbying to be transparent. During economic and political transition, open lobbying is probably a healthy sign of positive democratic change. Communism discouraged independent civic activity, and in economic life, with large state-owned monopolies rejecting reform or privatization, small and medium-sized enterprises may have to unite in businesses association to be heard. A survey of transition countries actually found that lobbying and corruption are reversely related, in the sense that the more corrupt a nation is, the less likely individual firms are to engage in lobbying. Our research tends to suggest that lobbyists are not averse to states having registers of lobbyists for a number or reasons. Primarily the paper tends to legitimize lobby groups as actors in the political process, and gives a certain transparency to the overall lobbying process. Equally as important it allows citizens to openly see what lobby groups are doing and who in government they are talking to, with the result that over time citizens become less cynical about the work and nature of lobby organizations, and indeed politicians. Lobbyist employs a wide range of techniques and strategies to promote their policy goals. The techniques used by interest groups can be divided into direct and indirect techniques. Author offer direct techniques by which lobbyists approach the officials personally to present their case and point of view. With indirect techniques, in contrast, lobbyists use the general public and media to influence decision makers. At the end of this paper we offer a number of reasons for lobbying legislation in Serbia.

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