Think Locally - Act Locally! - Results of local self-governments in application of mechanisms for prevention and fight against corruption at the local level in Montenegro - Annual Report -
Think Locally - Act Locally! - Results of local self-governments in application of mechanisms for prevention and fight against corruption at the local level in Montenegro - Annual Report -

Author(s): Ana Nenezić, Milka Tadić-Mijović, Željka Ćetković, Marko Sošić
Subject(s): Media studies, Criminal Law, Civil Society, Public Administration, Economic policy, Government/Political systems, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Present Times (2010 - today), Corruption - Transparency - Anti-Corruption
Published by: Centar za građansko obrazovanje (CGO)
Keywords: Local self-government; prevention of corruption; Local municipalities; anticorruption policies; organised crime; local integrity plans; investigative journalism;
Summary/Abstract: Corruption is directly impeding rule of law, demolishing moral of society and shattering stability and economic progress of state. Not only it is in contrast with positive legal regulations, it represents also a deviation of fundamental social principles. Therefore, fight against corruption represents a precondition for development of democratic society. Corruption is also one of key challenges that Montenegro is facing, and consequently adequately addressing corruption must be a key task of state administration, including also units of local self-government. According to researches, of both international and national organizations, fight against corruption in Montenegro remains at unsatisfactory level and additional efforts are needed in order to achieve sustainable results in this area. Unlike at national, corruption at the local level has not been recognised for a long time as an issue that must be paid attention to. Precisely lack of efficiency and responsibility at the local level has resulted also in enormous debt of Montenegrin local self-governments, which has at the end of 2016 amounted to 143,091 million EUR, whereby system of responsibility does not exist in practice, and there are rare examples of effective processing of corruption cases at the local level by authorised organs.

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