AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BIH CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION AND THE AGENCY FOR PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION AND COORDINATION OF FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION SIGNED
Sarajevo, April 15, 2014 – Pursuant to Article 9 of the Law on changes and addenda to the Law on conflict of interests in the government institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina an agreement between the BiH Central Election Commission and the Agency for prevention of corruption and coordination of the fight against corruption was signed today in Sarajevo, The agreement regulates reassignment of the BiH CEC’s staff, who worked on tasks that the Law on changes and addenda to the Law on Conflict of interests in the government institutions of BiH delegated to the Commission for deciding on conflict of interests. The agreement was signed by the presidents of the two institutions, Mr. Stjepan Mikić and Mr. Sead Lisak.
After the Agency for prevention of corruption and coordination of the fight against corruption gets the Rulebook on changes and addenda to the Rulebook on internal organization of the Agency by the BiH Council of Ministers, the today signed agreement will be the base to initiate a procedure through the BiH Agency for civil service for preparation of individual decisions on assigned staff (a total of 8 persons, 7 civil servants and 1 employee).
After the Agency for prevention of corruption and coordination of the fight against corruption gets the Rulebook on changes and addenda to the Rulebook on internal organization of the Agency by the BiH Council of Ministers, the today signed agreement will be the base to initiate a procedure through the BiH Agency for civil service for preparation of individual decisions on assigned staff (a total of 8 persons, 7 civil servants and 1 employee).
THEMATIC WORKSHOP „REINFORCING THE CREDIBILITY AND ACCEPTANCE OF ELECTORAL PROCESSES“ HELD IN JORDAN
Sarajevo, April 15, 2014 – Under the patronage of His Majesty King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein, the European Commission (EC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in cooperation with the Independent Election Commission Jordan organize a five-day thematic workshop entitled “Reinforcing credibility and acceptance of electoral processes” from 7 to 11 April, 2014 in Jordan. The conference was attended by around 250 participants primarily representatives of the electoral management bodies, members of the parliament, media associations, Civil Society Organizations, UNDP staff, staff from EU Delegations and staff from international donor agencies and regional organizations active in electoral assistance and electoral observation.
During the conference Mrs. Irena Hadžiabdić, member of the BiH Central Election Commission, presented how the Central Election Commission deals with political parties and ethnicity issues. Also, as the BiH CEC’s member in the Executive Board of the Association of European Election Officials (ACEEEO) Mrs. Hadžiabdić presented the work of this umbrella European Association of electoral management bodies. Out of 250 participants of the Conference Mrs. Hadžiabdić had the honor to be appointed amongst four participants to present the conference’s conclusions.
The aim of the conference was to elicit best practices and to provide electoral management bodies and key stakeholders with information and comparative experiences on accountability and transparency in electoral processes. The debate mainly focused on how to increase credibility of electoral process and to what extent election administration and other key stakeholders can contribute to this process, and have better cooperation through the professional associations.