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26. September 2012.

How did UK Thanks to Mathematician and Jurist Efficiently Set Out 'Yes, Minister'

Toward GONG conference anent International Right to Know Day September 28, we have interviewed one of the guests Andrew Stott, who was Director for Transparency and Digital Engagement for the United Kingdom Government. He led the work to open up government data and create ‘data.gov.uk‘. Toward GONG conference anent International Right to Know Day September […]

USAID Releases the 15th Edition of the NGO Sustainability Index

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) released the 15th edition of its Non-Governmental Sustainability Index (NGOSI) – now called the Civil Society Organization Sustainability Index (CSOSI) in recognition of the broad range of nonprofit civil society organizations (CSO) active in the region. This year’s edition covers civil society developments during calendar year 2011. The […]

Platform 112: Čačić should resign

Last week the First Deputy Prime Minister Radimir Čačić was found guilty in court in Hungary, where he was tried for causing a traffic accident in which two people were fatally injured. We are disappointed by recent statements given by the Prime Minister Zoran Milanović that disparaged the Hungarian legal system and relativized the concept […]

Fight against corruption as a way of life

Due to delay in naming political corruption the major social and political problem in Croatia, the anticorruption policy in Croatia in the period 2008-2011 lacked the analysis of the actual situation in the specific areas. This was one of the main conclusions reached in the round table discussion entitled “Anticorruption policy perspectives without pressures from […]

„GONG for citizen activism and democratic development“ goes to Split Pride 2011

„Citizen activism is still quite an endemic occurrence in Croatia, while the citizen courage is a virtue possessed by rare ones among us” said Nives Miošić, Head of GONG Research Centre, during today’s award giving ceremony at the Faculty of Political Science. The annual award of the GONG Council was given for the third time, […]

Independent body to protect the right of access to information

GONG supports the formation of an independent body designed to protect the right of access to information, as a member of the work group for FOIA Act amendments. The introduction of an Information Commissioner would guarantee high-quality implementation of the Act since this person would be able to file complaints against decisions to withhold information. […]

Pilot educational program "Civic Literacy"

Formal educational system does not provide fundamental knowledge of political literacy. Thereby GONG launched a pilot educational program "Civic Literacy" within EDUcentre. Program included 27 high school teachers that were trained through three program modules (political, media and the EU literacy) on how to communicate idea of active citizenship to their students and, actually, how […]

24. April 2012.

Whose government is the most transparent one? LOTUS 2011/12 Research Results

From September 2011 to February 2012, GONG conducted the second round of research focused on transparency and openness of local and regional self-government. The research was carried out in cooperation with the Association of Cities of the Republic of Croatia, including each of the 576 units of local and regional self-government. The aim was to […]

23. April 2012.

GONG Rings for Democracy

„September 1999. The three of us are in the office of the then President of the Croatian Parliament, holding boxes containing 28,000 signatures of people requesting the introduction of non-partisan election monitoring into the electoral law, collected in 28 cities. Vlatko Pavletić looks at us with interest, maybe even with sympathy: ‘You‘re young and clever, […]

20. April 2012.

Assessment of the new Government by Platform 112

Platform 112 presents assessment regarding the work on these 112 demands during the first quarter of the new government, or symbolically during the first 112 days of its term. Platform 112 is developed by 60 civil-society organisations in Croatia that are continuously working on protection of human rights, democratisation, peace-building, combating corruption, and protecting public […]

13. April 2012.

GONG took its first action exactly 15 years ago – it was observing the local self-government elections held on April 13 1997. Before that, for the purposes of independent and unbiased supervision over the election process, which was made impossible during the 1990ties, and at the initiative of the activists gathered under the Coordination of […]

Efforts to improve the implementation of legislation in Croatia

Efforts are being made to impose adequate sanctions to the parties that have violated regulations, and to give the issue of party funding the proper place in public legal and political sphere. After the State Audit Office detected a series of irregularities and violations while conducting financial audit of political parties and independent representatives for […]

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