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Tag: anti-corruption policy

A pioneering step: Gong part of the first European anti-SLAPP consortium

The goal is to educate legal experts on SLAPPs.

Institutionalised sources of corruption in Croatia: an experts’ insight

Gong presented its research and pointed out that corruption is linked to political institutions.

Instead of fighting corruption, the Minister prefers to accuse Gong

Minister of Justice and Public Administration's letter makes clear that the Commission for the Prevention of Conflicts of Interest will lose its power.

Letter to GRECO: The Commission must not be destroyed

Gong warned GRECO the Commission for the Prevention of Conflicts of Interest in Croatia must not be destroyed.

Anti-corruption demands at the time of the coronavirus pandemic

Resolving a crisis caused by a coronavirus, and further complicated by the Zagreb earthquake, requires swift and decisive action. However, during this crisis management, the Croatian Government must not forget about transparency so as not to undermine citizens' confidence in institutions. Identifying corruption risks can help strengthen our response to the pandemic and provide healthcare […]

Recommendations for more transparency of European Affairs

The Presidency of the Council of the EU is a unique opportunity for Croatia to take a step forward in the transparency of European affairs, thus to genuinely bring Europe closer to its citizens. The European Union cannot survive without its citizens' acceptance. Non-transparent European affairs and the policy of secrecy of national governments in […]

Letter to GRECO: Plenkovic undermines the fight against corruption

Gong has warned Greco (The Group of States against in the Council of Europe) that Prime Minister Plenković is systematically undermining anti-corruption activities in Croatia. We informed of two recent cases: related to the (1) Commission Regulating Conflict of Interest and (2) Gong as a civil society watchdog. Dear Greco, the rhetoric which Prime Minister […]

Questions for Dubravka Šuica that she needs to answer

Before Dubravka Šuica takes over the duty as a vice-president of European Commission and becomes commissioner for demography and democracy, Gong finds crucial that she comes forward about the content of her mandate. During hearings of candidates for EU Commissioners Ms Šuica should be asked these questions: Democracy, equality, and the rule of law How […]

The Church must not be privileged, we want reports

As an organisation that advocates transparency, Gong calls on the Catholic Church, the biggest religious group in the Republic of Croatia, to publicly issue its annual financial reports. Gong wrote to the Cardinal Josip Bozanić and the president of the Croatian Conference of Bishops Želimir Puljić and invited them to issue the financial reports to […]

How to fight corruption with Bandić?

Gong is requesting a withdrawal of anti-corruption proposal by which organisations have to cooperate with the city or county leaders, for Zagreb, that means cooperating with Milan Bandić. Gong requested that the Government Office for Cooperation with NGOs withdraws and changes the terms of 85 million Kuna worth anti-corruption proposal by the European Social Fund […]

After joining EU, Croatia lost political will to fight corruption

On the occasion of International Anti-Corruption Day, observed on December 9, the nongovernmental election-monitoring organisation GONG on Friday warned that after it joined the European Union, a lack of a true political will for fighting corruption at all levels was evident in Croatia. GONG council president Nenad Zakosek told a news conference held outside parliament […]

Democracy on paper – capture in practice!

This paper is based on the research Croatia’s Captured Places conducted in three local and one regional government unit in Croatia (Dubrovnik, Slavonski Brod, Zagreb and the County of Istria). It was focused on actors and mechanisms of governance in which a system or parts of a system are appropriated by powerful individuals, groups or […]

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