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Seminar: Conflict of Interest, Good Governance and Management of the Local Authority - Civil Society Relationship
On 14 May 2010, the Center for the Study of Democracy, in conjunction with Ms. Maria Nedelcheva from the European People’s Party (EPP) and the Balkan Trust for Democracy initiative, organized a seminar on the "Conflict of interest, good governance and management of the local authority - civil society relationship”. The seminar was focused on sharing experience in legislation pertaining to conflict of interest and its application to the public-private partnership between municipalities and NGOs. more » |
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Third Advisory Group Meeting of Asia-Europe Democratisation and Justice series
On 22 and 23 February 2010, the Center for the Study of Democracy hosted The third Advisory Group Meeting of Asia-Europe Democratisation and Justice Series organized by the Asia-Europe Foundation in partnership with Hanns Seidel Foundation Indonesia. The Advisory Group includes experts from relevant international and regional organisations, NGOs and academe in the field of democratisation and justice. more » |
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The Cooperation and Verification Mechanism Three Years Later:
What Has Been Done and What Is Yet to Come
On 1 January 2007 Bulgaria became a member of
the European Union. However, according to the
European Commission, the country’s judicial system
and law enforcement bodies still lacked the
necessary capacity to implement and apply the
measures adopted to establish the internal market
and the area of freedom, security and justice. The
remaining issues warranted the establishment of a
mechanism for cooperation and verification of the
progress of Bulgaria to address specific benchmarks
in the areas of judicial reform and the fight against
corruption and organised crime. more » |
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Review of Need: Indicators of Public Confidence in Criminal Justice for Policy Assessment
In September 2009 a report, entitled ‘Review of Need: Indicators of Public Confidence in Criminal Justice for Policy Assessment’ came out, published by the European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control, Affiliated with the United Nations (HEUNI). The publication is the first volume of the working papers of the EUROJUSTIS project, designed to provide EU institutions and Member States with new indicators for assessing public confidence in justice. It is a result of the implementation of one of the project’s specific objectives: to assess the perceived need for European social indicators of public confidence in justice for policy assessment and to examine the state of current tools. The working paper was jointly prepared and edited by experts from the Law Program of the Center for the Study of Democracy and from HEUNI, since the Center was leading the project partners’ effort for needs assessment.
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CSD Brief No 14: Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement along Bulgaria's Borders: The Impact of EU Accession
Enhanced criminal justice and improved cross-border cooperation between judicial and law enforcement authorities are essential for the EU and its Member States in order to effectively respond to the increasing threat of cross-border criminality. This policy brief is a follow up to the 2007 CSD report Reinforcing Criminal Justice in Border Districts and examines the attitude of and measures undertaken by the relevant stakeholders as regards the policy recommendations formulated by the report. more » |
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