Agency for Prevention of Corruption

Held Lecture Fight against Corruption and Prevention of Conflicts of Interest in Public Administration

June 5, 2017

Head of the Section for the Prevention of Conflict of Interest Maja Karas Bošković held lecture on "The fight against corruption and prevent conflicts of interest in public administration" for public officials and civil servants employed in the government authorities in Montenegro.

Participants of the lecture were public officials and civil servants - the responsible persons in the ministries, administrations, institutions, offices, funds, agencies and secretariats, as well as responsible persons in local government authorities, and local self-government authorities. The training was attended by over 20 participants.

Karas Bošković introduced to the participants of the lecture the provisions of the Law on Prevention of Corruption which refer to the prevention of conflict of interest in exercising public function. She was also talking about legal restrictions in the exercise of public functions, about the provisions which regulate the handling of gifts, sponsorships and donations, as well as about the provisions of other laws that regulate some of the limitations in the exercise of public functions.

Participants of the lecture were explained the procedure for giving the Opinion of the Agency regarding the existence of a conflict of interest or restrictions in the exercise of public functions, as well as the procedure for determining violations of the Law on Prevention of Corruption, which is conducted before the Agency in case of a possible conflict of interest or restrictions in the exercise of public functions.

The goal of the training is to raise the level of knowledge of civil servants and public officials on identifying conflicts of interest in the work environment, on legal mechanisms for the prevention and elimination of conflicts of interest, on the role and powers of the Agency in the proceeding upon the reporting of conflict of interest, legal consequences of the proceeding before the Agency, as well as on the obligation of taking actions of the authorities in relation to the person against whom the proceedings are conducted.


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