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	US Analyst Says Bulgaria Needs More Transparency Bulgaria needs to make its politics more transparent, fight corruption and adopt an efficient public procurement law to ensure its 2007 accession to the European Union, a U.S. political analyst said. “A number of very expert individuals in Bulgaria, outside the government have made very legitimate questions of whether or not that 2007 accession date could be actually achieved,” John Sitilides, Director of the Washington-based Western Policy Centre told the BNN. “There are very important issues about full democratisation and transparency of the political decision making process in Bulgaria,” he added. “There are strong concerns about the level of corruption ... Source: BNN Contributed by: Любомир Харизанов Add your comment \| See other people comments (0)

	Small Grant Competition Announcement Coalition 2000 announces a small grant competition for non-profit non-governmental organizations experienced in the implementation of anticorruption projects. Areas of priority: 1. Institutionalizing civic control on the local government and self-government authorities - support for the establishment and development of the ombudsman institution. 2. Anticorruption education: encouraging the development of anticorruption courses in the curricula of high and secondary schools 3. Typology of and counteraction to corruption practices in the public sphere, incl. local, district and central administration. The small grant program will encourage innovative ... Source: http://www.anticorruption.bg/index_eng.php Contributed by: Зорница Иновска-Димитрова Add your comment \| See other people comments (0)

	Corruption Assessment Report 2002 The annual Corruption Assessment Report 2002 of Coalition 2000 was published. The Corruption Assessment Report 2002, which is the fourth in a row, presents a general evaluation of the state and dynamics of corruption in Bulgarian society and of the efforts to counteract corruption in the year 2002 Source: www.anticorruption.bg Contributed by: Драган Донков Add your comment \| See other people comments (0)

	Anticorruption Journalistic Competition Announcement Media are playing an important role in shaping public attitudes towards corruption, as well as for revealing cases of corruption in various spheres. Coalition 2000 constituted awards for best materials against corruption, in view of stimulating the active anticorruption position of journalists and the media as a whole. The awards for the year 2003 will be announced in February 2004 during a ceremony, organized by Coalition 2000. A special certificate and a cash reward will be given to the winners. Journalists from all media in the country are invited to send in copies of one published article or a tape and a transcript of a broadcast treating the issue of corruption. ... Source: http://www.anticorruption.bg/index_eng.php Contributed by: Зорница Иновска-Димитрова Add your comment \| See other people comments (0)

	Report on “Corruption in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises” In July 2002, Vitosha Research completed a project on “Corruption in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Bulgaria”, commissioned by “Integra”, Slovakia. The survey was conducted amongst entrepreneurs and managers of 642 small and medium-sized companies in Bulgaria. Source: www.anticorruption.bg Contributed by: Зорница Иновска-Димитрова Add your comment \| See other people comments (0)

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