18 minutes agoOver 60,000 officials declare wealth in Albania
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)On the second day of regional conference anti-corruption works, in which it is discussed declaring assets and assets by senior officials. At the second session of this conference, the practices of several countries in the region were introduced and more broadly how the declaration of wealth is regulated by [...]
At the second session of this conference, the practices of several countries in the region were introduced and more broadly how the declaration of property by senior public officials is regulated by law.
The policy specialist for public administration and anti-corruption at the UNDP Office in Istanbul, Irakli Kotishvili, has presented practices for the state of Ukraine and Georgia.
He is pointing to the property statement system, has said that over 1 million public officials are obliged to declare property.
Kotishvili added that online statements are more protected and practical than physical ones.
To that end, the Ukrainian system is also based on electronic signatures.
Meanwhile, Flori Karaj, inspector from the High Inspectorate of the Declaration of Riches and Conflict of Interests in Albania, has said that in Albania the property declaration is done by high and medium-level.
In addition, the wealth declaration is made for spending more than $300,000. As opposed to Kosovo's statement of property becoming physical, the declaration is made online in Albania.
Karaj also spoke of the result of this prosecution inspectorate but also the number of statements.
According to him, in 2017 alone, 6035 have declared wealth in Albania.
Likewise, Deputy Director of the Agency for Prevention of Corruption in Montenegro Malden Tomovovic has introduced the practices of declaring property in this state, which has said investments in the Agency, to ensure that the data system is high security.
According to him, over 5 thousand senior public officials make the declaration with the Agency for Prevention of Corruption in Montenegro.
What makes this Agency in Montenegro more specific is that they did verify the statements even in bank accounts for public officials.
Also on this panel of discussion, there has been Drago Kos, leader of the Working Group Against Payth (OECD).
The third session is already under way, the conflict of interest, while the closing notes and the joint statement are made from 13:30 to 15.00, where part of it will be Shaip Havolli, AKK director for Kosovo Flori Karaj from Albania's Inspectorate, Hasim Shabotiq from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Plamen Dimitrov from Bulgaria and others from Croatia, Montenegro and Turkey.
