The meeting focused on the aspects of future cooperation between the Committee on the Judiciary, Public Administration and Local Self-Government and the OSCE and USAID mission as regards the implementation of project “Promoting good governance through the strengthening of public accountability mechanisms and citizens’ participation".
The representatives of the OSCE Mission offered the Committee members professional support in the processing of the reports of independent regulatory bodies, which would improve the National Assembly’s oversight role and the accountability of anti-corruption institutions.
Committee Chairman Petar Petrovic informed the representatives of the international organisations on the manner of cooperation between the Committee and the independent regulatory bodies, saying that, in the previous period, it had reviewed all the independent bodies’ reports for 2011 which were then forwarded to the National Assembly for deliberation and adoption, along with conclusions and recommendations. The Committee member also said that a new public procurement law is being prepared, as part of the anti-corruption efforts, expressing belief that the new law would be adopted by the end of the year.
The Committee Chairman stressed that, as part of Serbia’s progress to the European Union, the National Assembly and the Government need to make a concerted effort on harmonising domestic legislation and European regulations, adding that a decisive fight against corruption conducted via the preparation and adoption of new legislation which will additionally regulate the field, is part and parcel of the process.