Today, USAID has launched the campaign in the framework of the anti-corruption week with the slogan "Account for your money", which aims at the integrity of the municipalities of Kosovo to promote accountability, integrity and transparency at all levels of government for the benefit of the citizens. .

The director of USAID's activity for Integrity of Kosovo Municipalities, Maia Gogoladze, said that this activity will be a step forward against corruption. She said that the fight against corruption has many challenges, but in partnership with the central and municipal governments, the phenomenon of corruption will be fought.

Vlora Spanca from the National Audit Office (ZKA), stated that the reports of corruption are large. According to her, about 2018 cases of corruption in capital projects have been sent to the State Prosecutor's Office from 2022 to 300.

Chairman of the Board of the Regulatory Commission of Public Procurement (KRPP), Osman Vishaj said that the main challenge of procurement remains improper planning, transparency and supervision of contracts.

Otherwise, the European Commission's report on Kosovo has also paid attention to the fight that Kosovo has waged against corruption and organized crime, emphasizing that our country is in the middle of an early stage in the fight against these two phenomena.

According to the report, Kosovo is in the middle of an early stage and a level of preparation in the fight against corruption.

"Limited progress has been made during the reporting period and corruption remains an issue of concern. While last year Parliament passed important anti-corruption legislation and the legal framework for criminal forfeiture has advanced, much remains to be done to implement anti-corruption legislation. Despite the improvement in the performance of the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption, the anti-corruption prevention tools defined in the legislation have not yet been fully used. Kosovo should increase efforts to have more proactive investigations, final court decisions and final confiscation of assets. Kosovo is at an early stage in the fight against organized crime. Limited progress has been made in the investigation and prosecution of organized crime cases. Kosovo has adopted a new police organizational structure and improved intelligence and analysis capacities. Law enforcement operations against organized crime continued. Despite this, the powerful tools provided by the Criminal Code and the Law on extended powers of confiscation have not yet been fully utilized. The fight against organized crime in the north of Kosovo continues to be challenging," the report states. /KosovaPress

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