Regional Trial Monitoring Project - Combatting Organised Crime and Corruption in the Western Balkans

Description

This multi–year regional project (2021-2026) is supporting a more effective administration of justice regarding serious corruption and organized crime cases through trial monitoring. OSCE field operations in Tirana, Pristina, Sarajevo, Belgrade, Podgorica and Skopje are implementing the project, with ODIHR providing guiding support and the OSCE Secretariat/Conflict Prevention Centre leading project co-ordination.

The fight against serious organized crime and corruption, and the provision of support in developing more effective judicial institutions, represent key components of the OSCE’s work towards achieving long-term stability and prosperity in South-Eastern Europe, and is fully consistent with local strategic priorities.

The project aims to enhance judicial systems’ independence, quality and efficiency in tackling serious corruption and organized crime, and is being delivered in close partnership with – and with the financial support of – the European Commission.

The OSCE, capitalizing on its long-standing experience of trial monitoring in the region and building on ODIHR’s extensive trial monitoring toolkit, is uniquely placed to implement this initiative.

The project’s overall objective is to support a more effective judicial response to corruption and organized crime in South-Eastern Europe. This will be done by establishing an evidence-based framework for future reforms. The quantitative and qualitative data collected during the monitoring process will be analysed to define systemic problems and their probable root causes, enabling the OSCE and relevant local institutions to determine where successes are being achieved in the fight against organized crime and corruption and where further assistance is needed.

The European Commission is funding the project through the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA II).

Contacts

Eirini Patsea

Programme Coordinator

OSCE Secretariat, Conflict Prevention Centre, Policy Support Section

eirini.patsea@osce.org

Emir Kamenica

Project Officer

OSCE Presence in Albania

emir.kamenica@osce.org

Ana Novakova Zhikova

Project Officer

OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ana.NovakovaZhikova@osce.org

Kakhramondzhon Sanginov

Project Officer

OSCE Mission in Kosovo

kakhramondzhon.sanginov@osce.org

Marija Daka

Project Officer

OSCE Mission to Montenegro

Marija.Daka@osce.org

Franz Petutschnig

Project Officer

OSCE Mission to Skopje

franz.petutschnig@osce.org

Ernis Isamatov

Project Officer

OSCE Mission to Serbia

Ernis.Isamatov@osce.org

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A detail from an online kick-off session presenting a regional project titled “Supporting a More Effective Administration of Justice in Corruption & Organized Crime Cases in the Western Balkans through Trial Monitoring”, organized by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Delegation of the European Union to Bosnia and Herzegovina. 2 July 2021 (OSCE/Vedran Prilibovic)

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Part of participants of a kick-off meeting in relation to the project “Supporting a More Effective Administration of Justice in Corruption and Organised Crime Cases through Trial Monitoring,” funded by the European Union and implemented by the OSCE, 08 July 2021. (OSCE)

OSCE Mission to Montenegro and EU Delegation launch three-year trial-monitoring project to support a more effective administration of justice

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Ambassador Clemens Koja, Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje (l), Minister of Justice of North Macedonia Bojan Marichikj (c), and Ambassador David Geer, Head of the EU Delegation (r) launch project to monitor trials of corruption and organized crime cases, 28 July 2021. (OSCE/Ilona Kazaryan)

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Ambassador David Geer, Head of the EU Delegation: The criminal justice system has a critical role to play in combatting corruption and organised crime. This project aims to support such efforts by establishing a system of trial monitoring designed to identify systemic weaknesses in the management of cases within the criminal justice system.

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