Veliko Turnovo Municipality

Local partner of Coalition 2000

"Local Agenda 21" Veliko Turnovo 5000, Veliko Turnovo 3, Veneta Boteva Str. Tel: 062 800 80, Fax: 062 300 48 Teodora@vali.bg www.coe.veliko-turnovo.com

History of the organization: The "Local Agenda 21" NGO Veliko Turnovo was created in the beginning of 1998 with the aim to work towards promoting the participation of the civil society in the process of decision-making on a local level. The NGO together with the Regional Information Centre of the Council of Europe and the Bulgarian Association for Fair Elections and Civil Rights conducts a series of projects, aimed at active civil position and intolerance to the existing corruption mechanisms. The organization works together with media representatives, sociologists and politologists from the Higher Technical University "St. St. Kiril and Metodij". The close cooperation with the Association of the NGOs, whose member is "Local Agenda 21", allows the project to aquire wide social support and successful realization.

Description of the project

Name of project: "Corrupt Practices and Mechanisms Spread among Professional Groups Susceptible to Corruption Pressure" /A comparative analysis of the professional groups of the customs workers, jurists, municipal and tax administrators/
Coordinator: Teodora Kaleinska
Aims of project: Studying the corruption situation among four professional groups, which are, according to the majority of the society, most susceptible to corruption pressure, namely customs workers, jurists, municipal and tax administrators in order:

(1) to clarify the premises and mechanisms of corruption the way the representatives from these groups see them and
(2) to define the best ways for the representatives of these groups to cope with corruption pressure.

Report on the Project

The results of the survey on the project "Corruptive Practices and Mechanisms Predominant among Professional Groups Prone to Corruption Pressure" were presented to the Conference on 18 December 2001 in Veliko Turnovo. Petkan Iliev, a representative of Coalition 2000, took part in the Conference. The results are available only in Bulgarian at:

Analyses /PDF/
Results of the aggregate number of respondents /PDF/
Comparison Tables /PDF/
Results of the survey on Municipal Administration /PDF/
Results of the survey on Tax Administration /PDF/
Results of the survey on Customs Administration /PDF/
Results of the survey on Magistrates /PDF/
Interviews with representatives of the government institutions /PDF/

They are also published in the book "Corruption Through the Eyes of the Institutions"