Publications

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Mind the Trap: Breaking the Anticorruption Deadlock in the Western Balkans

SELDI's Regional Anti-Corruption Report highlights that a disrupted anticorruption agenda in the Western Balkans has been one of the...

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Election Integrity and the Abuse of State Resources in the Western Balkans

This policy brief examines the abuse of state resources and its deep implications for the democratic governance and electoral...

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Auditing for Accountability: Unused Potential in Prevention and Combating Corruption

No Real Democracy Without Strong Institutional Checks and Balances It is well-known that corruption thrives in environments with weak or...

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The State of Capture: Тhe Elusive Quest for Anti-Corruption Results

The escalating geopolitical tensions worldwide, exemplified by conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, have disrupted common global agendas....

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Bridges to Nowhere. State Capture and Corruption Risks in Fiscal Transfers and Public Procurement at the Local Level in Southeast Europe

This report analyses the risks entailed by the misuse of fiscal transfers from central to local governments in nine SEE...

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The State of Capture: The Risks to Distributive Politics in Southeast Europe

The policy brief underlines the importance of proper governance of public finances, especially in countries with rule of law deficiencies....

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Rolling Back State Capture in Southeast Europe. Implementing Effective Instruments for Asset Declaration and Politically Exposed Companies

Russia’s ongoing war of aggression against Ukraine has intensified existing geopolitical tensions throughout 2022 and into 2023, exposing persistent rule...

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SELDI Policy Brief 18: Media Capture in the Western Balkans: From captured states to captured media

Media capture is quite visible in all Western Balkan countries. Governments influence the media by regulating access to government news...

News & Events

Economic Development and Growth through Civic Engagement, 22 November 2024, Plovdiv
Economic Development and Growth through Civic Engagement

The crisis of the representative democracy in Europe and the Western Balkans is becoming increasingly evident – voter turnout is...

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Organized trainings for the SELDI Small Grants Programmme

The MCIC team recently organized a series of training sessions for pre-selected organizations invited to submit full applications in response...

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Countering Corruption and State Capture – Advancing EU Accession of Western Balkan Countries

The increasingly fractious global geopolitical landscape has severely disrupted the EU integration reform agendas for good governance in the Western...

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Charting Policy Options for the Western Balkans

Serbia’s geopolitical position makes it a key battleground for influence between the West and authoritarian powers like Russia and China....

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Confronting Strategic Corruption and Illicit Finance: Democratic Resilience and Economic Security

Building on the Summit for Democracy’s Cohort on Anti-Corruption Policies and National Security, the Center for the Study...

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Call for Proposals for the SELDI Small Grants Programme

The Macedonian Center for International Cooperation (MCIC), on behalf of the Southeast Europe Leadership for Development and Integrity (SELDI),...

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The State of Capture in Bulgaria: The Elusive Quest for Anti-Corruption Results

Bulgaria is facing a critical juncture in its endeavors to uphold the rule of law. In 2023, administrative corruption reached...

The participants in the regional conference “Southeast Europe Together Against Corruption: Developing Regional Resilience” 20 February 2024, Sarajevo.
Southeast Europe Together Against Corruption: Developing Regional Resilience

The SELDI initiative took part in the regional conference “Southeast Europe Together Against Corruption: Developing Regional Resilience” organized by the...

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Infographic: The Way Forward: Reducing the Risks from Clientelistic Intergovernmental Transfers

The third SEE Good Governance Report recommends several policy measures that could reduce the risks of discriminatory and biased...

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Infographic: Corruption Risks in Central-Local Government Fiscal Relations

The third SEE Good Governance Report warns that local companies, especially SOEs, benefit from non-competitive municipal budget funding. At...

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Infographic: State Capture and Corruption Risks in Fiscal Transfers and Public Procurement at the Local Level in Southeast Europe

Public finances in Southeast Europe (SEE) are highly vulnerable to corruption and state capture. The third SEE Good Governance...

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Infographic: Public procurement irregularities among politically exposed companies

Procurement and asset declarations’ data in SEE-9 shows that the contract volume share of politically connected firms varies between...

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Infographic: Good practice and prerequisites for efficient checks of asset declarations

Some good practices could serve as an inspiration and example to the SEE-9 countries. The second SEE Good...

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Infographic: Asset declarations as a corruption prevention and risk assessment instrument

Asset declarations are strong, but under-used instruments for corruption and illicit finance prevention among civil servants, particularly politically exposed...

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Infographic: The Way Towards Good Governance in Southeast Europe

The comparative analysis of SEE‑9 public procurement and energy SOEs’ management practices in the first R2G4P SEE Good...

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Infographic: Governance of State-Owned Enterprises in the Energy Sector

The energy sector presents one of the main systematic governance problems leading to significant losses of public wealth and...

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