The EU has the capacity to be the regional stabilising factor for anti-corruption reforms throughout the Western Balkans and a crucial player in the fight against the growing threat of...
2019 SELDI Corruption Monitoring System (CMS) data showed that countries that could see the prize of accession to the EU on the horizon performed better in their fight against corruption....
The anti-corruption progress achieved in the Western Balkans between the early 2000s and mid-2010s has now been reversed with most measures of administrative corruption indicating an increase. Self-reported involvement in...
In 2021, corruption raised as the largest problem for the citizens in North Macedonia, unlike previous years when the top three issues were unemployment, poverty and low incomes. Political instability...
The growth of Chinese economic and political influence has locked a number of Central and East European countries into long-term, large-scale and costly infrastructure projects that have contributed to an...
SELDI’s Regional Anti-corruption Report presents the civil society’s assessment of the regulatory and institutional factors enabling corruption in the Western Balkans region and emphasises some of the priority policy issues....
Although judicial reforms have been ongoing for more than a decade in the countries of the Western Balkans, no significant progress has been observed, in particular as it relates to...
The hidden economy is a widespread phenomenon throughout the Western Balkans and manifests itself in various sectors, among which the agricultural, services, real estate and construction industries. Country-specific sectors include...
The negative effects of the hidden economy are numerous – low funding and quality of public services, no healthcare and pension coverage, maternity or annual leave. Informal practices also breed...
The Public Procurement Barometer (X-index), developed by SELDI's partner RIINVEST, measures and evaluates the performance of municipalities in public procurement and compares it with best practices. The index is based...
The European Commission has repeatedly noted the existence of state capture risks in the Western Balkans, “including links with organised crime and corruption at all levels of government and administration,...
SELDI’s State Capture Assessment Diagnostics (SCAD) results reveal that multiple economic sectors in the region show symptoms which can potentially be attributed to state capture. Albania and Serbia rank the...
