Regulation of Lobbying as a Right Direction to More Transparent and Corruption-Free Legislative Process

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Created on Wednesday, 22 December 2010 15:25

Project Manager: Radomír Špok

Timeframe: completed (September 2009 – December 2010)

Executive summary:

The reason for this initiative was the absence of any legal rules governing this area. General public's concept of lobbying or advocacy is often confused with corruption, which is considered a major social problem (eg, CR 18th place out of 27 EU countries in the Corruption Perceptions Index - CPI last year). EUROPEUM believe that the legal framework and the conduct of lobbying is an integral part of the political process and the promotion of group interests in society. The aim of this project is to promote a particular regulation at parliamentary level through public debate, and by many experts in this field.

Outputs: 

The outputs of this project were studies about regulation lobbying in different countries. 

• Regulation of lobbying in Poland
  
• Law regulation in selected countries (only in Czech language)
• Strengthening the transparency of the legislative process in the Chamber of Deputies (only in Czech language)
• Liberal democracy, lobbying and civil society (only in Czech language)
  

Donors:

CEE Trust - Trust for Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe

Relation between Selected Legal Instruments Adopted within Framework of Police and Judicial Co-operation in Criminal Matters and International Law Obligations of the Czech Republic in Area of International Co-operation in Criminal Matters.

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Created on Thursday, 24 September 2009 19:15

Project Manager: Ivo Šlosarčík

Timeframe: completed (January-September 2009)

Executive Summary: 

The goal of the project was to assess the relation between chosen legal instruments adopted in the framework of police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters (Chapter VI of the EU Treaty) and the international legal commitments of the Czech Republic in the field of international criminal cooperation with the focus on the decisions of the European Council and their implementation in relations between member states (with regard to the possible contradiction in the process of implementation of respective international treaties in the given areas, including the issue of modification of these treaties in the sense of the Vienna Convention). The project was written on demand of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.

Outputs:

• Study (of approximately 60 pages) including critical analysis and assesment of the research field, identification of the main problems and recommendations for the Czech Republic. The study was written for solely for internal needs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.
  

Donors: 

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic

Contributing to the Debate on the Intelligence Services Reform in the Czech Republic: Working Panel on of the Reform Agenda

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Created on Monday, 22 June 2009 13:52

Project Manager: Věra Řiháčková

Timeframe: completed (June 2008 - June 2009)

Executive Summary:

The objective of the project was to come up with suggestions on recreating the concept of intelligence services in the Czech Republic and contribute to the debate by creating a platform for a discussion within a panel of experts. The main goals of the project were as follows: contribute to the open debate on reform of the intelligence services (including the participation of relevant functionaries within experts, public administration, the government and the parliament); ensure and offer a balanced view on various possibilities; influence the political process; open the debate to the civil society, media and general public.

A group of experts worked on a concluding note which was presented at the final seminar in front of the representatives of intelligence services (including the incumbent functionaries) and later made available to the broad audience (interested parties, media). The note was generally considered as useful base for further talks considering the reform of intelligence. The final note was offered by stakeholders of intelligence to the members of the relevant parliamentary committees, the ministry of interior, the officials of the Office of the Government and representatives of the intelligence service and military staff.

Outputs: 

• Final policy paper  (only in Czech Language)
  

Donors:

OSI Think Tank Fund within the Open Society New Response Projects initiative.

Fundamental Rights Agency - views from the new Member States and Germany

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Created on Thursday, 23 November 2006 12:39

Project Manager: Vladimír Bartovic

Timeframe: completed (November 2006)

Executive Summary:

In the framework of the project "Fundamental Rights Agency - views from the new Member States and Germany" have been organized two seminars in the Czech Republic. Both seminars were aimed to discuss the necessity and legal views on the existence of Fundamental Rights agency respectively on the transformation of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia into the above mentioned agency. The seminars were panel discussion where various stakeholders expressed their opinion and were Mr. Przemyslaw Jaron from Centre for International Relations in Poland presented the outcomes of the international research and opinion poll on this topic. Seminars were open to public and they were attended by the stakeholders from state administration, academia and NGOs. Both seminars attracted more than sixty participants.

Partners:

International Institute of Political Science of Masaryk University