XIV NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION CONFERENCE 9-10 December 2021

Press releases · 14/12/2021

• Prof. Dr. Zdravko Krivokapić, Prime Minister of Montenegro
• H.E. Judy Rising Reinke, U.S. Ambassador to Montenegro
• H.E. Luca Zelioli, Ambassador of Italy to Montenegro
• Riccardo Serri, Deputy Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Montenegro
• Anne-Sietske Brinks, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Serbia and in Montenegro
• Steve Arrick, Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy to Montenegro
• Vanja Ćalović Marković, Executive Director of the Network for Affirmation of the NGO Sector

PANEL I: Financing political entities and election campaign in Montenegro

• Nikola Kovačević, Member of Senate of the State Audit Institution
• Momo Koprivica, MP of Democratic Montenegro and Chairman of the Committee on Political System, Judiciary and Administration
• Genci Nimanbegu, MP of FORCA
• Ana Novaković Đurović, Political Director of the Civic Movement URA
• Dejan Milovac, Network for Affirmation of NGO Sector – MANS

 PANEL II: Financing political entities and election campaigns – International practice  

• Goran Petrov, Election Adviser, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
• Lisa Klein, Independent International Electoral consultant
• Dr. Magnus Ohman, Director, Regional Europe Office and Senior political finance adviser at the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES)
• Dr. Yukihiko Hamada, Programme Manager, Money in Politics, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance – IDEA in Stockholm, Sweden
• Richard Pilger, head of the Elections Crimes Branch in the Public Integrity Section and the U.S. Department of Justice’s expert

 PANEL III: Free access to information

• Milijana Vukotić Jelušić, MA, Acting Director General of the Directorate for Effective Implementation of Good Public Administration, Ministry of Public Administration, Digital Society and Media
• Biljana Božić, Head of the Department for free access to information in the Agency for Personal Data Protection and Free Access to Information
• Mihailo Jovović, programme director, Independent Daily Vijesti
• Helen Darbishire, Executive Director, Access Info Europe  
• Natalie Hogg, Director of Defence & Security global initiative,Transparency International
• Perko Gluščević, legal adviser of the NGO MANS

PANEL IV: Public procurement

• Jelena Jovetić, Acting Director General of the Directorate for Investments and Development Projects, Ministry of Finance and Social Welfare
• Ana Đurnić, public policy researcher, Institute Alternative
• Draško Milačić, journalist, Daily newspaper DAN 
• German Filkov, Center for Civil Communications, Macedonia  
• Lazar Grdinić, Network for Affirmation of NGO Sector – MANS

 Introductory panel

• Sergej Sekulović, MA, Minister, Ministry of the Interior 
• Milojko Spajić, MA, Minister, Ministry of Finance and Social Welfare
• Dejan Milovac, Network for Affirmation of NGO Sector – MANS
  

PANEL I: Proposed reforms of confiscation of proceeds of crime

• Boris Marić, State Secretary, Ministry of Justice, Human and Minority Rights
• Boris Savić, President of the High Court in Podgorica 
• Valentina Pavličić, representative of Montenegro before the European Court of Human Rights
• Vukosav Jovanović, Sector for the fight against crime, Police Directorate
• Prof. Dr. Nebojša Vučinić, former judge of the International Court of Justice in Strasbourg
  

  PANEL II: Confiscation of property in criminal proceedings and    criminalization of illicit enrichment of public officials 

•   Italy: Marco Del Gaudio, Deputy National Anti-Mafia and Counter-terrorism Prosecutor
• Germany: Dr. Stefan Pürner, Head of Section for South Eastern Europe, German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation (IRZ)
• Germany: Dr. Gunnar Greier, Senior Prosecutor and Deputy Head at Public Prosecutor‘s Office Cologne
• United Kingdom: Rupert Vining, expert in the field of rule of law and fight against organized crime and corruption
• Italy: Col. (GdF – Financial police) Claudio Valentini, Preventive Investigation Unit, Antimafia Investigative Directorate, Ministry of Interior
• Italy: Col. (GdF – Financial police) Roberto Dieghi, International Cooperation Unit, Antimafia Investigative Directorate, Ministry of Interior

  PANEL III: Civil Forfeiture of criminal assets  

•   United Kingdom: Jill Thomas, independent consultant in the field of recovery of illegally acquired property
•   United Kingdom: Tristram Hicks, expert on the recovery of proceeds from corruption and organized crime
•   Slovenia: Barbara Lipovšek, special prosecutor