July 6, 2010
Appliance of the Code in practice- Novi Pazar

Two working meetings were held in Novi Pazar to strengthen the awareness of the importance of appliance and monitoring of the Code of Conduct of local government. The first meeting was held in the multimedia center and brought together representatives of local authorities, media, interested citizens and representatives of the Working body for implementation of the Code from Novi Pazar. The event was welcomed in front of the city administration Novi Pazar by: Borka Jovanovic - President of the Assembly, Zora Mijaljević - Deputy Secretary and Tarik Imamovic - Vice President of the Assembly. In front of the partner organizations spoke: Semiha Kacar - Sandzak Committee for Protection of Human Rights and Freedoms and Dragan Mladenovic - Citizens' reading room „Pirgos“. In front of the Working Body for implementation and monitoring of the Code spoke Bisera Šećeragić - a member of the Working Body.

The city of Novi Pazar is specific in that it has developed and adopted two codes of conduct, one of which is related to the functionaries and the other to the employees in the administration. During the working meeting past activities were presented by the Working Body for monitoring and implementation of the Code, as well as project activities. Representatives of local authorities have expressed willingness to actively support the Working Body. President of the Assembly stressed the need to actively involve civil society and the media in implementation and monitoring of the Code. In the afternoon a meeting was held with representatives of civil society and local communities. The meeting was about the role of citizens in monitoring the implementation of the Code. Participants were actively involved in the discussion of which the conclusion was that it is necessary to monitor the work of local government officials and thus contribute to strengthening democracy and civil society.