Enhance civil society monitoring of the implementation of fifth round GRECO recommendations

The Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) was established in 1999 by the Council of Europe to monitor States’ compliance with the organisation’s anti-corruption standards. GRECO’s objective is to improve the capacity of its members to fight corruption through a dynamic process of mutual evaluation and peer pressure. It helps to identify deficiencies in national anti-corruption policies, prompting the necessary legislative, institutional and practical reforms. GRECO also provides a platform for the sharing of best practice in the prevention and detection of corruption.

Serbia has been a member of GRECO since 2003 and has so far completed four evaluation rounds. On 5 July 2022, GRECO adopted and published its fifth round evaluation report on Serbia. The report evaluates the effectiveness of the framework in place in Serbia to prevent corruption amongst persons with top executive functions (president, ministers, senior officials and advisers) and members of the police. It aims to identify weaknesses that need addressing and positive developments that should be sustained in order to assist the Serbian authorities in strengthening their prevention efforts in line with GRECO standards.

The objective of this project is to help Serbia fulfil the fifth round GRECO recommendations, by monitoring implementation of the GRECO recommendations, providing feedback and improving the quality and effectiveness of the measures adopted by the authorities.