Good governance

The Municipal Anti-corruption Initiative (MAI) of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, launched in 2018 as part of the Mission’s programmatic focus to fight corruption at all government levels, included monitoring anti-corruption trends and processes within the sector of public management in local governance units (LGUs) across Bosnia and Herzegovina, and presenting the main findings and recommendations in the form of thematic reports. The first report, completed in 2019, assessed spaces for corruption in the provision of grants and in-kind support to civil society organizations. This report’s focus lies on presenting the key features of asset management system at the local level and identifying corruption risks in current procedures and practices in the management of immovable assets in 22 selected LGUs.

The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina commissioned a state-wide survey on the electoral process in Bosnia and Herzegovina in summer 2021. The aim of the survey was to identify citizens’ perceptions, experiences and understanding of elections, their views on the importance of voting, their perceived role in the electoral process, and how they participate in politics in general. Many different surveys and polls have looked at elections in BiH. Most attempted to collect data on technical aspects of the process and aimed to extrapolate voting patterns and voter preference.

A country-wide public opinion survey of 1009 adult residents of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) carried out in August 2021 by the OSCE Mission reveals a low level of public trust in the integrity and fairness of election processes and the institutions and actors involved, as well as a high incidence among voters of direct experience of electoral fraud.