Projects
09.12.2015.
Institute for Culture and Ethics organised in cooperation with GONG round table „Challenges before us – ethics, anticorruption politics and processing” to mark International Anticorruption Day December 9th. Participants were GRECO President Marin Mrčela, Chief State Attorney Dinko Cvitan, President of State Commission for Supervision of Public Procurement Procedures Goran Matešić, President of Committee for Deciding on Conflict of Interest Dalija Orešković, Information Commissioner Anamarija Musa and other officials, scholars and activists interested in curbing corruption. Round table was supported by the Embassy of the United Kingdom in Croatia. Zorislav Antun Petrović from Institute and Jelena Berković from Gong were hosting the round table on which all key anticorruption activities in Croatia were presented. Goal of round table was to emphasize prevention and the fight against corruption in the light of the new Government and the mandate of the new Parliament.
30.09.2015. - ongoing
Through project “Curbing Corruption in Croatia in Middle Ages”, focused on pupils in elementary and high schools, Institute for Culture and Ethics organised lectures in Zagreb, Zadar, Split, Rijeka, Krk, Cres and Pag about the ways corruption was prevented in Croatia between 13th and 16th century. Through lectures accompanied with the exhibition will be presented all key anticorruption stipulations implemented in Croatian medieval cities. Through authentic examples pupils were presented some of basic principles for curbing corruption, such as avoiding conflict of interests, access to information, exemption of judges and many others used in the Middle Ages and which can be applied today as well. Medieval stipulations will be compared to the modern day stipulations and presented how everlasting basic principles are. Except lectures in schools in each city public lectures will be organised as well. Project is supported by the Ministry of Science and Education through the program “Non-institutional education of children and young” for three years in a row.
September 2015. - ongoing
This project promoted most interesting anticorruption stipulations in medieval legal acts created on territory of Croatia. Exhibition, based on a book “Curbing Corruption in Croatia in Middle Ages”, promotes solutions that passed the test of time and which can be still, despite the fact they are centuries old, used in any modern public administration to decrease corruption risks. Exhibition was set up first in Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb on September 15th 2015. and Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanović opened it. Since then it was presented in Croatian National Theatre in Rijeka, European Parliament in Brussels, and then it toured Zadar, Karlovac, Split, Korčula, Pag, Krk, Omišalj, Malinska, Vrbnik, Cres, Vukovar, Šibenk and Trogir. Exhibition was mostly presented in schools and it should tour all major cities in Croatia by year 2020. Project was supported by Siemens Hrvatska, Atlantic Grupa, Radio 101 i Europlakat.
In a book were presented the anticorruption solutions used in Croatia between 13th and 16th century. Starting from Law Code of Vinodol, one of the oldest Slavic codes, and Statute of Korčula, in book are presented legal documents from cities Dubrovnik, Zadar, Split, Rijeka, Kastav and Senj and islands Krk, Cres and Lastovo. Authors were professor Željko Radić from Law School of Split University, docents Zrinka Nikolić Jakus and Tomislav Galović from the History Department of Faculty of Philosophy of Zagreb University, PhD Zdenka Janeković Römer from Croatian Academy of Science and Arts, PhD Ozren Kosanović from Faculty of Philosophy of Rijeka University and PhD. Marta Dragičević Prtenjača from Law School of Zagreb University.
Al legal ancient legal acts are presented from the anticorruption point of view, i.e. prevention of misuse of entrusted powers. After this book one or two books with about the medieval legal acts is planned and the exhibition and film based on this book are planned as well. Book is published with the support of Siemens Hrvatska, Primorje Gorski Kotar County and Croatian Post.