State institutions must work together to reduce the extent of corruption, introduce laws and rules of conduct and sanctions for corrupt behavior, but they should also implement and execute these measures.
The fight against corruption also means building a negative environment for all corrupt habits by strengthening key systems for integrity, public procurement and public finance management, as well as building state audit institutions and anti-corruption bodies and partnerships with civil society, companies and free and independent media, said EU Ambassador David Geer at the opening of the Regional Conference on Combating Corruption, which was held on Wednesday in Skopje, within the framework of cooperation with the Regional Anti-Corruption Initiative and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
