{"id":993,"date":"2025-03-04T16:08:40","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T15:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gradjanske.vuksha.com\/how-citizens-money-is-spent-a-manual-for-identifying-gongos-and-phantom-organizations\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T17:25:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T15:25:31","slug":"how-citizens-money-is-spent-a-manual-for-identifying-gongos-and-phantom-organizations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gradjanske.vuksha.com\/en\/how-citizens-money-is-spent-a-manual-for-identifying-gongos-and-phantom-organizations\/","title":{"rendered":"HOW CITIZENS&#8217; MONEY IS SPENT: A Manual for Identifying GONGOs and Phantom Organizations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/gradjanske.vuksha.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/prirucnik-GONGO-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gradjanske.vuksha.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/prirucnik-GONGO-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/gradjanske.vuksha.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/prirucnik-GONGO.png 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Do you know how your money is spent?<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Every year, millions of dinars from the public budget end up in the hands of dubious organizations. Although public competitions should support the work of organizations that <strong>truly serve the public interest,<\/strong> the reality is different: funds often go to <strong>so-called<\/strong> <strong>GONGO organizations<\/strong> (government organized non-governmental organizations), which are often established solely to <strong>extract budget money<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Civic initiatives, together with organizations gathered in the coalition Open About Competitions \u2013 OKO, have been monitoring these abuses for years.<\/strong> Through an analysis of the competition, allocated funds, and related organizations, we documented numerous irregularities and corruption schemes that enable non-transparent distribution of money from the budget.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Our research methods and findings have now been translated into the \u201cHandbook for Mapping and Tracking GONGOs and Phantom Organizations\u201d \u2013 a tool that enables faster identification of these organizations and uncovering their connections with decision-makers.<\/strong> The manual is intended for:<\/p>\n\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\" class=\"wp-block-list has-medium-font-size\">\n<li>To members of competition committees \u2013 to allocate funds based on realistic criteria, not pre-agreed arrangements.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Journalists and researchers \u2013 to make it easier to follow the money trail and expose rigged competitions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organizations and citizens \u2013 so they know how to check suspicious allocations and demand accountability from institutions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Abuses are systemic \u2013 there is no epilogue yet<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Let us recall that back in 2014, after it was discovered that funds from the Ministry of Labor&#8217;s competition had been awarded to organizations with identical projects, many of which were founded just a few months before the competition and some even after the competition was announced, the then Minister Aleksandar Vulin was forced to cancel the competition. In the same year, we filed a criminal complaint against an unidentified person over the disputed competition, which was dismissed by the Prosecutor&#8217;s Office three years later.  Iste godine podneli smo krivi\u010dnu prijavu protiv NN lica zbog spornog konkursa, koju je nakon tri godine Tu\u017eila\u0161tvo odbacilo.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Even after almost a decade of continuous reports of irregularities, the situation has not changed &#8211; abuses are present at all levels.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Irregularities were identified in public competitions announced by the Ministry of Family Care and Demography, the Ministry of Youth and Sports\/Ministry of Tourism and Youth, the Ministry of Culture and Information, the Ministry of Labor, Employment, Veterans and Social Affairs, the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Ministry of Education, city and provincial secretariats, the cabinets of ministers without portfolio, and individual local government units. Detailed analyses of competition procedures and recipients of funds showed: Detaljne analize konkursnih procedura i dobitnika sredstava pokazale su:<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Let us recall the <a href=\"https:\/\/birn.rs\/milioni-evra-izvuceni-na-javnim-konkursima-za-mlade-i-decu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2021 Ministry of Family Care and Demography competition<\/a>. The funds were transferred to the accounts of private agencies owned by family members and close people. Most often, the competitions were intended for the prevention of domestic and youth violence, but it was found that the activities were either completely absent or were carried out without compensation by school employees. In this way, five million euros were extracted from the Ministry.    <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">In the same Ministry&#8217;s 2022 competition, researchers came across a network of 24 organizations that were &#8220;created&#8221; immediately before the competition was announced, by re-registering existing associations that had not been active for years before. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">Criminal charges have been filed against the responsible persons in the Ministry, but the competent Prosecutor&#8217;s Office for Organized Crime has not yet initiated an investigation.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What next?<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><strong> Download the manual and find out how the system of drawing budget funds through GONGO organizations works.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><strong> Let&#8217;s not allow public money to be spent behind closed doors.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><strong> Share this information and demand accountability!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">You can download the manual by clicking the button below.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-6054acc2-cd4b-4a41-84cc-38b2cc5225e7\" href=\"https:\/\/gradjanske.vuksha.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PRIRUCNIK-za-prepoznavanje-i-pracenje-GONGO-i-fantomskih-organizacija.pdf\">MANUAL<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gradjanske.vuksha.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PRIRUCNIK-za-prepoznavanje-i-pracenje-GONGO-i-fantomskih-organizacija.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download=\"\" aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-6054acc2-cd4b-4a41-84cc-38b2cc5225e7\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you know how your money is spent? 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