Money well spent?

PUBLIC PROCUREMENT IN THE WESTERN BALKANS

Public procurements or only imitation?

“Monitoring of the public procurements: corruption risks, identified from the civil society organizations” organized by the Macedonian Center for International Cooperation (MCMS) and the Center for Civil Communications (CCC).

Monuments’ polishing will clean up 730,000 euro for two years

The construction company "Beton" will maintain fountains and monuments in the next 24 months.

Public procurement could be next TTIP deal breaker

As EU-US negotiators prepare for a new round of transatlantic trade talks in New York next week, officials fear TTIP might run into a new brick wall: Public procurement.

Psychological tests – lucrative business for close people

The owner of the company that won the tender for psychological tests for teachers and professors is the manager of an NGO, along with a psychologist who is employed at the Ministry of Education and Science, reveals research by BIRN

 
 

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Macedonia

The number of appeals in public procurement reduced twice in four years

The State Appeals Commission for Public Procurement has received 585 complaints in 2012, compared to 1.044 complaints in 2009.

Serbia

Serbia has obtained 25 public procurement trainers

On March 21, Serbia obtained the first 25 local public procurement trainers who will train state officials throughout the country.

Macedonia

Prilep printing house accuses of fraud with the election material

“The procedure for selection of the most favourable bid for printing of ballots for the local elections is illegally conducted”, accuses on a news conference the director of the Prilep printing house “11 th of October”.

Serbia

The Strategy of the Fight against Corruption: medical doctors, politicians, public procurements under the magnifying glass

More stringent control of public procurements, the property of politicians and parties, the relationship between pharmaceutical companies and medical doctors, transparent media financing – are the basic goals of the Draft National Strategy for the Fight against Corruption

Serbia

State Audit Institution: 47 Billion Spent in Suspicious Public Procurements

In 2011 alone violations of public procurements procedures were made by 122 state-owned companies and state bodies, the value of which totals almost 50 billion dinars, the State Auditor has said.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Decrease of transparency in public procurement in BiH

Transparency International Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BiH), in cooperation with the Open Society Fund Bosnia and Herzegovina (FOD BiH), published a report of monitoring the implementation of the Public Procurement Law.

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