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CIN PUBLISHED A DATABASE ABOUT PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

Date: Apr 16, 2015

Bosnia and Herzegovina

 

04.03.2015.

Source: www.cin.ba

 

The Center for Investigative Reporting in Sarajevo (CIN) has created a unique online database about public procurement to give citizens insight into public spending and to show with whom government institutions and public companies are doing business when it comes to buying goods or services or doing public work.

The database features records of 39,178 contracts concluded among 828 government institutions and public companies with 5,230 companies. The value of the contracts is at least 6.2 billion KM.

Reporters found among the winners of public contracts firms owned or co-owned by politicians. Their firms were awarded 295 contracts worth 103.8 million KM for procurement of cars, fuel, medicine, hotel accommodation, construction and forestry work. The database is available at CIN’s page www.cin.ba/javnenabavke. It is free of charge and mobile app compatible.