REGIONAL DEBATE ON CRITICAL CHALLENGES IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT IN THE WESTERN BALKAN COUNTRIES

70 representatives of all relevant stakeholders, including government officials, civil society organizations, international partners, and the media gathered together on 25 September 2024 at Balkan Tender Watch’s annual regional debate on state of affairs in public procurement in the Western Balkan countries.

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.

 
 

Focus

Bosnia and Herzegovina

JP Elektroprivreda BiH (Public Enterprise Electricity Utility of Bosni and Herzegovina) is violating again the Public Procurement Law: Why are the metering cabinets bought at twice the price ???

JP Elektroprivreda BiH (Public Enterprise Electricity Utility of Bosnia and Herzegovina) for the fifth year purchased tens of thousands of metering cabinets without public calls for them and pay twice as much as they should, according to a survey by Žurnal.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Association of citizens Tender’s Draft of Law on Public Procurement: Solutions to 600 BAM million of savings

Annually in BiH, on the procurement of goods, services and works are spent four billion in BAM, of which over 800 million BAM are swallowed by corruption.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Analysis of Corruption in BiH

On the basis of the relevant reports and analysis, it can be concluded that Bosnia and Herzegovina has a number of adequate laws, based on good international practice, but because of the lack of political will, the discrepancies in the various levels of government and weak coordination mechanisms, laws are inconsistent in practice.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Corruption in BiH – Country where public procurements are secret

JP Elektroprivreda BiH (Public Enterprise Electricity Utility of Bosni and Herzegovina) and Medical clinical centers often violate public procurement procedures in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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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