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

Montenegro

Drug tender annuled

State Commission for the Control of Public Procurement Procedures annulled part of the tender for the purchase of medical equipment, worth 2.9 million euros, which was signed by ‘Montefarm’ in mid-July.

Montenegro

Nikšić: Audit revealed suspicious tenders of the previous local government

The auditing company EuroRev from Podgorica concluded that the previous local government in Niksic, which consisted of councillors from Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has violated the Law on Public Procurement in the most tender announcements during the last year.

Montenegro

Tender for tumor markers nullified again

State Commission for the Control of Public Procurement Procedures nullified the tender of Health Insurance Fund (HIF) for the procurement of medical equipment for the laboratories of public health institutions, which lasts more than 11 months.

Montenegro

Lazarevic approved work without tender

EPCG sent facsimile to the Independent Daily ‘Vijesti’ of the opinion given by the Commission for the Control of Public Procurement Procedures on the 6th of September 2010. The opinion was signed by its former chairman Marko Lazarevic.

Montenegro

There was no approval for EPCG to consult A2A without tendering

During the period from 2009 to the end of 2011, Commission for the Control of Public Procurement Procedures did not give EPCG any opinion concerning the procurement of consultancy and legal services of A2A, which were worth many millions, confirmed Suzana Pribilović, President of the Commission.

Montenegro

EPCG spends millions on A2A advices without tender procedure

For counseling and legal services in the 2010 EPCG spent 4.56 million euro, in 2011 5.45 million and during last year 4.29 million. At least 7.5 million was paid without a bid to A2A, co-owner of the company who manages the EPCG.

Montenegro

The value of public procurement 323.15 million

The value of public procurement concluded during the last year in Montenegro were 323.15 million euro, or about 9.72 percent of the estimated gross domestic product, according to the Report of the Public Procurement adopted by the Government.

Montenegro

BALKAN TENDER WATCH presented in Podgorica

Regional web portal and regional Base-Line Survey dedicated to public procurement in the Western Balkans, the Balkan Tender Watch, was officially presented on 30th May, 2013 at a press conference held in Podgorica.

Montenegro

Analysis of public procurement systems in the Western Balkans

A regional Internet portal dedicated to public procurement in Western Balkan countries will be presented in a press conference which is going to be held on May 30, 2013 in Podgorica (Montenegro).

Montenegro

Construction of Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts Object

Object of Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts (CANU) was supposed to be completed in March 2012, but it did not happen even in the beginning of 2013.

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