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

Only municipalities will spend more than 700,000 euros for New Year decorations


Over 700,000 euros for New Year's decoration or 34,000 euros more compared to last year will be spent by municipalities.

Macedonia

The government abandoned the “Louis XV”

Once revealed in the public that the Government will buy new furniture in the Rococo style of Louis XV and that it will spend 52,000 euros on that.

Macedonia

Microbiological tests stuck

Lengthy tender procedures and requests from the Public Procurement Council, left the Institute of Microbiology without three tests.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Agreement Transparency in Public Procurement

Agreement Transparency in Public Procurement

Bosnia and Herzegovina

BiH Law on Public Procurement: Amendments saving millions gather dust

BiH Law on Public Procurement: Amendments saving millions KM gather dust

Bosnia and Herzegovina

NO MINISTER BUT THERE IS A NEW CAR: Ministry of Transport and Communications renews car park

Recently they have started and almost finished the procedure of procurement of the new limousine, apparently VW Passat, which will taxpayers in BiH cost 50,000 KM

Bosnia and Herzegovina

CIN PUBLISHED A DATABASE ABOUT PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

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

Macedonia

Public procurement: the lowest price does not guarantee the quality?

The lowest price which is the key criterion for the bidding companies to win the tender does not guarantees the quality of the tenders

Bosnia and Herzegovina

DISCUSSION ON PUBLIC PROCUREMENT IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: The new law increased corruption!

Civil society organizations, including ACCOUNT, Transparency International B-H, Association "Tender" Banja Luka, Open Society Fund Bosnia and Herzegovina and Association of Employers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, seeking the amendments to the existing PPL B-H and introduction of Public Procurement Portal, which will published all ads on public procurement, tender documentation, list of contracting authority and all other relevant information for the public procurement process in Bosnia an

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