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EU
Representatives of the coalition "Toward Efficient Public Procurement Mechanisms in the EU (potential) Candidate Countries" were on a study tour
Within this project "Towards effective mechanisms of public procurement in the (potential) candidate countries for EU membership" study tour to Slovakia was organized from 16.-20.09.2013.
EU
Public procurement: "The goal is to make better use of public money"
Public procurement makes up 19% of the EU's annual gross domestic product, but how do we guarantee best value for money? The Parliament is currently working on new rules to ensure a more effective and transparent use of public money when public authorities pay for goods or services. The internal market committee will vote on the plans on 5 September.
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.
EU
Changes in Public Procurement Act: small subcontractors to be paid directly by the state
Small companies that are subcontractors of state procurement contracts will be able to receive their money directly from the state. This is one of the amendments to the Public Procurement Act (PPA), which was adopted recently by the Council of Ministers.
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.
EU
Public procurement process to be made tenderer for SMEs
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are going to be given a leg up in the public tendering process, in a bid by the government to facilitate the procedure.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ostoja Kremenović: "We did hear there are tender malversations"
Ostoja Kremenović, new Chairman of Procurement Review Body, whose naming for that position did create some controversies and complaint to BH Court from his forerunner, in interview for ‘’Nezavisne’’ is explaining causes and consequences of these happenings.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Daviddi: BiH, the only country that failed to transpose EU law on public procurement
The European Union is concerned about the proposed amendments to the Law on Public Procurement as the planned amendments do not bring BiH closer to relevant European directives.
Macedonia
Different spending for public money by municipalities
A comparative analysis of public procurement of the municipalities shows large differences between municipalities, not only by the total amount of the money spent through public procurement, but also by the money spent on public procurement per capita.
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