The Center for Civil Communications (CCC) regularly monitors and analyses implementation of public procurements in the country, starting from 2008 when the first legislation on public procurement drafted in compliance with the European Commission’s Directives entered into effect.
The 21st Index of Rationality is developed for five types of products/services, those being: Microsoft 365 Business Standard licenses; renting photocopiers; surgical sutures; services for collection, transport and disposal of medical waste, and sodium hypochlorite in gaseous aggregate state.
The report from the regular monitoring of public procurement, which includes surveys with companies and representatives of state institutions; - The Index of rationality where the prices at which different institutions procured exactly the same products or services are compared and - The database on public procurement of municipalities for 2023.
Ranking of central and local government institutions by their active transparency in 2024
In the Republic of North Macedonia, public procurements account for 24% of the state budget and 8% of the gross domestic product.
No ministry or municipality in the country has a high level of protection against corruption in public procurement.
Center for Civil Communications published the Elections and Public Procurement Research. The research showed that: - Tender procedures organized by SEC and related to this year’s joint presidential and parliamentary elections have costed by 767 thousand EUR more than the sum of all tenders for the same type of elections held individually in 2019 and 2020.
Annual operation report for 2023, Annual Financial Report for 2023 and Independent Auditor's Report 2023
The project aims at improving transparency, accountability and efficiency in spending public money by fostering and promoting the use of beneficial ownership data in the fight against corruption. It is expected the project to contribute to the actual use of data from the Registry of Beneficial Owners as an instrument in the fight against corruption.
This is the seventh annual Comparative evaluation report on state-of-affairs in public procurement in the Western Balkans developed by the Balkan Tender Watch, a regional coalition of civil society organizations working on fight against corruption in public procurement.
The Center for Civil Communications (CCC) regularly monitors and analyses implementation of public procurements in the country, starting from 2008 when the first national legislation on public procurements drafted in compliance with the European Commission’s Directives entered into effect.
Regular annual ranking of institutions according to the Active Transparency Index, that is, according to the proactive publication of public information, which includes 98 institutions, that is, the Government and all ministries and municipalities.
Center for Civil Communications (CCC) published the Report of the regular monitoring of public procurements carried out from January to December 2022, which also includes the results of the survey of companies on their experience in participating in public procurement procedures and analysis of the procedures before the State Commission on Public Procurements Appeals.
Annual operation report 2022 Annual financial report 2022 Independent Auditor's Report (MK)
The purpose of this policy paper is to summarize the key corruption risks and recommendations for overcoming them
Project's overall objective is a more efficient and rational use of budget funds by the Government and municipalities that respond to the citizens’ real needs. Specific objective is reduction of the negative effects on citizens’ lives caused by the impact of the financial and energy crisis on the budget expenditures of the state and municipalities.
Having in mind the purchase power of money that are spent annually on public procurements for state institutions to purchase goods, services and construction works for their needs and for needs in the society, it becomes clear that procurement of products that have lesser negative impact on the environment could make a significant contribution towards sustainability of the environment in which we live and work.
The right to discretionary proceeding in terms of implementation of environmental protection standards most certainly provides fertile ground for external influences and, accordingly, for corruption.
Center for Civil Communications (CCC) published the Report of the research on public procurement related to environmental protection to detect the risks of corruption and the Document with recommendations to encourage implementation of "green" public procurement and prevent corruption in the process.
A network of nine non-governmental organizations led by the Center for Civil Communications made an assessment of the risks of corruption in public procurement in eight municipalities of the country: Bitola, Kichevo, Kumanovo, Negotino, Strumica, Tetovo, Chair and Shtip. The research focused on public procurement carried out by municipalities and local public enterprises.
Center for Civil Communications presented the initial findings from the monitoring of public procurement related to environmental protection and from the research on the (non)application of "green" public procurement in the country and the influence of corruption risks in the process.
On the 2022 International Anti-Corruption Day, we, the civil society organizations, send a message that the main priority for our society is democracy, the rule of law and the fight against corruption.
The Platform of Civil Society Organizations for Fight Against Corruption, whose member is the Center for Civil Communications, published the first Anti-Corruption Monthly for November 2022 as an informant about the activities of the members of the Platform in the past month.
Shadow Reports from Monitoring Work and Effects of Sector Working Groups in 2019, 2020 and 2021 were developed under the hypothesis that SWGs are important bodies responsible for sector policy creation and monitoring in the Republic of North Macedonia and serve as forum for coordination of donor support for policy implementation. Shadow report from monitoring work and effects of the sector working group on public finance management, january – december 2021 Shadow report from...
Skopje, 19.10.2022 Representatives of civil society organizations in the field of environmental protection and the fight against corruption exchanged ideas and knowledge for detecting the risks of corruption in public procurement related to environmental protection, as well as for a more complete coverage of the situation with sustainable public procurement in the country.
More than 170 representatives of municipalities and local public enterprises from Bitola, Kichevo, Kumanovo, Negotino, Strumica, Tetovo, Chair and Shtip participated in a series of 8 trainings held from May to October this year, which should help the municipal administration and of employees in local public enterprises to introduce an integrity system, to increase transparency, as well as assess the risks of corruption in public procurement and reduce them.
Transparency and Accountability of State-owned enterprises
The research conducted in June 2022 shows that, in 2022, the 30 biggest state-owned enterprises have published only 48% of information and documents they are obliged to share/upload on their official websites.
The Index of Rationality no.19 is developed for the following types of products: air purifiers; laptops; and industrial salt.
The Index of Rationality no.19 is developed for the following types of products: - air purifiers; - laptops; and - industrial salt. Development of individual indices for these products covered a total of 21 national and local institutions that have organized public procurements for these types of goods in the course of 2020 and 2021.
The Index of Rationality no.18 is developed for the following three types of products: school interactive boards; pellets with minimum heating capacity of 4.6 kwh/kg and pellets with heating capacity of 4.9 to 5.3 kwh/kg; and print paper.
The Index of Rationality no.18 is developed for the following three types of products: school interactive boards; pellets with minimum heating capacity of 4.6 kwh/kg and pellets with heating capacity of 4.9 to 5.3 kwh/kg; and print paper.
In 2022, average active transparency of the government, line ministries and municipalities stands at 73% (from maximum possible 100%).
The project aims to support the process of introducing fair policies for the environment and a sustainable green transition by reducing corruption influences on green public procurement.
Annual operation report for 2021, Annual Financial Report for 2021 and Independent Auditor's Report 2021
Center for Civil Communications (CCC) published the survey and database of new passenger vehicles purchased by state institutions during the crisis period from March 2020 onwards.The research shows that 142 new passenger vehicles were purchased for 3,6 million euros.
This report is based on in-depth monitoring of 40 public procurements for goods, services and works related to COVID-19 protection whose contracts were awarded in the first half of 2021, i.e. in the period from 1 January to 30 June 2021.
COVID-19 public procurements have been plagued by many problems and corruption risks.
The purpose of the study was to investigate whether a patient hospitalized in various COVID centers in the country was provided with equal medical treatment, in terms of key drugs and medical equipment.
Preventing Corruption in Public Procurement: What can the contracting authorities do? This policy brief is focused on addressing corruption and conflict of interests in public procurement at institutional level, i.e. what can and should be done in this regard.
Центарот за граѓански комуникации (ЦГК) ги објави истражувањето и базата на податоци на трошоците на државните институции за новогодишни пакетчиња за Новата 2022 година. За разлика од украсувањето на улиците кое главно беше откажано, продолжи практиката на институциите за купување новогодишни пакетчиња.
The project includes activities to reduce corruption and misuse of public funds of local governments by increasing the transparency, accountability and integrity of local institutions and implementation of measures provided in the National Strategy for Prevention of Corruption and Conflict of Interest 2021-2025. The project is implemented with financial support from the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
The Center for Civil Communications (CCC) regularly monitors and analyses implementation of public procurements in the country since 2008, i.e. when the first public procurement regulations in the country drafted in compliance with the European Commission’s Directives entered into effect.
Public Procurement Integrity Plans can be an effective mechanism for preventing corruption.
The project includes mapping the key corruption risks in COVID-19 related public tenders through in-depth monitoring of tenders and conducting public policy dialogue aimed at improving procurement process and narrowing the room for corruption.
The project strengthens the integrity and reduces the risks of corruption in public procurement in enterprises established by the central government and local self-government by identifying weaknesses and implementing measures to overcome them. The project is implemented with financial support from the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
The Center for Civil Communications (CCC) regularly monitors and analyses implementation of public procurements in the country since 2008, i.e. when the Law on Public Procurements drafted in compliance with the European Commission’s Directives entered into effect.
In 2021, active transparency of line ministries, the government and municipalities is calculated at 63% (from maximum possible 100%) and according to the categorization of compliance rates falls within the category of “good” active transparency. In 2021, active transparency has been improved by 5 percentage points (from 58% to 63%).
The proposed measures are developed on the basis of in-depth research of corruption risks, systematized in the research paper “Mapping Corruption Risks in Public Procurements of Enterprises Owned by the Government and Municipalities” and individual screening of 37 state-owned enterprises founded by the Government, the City of Skopje and Municipalities of Gostivar, Kavadarci and Struga, which provides an overview of key parameters that reflect the manner in which they implement public procurements, as well as their human resource capacity and internal policies. Weaknesses noted in all previously conducted research papers and analyses have confirmed the need to enhance integrity and reduce corruption risks at public enterprises and joint stock companies.Recommendations presented in this document are drafted as part of the project “Towards Accountable Enterprises”, implemented by the Center for Civil Communications with financial support from the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Skopje in the period 2019-2021, and aimed at establishing sustainable mechanisms to advance implementation of public procurements and to strengthen integrity in the process of public spending under tender procedures organized by state-owned enterprises founded by the Government, the City of Skopje and Municipalities of Gostivar, Kavadarci and Struga.In February 2021, the Center for Civil Communications presented the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia with portion of proposed measures, as presented in this document, as contribution in the process of drafting the Government’s Action Plan to Fight Corruption.
Annual operation report for 2020, Annual Financial Report for 2020 and Independent Auditor's Report 2020
The methodology of the financial analysis is based on the annual accounts / financial statements of the enterprises prepared in accordance with the international financial reporting standards.
The Center for Civil Communications (CCC) published the Financial analysis of the operation of state/public enterprises in 2015-2019 and the database that allows downloading the final accounts of enterprises.
Standards that are used to assess transparency and accountability demonstrated by state-owned enterprises were selected on the basis of analysis of relevant legislation and international standards. Hence, dominant share of selected standards are legally binding for all state-owned enterprises, while small share of them are standards that are considered good practices.
Regular annual shadow report on the state of public procurement in Northern Macedonia.
Although procurements implemented under negotiation procedure without previous announcement of call for bids are subject to obtaining previous opinion from the Bureau of Public Procurements, they can also be implemented directly, i.e. without obtained opinion, in compliance with Article 55, paragraph (6), which stipulates that: “As an exemption from paragraph (5) of this article, the contacting authority shall not be obliged to obtain a previous opinion before implementation of negotiation procedure without previous announcement of call for bids, pursuant to paragraph (1), item d) of this article when the safety, life and health of people are directly threatened”.
Regular annual shadow report on the state of public procurement in Northern Macedonia.
The Center for Civil Communications has been conducting ad hoc monitoring of COVID-19 related public procurement since the crisis began in March 2020, publishing regular reports with findings and recommendations.
For 15 years already, the Center for Civil Communications struggles daily to secure information in order to enable citizens, companies, interested individuals and groups to have fast, easy and free access to information and documents they need and are disposed by state institutions.
Today, 6 October 2020, the Center for Civil Communications (CCC) releases its research paper “Mapping Corruption Risks in Public Procurements of Enterprises Owned by the Government and Municipalities”. Corruption risks were mapped as part of in-depth monitoring conducted on tender procedures of 37 joint stock companies and enterprises founded by the Government, the City of Skopje and Municipalities of Kavadarci, Gostivar and Struga. In 2029, these enterprises have signed public procurement contracts in the value of 247 million EUR, accounting for 27% of all public procurements in the country. Key findings from the analysis: Corruption risks detected are manifested as frequent and significant changes to public procurement plans, but also poor implementation rate of these plans. In the case of 16 from 37 analysed enterprises, implementation rate of their public procurement plans is below 50%. The highest implementation rate of 96% is noted with JSC MIA, while the lowest rate of only 1% is noted with JSC Water Economy. Concentration of public procurements with particular company, as one of the most relevant indicators of corruption risks, is a problem noted with large portion of analysed enterprises and joint stock companies. In the case of almost one third of them, concentration of public procurements with one company exceeds 40%. The highest value share for single company is observed with JSC Power Plants, while the highest share for public procurements is observed with JSC Water Economy. One third of targeted enterprises have organized non-transparent negotiation procedures without prior announcement of call for bids. High shares of...
6,7 million euros contracted under urgent public procurements for coronavirus protection, only in the first six months of the crisis.
Денеска, 30 септември 2020 година, Центарот за граѓански комуникации (ЦГК) ги објави истражувањето и базата на податоци на договорите за јавни набавки поврзани со коронавирусот преку итната постапка со преговарање без објавување оглас. Главните наоди од истражувањето покажуваат дека: ▪ 6,7 милиони евра е вредноста на договорите за итни јавни набавки за заштита од коронавирусот склучени во првите шест месеци од кризата. ▪ Една третина од вредноста на овие договори отпаѓа на Министерство за внатрешни работи-МВР, кое со...
Transparency of public procurements falls below the level anticipated under the new Law on Public Procurements. Disrespect for the law-stipulated obligation to publish notifications on implemented tender procedure is observed in more than one quar- ter of monitored procedures at central level (27.5%).
In 2020, average active transparency of all 98 ranked institutions is calculated at 58.2% (from maximum possible 100%) and according to the categorization of compliance rates falls within the category of “average”. In 2020, active transparency has increased by insignificant 2.2 percentile points compared to last year when it was 56%.
Except for providing a means for state institutions to purchase goods, services and works needed to maintain their normal operation, public procurements imply provision of goods that facilitate normal conditions for life and work of the population and their continuous improvement.
Annual operation report 2019, Annual Financial Report for 2019 and Independent Auditor's Report 2019
Given the novel coronavirus Covid-19 outbreak and the declared state of emergency in the country, there is a need for a series of unplanned public procurement of goods, services and works related to the protection and prevention of the spread of the novel coronavirus Covid-19 infection.
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The Center for Civil Communications (CCC) regularly monitors and analyses implementation of public procurements in the country since 2008, i.e. when the Law on Public Procurements drafted in compliance with the European Commission’s Directives entered in effect.
Old habits – stronger than the new Law on Public Procurement.
After criticism from all stakeholders, the old and non-functional Law on Public Procurements – adopted in 2008 and frequently amended thereafter - is finally replaced with completely new law, which was adopted in January 2019 and entered into effect on 1 April 2019.
Frequent annulment of tender procedures as one of the major problems in public procurement Frequent annulment of tender procedures one of the major and most lasting problems in the system of public procurements in our country.
Transparency is not sufficient to improve state-of-affairs in public procurements Publication of more information and documents related to tender procedures in the last several years has contributed to increased transparency of the system of public procurements in the country, but this trend was not accompanied with improved integrity and accountability of the institutions that implement tender procedures.
Center for Civil Communications presented the results of the monitoring of the media reporting on corruption in Macedonia on June 30, 2009. Representative of the CCC, German Filkov, presented the results of the monitoring and led discussions on with the most relevant representatives of the Macedonian media.
Center for Civil Communications announced recommendations for undertaking measures for narrowing the corruption in public enterprises and institutions on July 23.
Research, ranking and analysis of transparency, accountability and integrity of Macedonian institutions in public procurement.
Research, ranking and analysis of transparency, accountability and integrity of Macedonian institutions in public procurement. You can download the full analysis here.
Center for Civil Communications (CCC) published its research titled Law or Politics: Selection of Management and Supervisory Board Members at State-Owned Enterprises.
The Center for Civil Communications published the ranking list of institutions under the Index of Active Transparency, which concerns proactive publication of public information for the year 2019 (March 2019) and covers all ministries, the Government and municipalities.
Центарот за граѓански комуникации го објави извештајот од мониторингот на јавните набавки во земјата за периодот јули-декември 2018 година, како и резултатите од анкетата на фирмите за нивното искуство при учеството на тендерите.
The Center for Civil Communications regularly monitors and analyses implementation of the public procurements in the country since 2008, i.e. when the Law on Public Procurements drafted in compliance with the European Commission's Directives entered in effect.
Annual financial report 2018 and Independent Auditor's Report 2018 (MK)
On annual level, the value of public procurements organized in our country ranges from 600 million to almost 1 billion euros and accounts from 6% to 10% of the Gross Domestic Product.
Research, ranking and analysis of transparency, accountability and integrity of Macedonian institutions in public procurement. The full analysis can be downloaded here.
One of key generators behind the lukewarm efforts to fight corruption and, in general, abuses/malpractices of any type in public procurements concerns lack of any control or oversight whatsoever over implementation of public procurements.
The Center for Civil Communications published its research report titled “Transparency and Accountability of State-Owned Enterprises”.
The Center for Civil Communications (CCC) was founded in April 2005 as a non-governmental, non-profit and non-partisan association of citizens. In its operation, the CCC focuses its work on two groups of interrelated activities: (1) monitoring public institutions and, based on that, recommending measures and advocating for implementation of policies for enhancing their work and narrowing the room for corruption and (2) enhancing the abilities of the journalists and CSO representatives, and the special role...
КАНАЛ 5, 30.12.2019, Истражување ЦКГ: Старите навики посилни и покрај новиот закон за јавните набавки МРТ, 30.12.2019, Старите навики посилни од новиот Закон за јавни набавки МЕТА, 30.12.2019, Јавни набавки: Секој трети тендер со само една понуда, секој четврти поништен СЛОБОДЕН ПЕЧАТ, 30.12.2019, ЦГК: Секој четврти тендер е целосно или делумно поништен ФОКУС, 30.12.2019, ЦГК: На една третина од тендерите се јавил само еден понудувач, а секој четврти тендер бил поништен ВЕЧЕР, 30.12.2019, Секој четврти тендер во државните институции е целосно...
In 2018, state-of-affairs related to public procurements in Macedonia are still trapped between the valid “old” and heavily criticized Law on Public Procurements and the already drafted “new” law that should “correct” matters, but is still pending enactment by the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia.
Годишната вредност на набавките само за една година имаше рекорден пад од 35%, што е намалување за повеќе од 300 милиони евра. Истата, намалена вредност се задржува и во 2018 година.
Годишната вредност на набавките само за една година имаше рекорден пад од 35%, што е намалување за повеќе од 300 милиони евра. Истата, намалена вредност се задржува и во 2018 година.
The project aims at increasing Western Balkans (WB) civil society impact on anti-corruption policies and practices during the public procurement (PP) cycle by utilizing the EU integration as a transformative agenda.
“Integrity and anti-corruption in business sector” is an action that will strengthen civil society’s impact on decreasing corruption in the business sector by improving transparency, accountability and integrity of state-owned enterprises and increasing private sector’s participation in the fight against corruption.
CCC’s monitoring activities target procurement procedures organized and implemented by state institutions countrywide, both by central and local authorities.
Low competition on local level tenders.
Active transparency index 2018 The general degree of active transparency in Macedonia in 2018 remained low. The percentage of fulfillment of the obligations for active publication of information in all 97 participating institutions was 43.5% (out of 100%).
The Center for Civil Communications announced today the Active Transparency Index for 2018, which means publishing public information on of the institutions' its own initiative.
From November 2008 onwards, the Center for Civil Communications is continuously analysing implementation of public procurements in the Republic of Macedonia.
Annual operation report 2017 (MK) Annual financial report 2017 Independent Auditor's Report 2017 (MK)
