Policy Documents

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Analysis of state-of-affairs in public procurements imposed the need to reexamine efficiency of legal protection in Macedonia, under circumstances when the number of appeals is continuously declining despite the galloping growth of tender procedures announced and implemented.

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