Policy Documents

Документ за јавни политики за подобрување на користењето на информациите за вистинските сопственици во борбата против корупцијата

Institutions need to establish and integrity system to provide their own institutional integrity.

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.

Emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has created a need for fast adjustment to the newly created situation, especially in respect to procurements that should be urgently implemented on the account that the people’s security, life and health are directly threatened.

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.

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.

In the Republic of Macedonia, for years now public procurements are one of the most important economic activities by means of which state institutions purchase goods, services and works in total amount of almost one billion EUR (2014), accounting for 12 percent of the gross domestic product in the country.

Frequent annulment of tender procedures one of the major and most lasting problems in the system of public procurements in our country. The fact that every fourth tender procedure is annulled puts the country on the top rank worldwide according to another infamous phenomenon in public procurements.

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.

On annual level, state institutions spend more than 900 million EUR on procurement of goods, services and works, notably by means of public procurement procedures, which account for as high as 35% of all central budget funds. This fact is indicative of the importance of public procurements not only in terms of normal functioning of the state, but also in terms of the overall economic activity.