The public healthcare sector in the country is facing a continuous and growing gap between public funds spent and results delivered. In the last 10 years, healthcare costs incurred under public procurement have significantly increased; however, the scope of services, efficiency and accountability remain the same or are declining. Such discrepancy opens a series of dilemmas about the manner in which public funds in the healthcare sector are spent and controlled. The three research analyses...
Потребно е поправично и поодржливо финансирање на локалната инфраструктура
Institutions need to establish and integrity system to provide their own institutional integrity.
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.
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.
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...
This Report represents the compilation of evidence-based finding and views of the Balkan Tender Watch coalition.
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.
The research can be downloaded in Macedonian and English language In North Macedonia, public procurements are implemented pursuant to the relatively new Law on Public Procurements whose enforcement started in April 2019 and was adopted with a view to align national legislation with EU Directives on Public Procurement and to address numerous shortfalls under the previous legal solution. Having in mind advantages brough about by the new legislation on one hand, and the manner in...
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.
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.
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.
Proposal for amending the Law on Public Procurements 2015
Recommendations for Easier Access of Microenterprises to Public Procurements
Препораки за олеснување на пристапот на микропретпријатијата до јавните набавки
Policy Brief: Suggestions for amendments to the Law on Free Access to Public Information and for enhancing its application on the part of journalists
Препораки за унапредување на транспарентното и отчетното локално владеење
1. To disable the builder of an illegal construction in the period until the legalization or demolishing of that construction to enjoy legal protection that is bestowed on an owner, by means of changes in the Ownership Law and other rights; 2. Urban plans should be used for planning spaces rather than legalizing illegal constructions, i.e. confirming the existing condition; 3. To disable retroactive issuing of permits for constructing buildings that are already built; 4....
1. Revoking the discretionary right of the public institutions managers to choose one of the first five best ranked candidates submitted by the Agency for state employees and establishing an obligation to hire the first ranked candidate; 2. Every state institution to publish on its web site the systematization of work places (on the institution’s web page); 3. To reexamine the exemption of the employees in the Customs administration and the Public Revenue Office from...
There are no translations available 1. Да се воведе задолжителна анти-корупциска настава во основното образование за поимот и видовите на корупција, како и за штетните последици од неа; 2. Да се воведат антикорупциски одредби во законите за образование со кои ќе се спречуваат конфликтот на интерес, непотизмот, кронизмот, забрана за вршење образовна работа за лица за кои со судска пресуда биде утврдено дека земале поткуп и сл. 3. Да се воспостават строги критериуми за...
