Trainings for journalists in investigating and reporting on public procurements, local media

10 journalists from local media have been trained in improving their skills in investigating and reporting on public procurements in the country. The trainings included types and procedures of public procurements stipulated in the new Law on public procurement, as well as the public procurement practices, based on the reports from monitoring of the public procurements done by the Center for Civil Communications. In addition, the journalists learnt how to use and search better the electronic system of public procurements in order to acquire necessary information for their reports. Each participant developed his/her own action plan for future investigation in public procurements based on the knowledge, skills and tips acquired during the training. Besides on their host media, the investigative news reports on public procurements will be published in the Monthly anti corruption magazine MAK of the Center for Civil Communications.

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