- The average compliance rate with criteria on transparency, accountability and integrity throughout the entire cycle of public procurements, as demonstrated by ministries, government secretariats and the parliament, stands at 55.2% (from possible 100%). This implies small improvement compared to previous years (in 2017 their compliance rate was 53.6% and in 2016 it was 51.7%).
- Most institutions are ranked under the category of ‘limited’ transparency, accountability and integrity in public procurements, with compliance rate from 40% to 60% (from possible 100%). In that, top-ranked institutions are the Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Defence, while the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education and Science are ranked at the bottom.
- Cumulatively, analysed institutions have spent 124 million euros on public procurements organized in 2018. At the level of individual institutions, the highest amount of funds was spent by the bottom-ranked institution, i.e. the Ministry of Health (39 million euros), while the best-ranked institution, i.e. the Ministry of Economy, belongs to the group of institutions with public procurements of smaller scope (334,000 euros).
- In 2018, institutions that demonstrated minimum compliance with criteria on transparency, accountability and integrity account for 31% of funds spent on public procurements compared to 2016 when their share reached high 75% of the value of tender procedures implemented by the executive and legislative branch of government.
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