Measures for narrowing the room for corruption in the most affected areas

The complete politicization of the management boards of the public enterprises and institutions at state and local level, which is carried through at the expense of the expertise and competence of their members, is evaluated, both by domestic experts and international organizations, as a condition which enables corruption and contributes to the further development of this problem.

The sluggishness of the administration on both state and local levels, the ambiguous criteria for the approval of permits and licences, the broad area for arbitrary deciding, as well as the non - transparent acts represent the key generators of corruption in the process of providing services to the citizens on the part of the municipal and state administrations.

More than 10,000 illegally built constructions in the Republic of Macedonia, which have sprung under the very eyes of the Construction Inspection since the year 2 000 up to now, have been the subject of corruption activities in several stages, starting with their construction and concluding with their final legalization.

Despite the very small number of officially reported and solved cases, corruption in the education of the Republic of Macedonia not only exists, but it exists in the entire educational system. In contrast to the very few officially reported cases, there is a perception in the public that the corruption in the education is a widespread phenomenon, especially in the university education.

The health care sector in the Republic of Macedonia is seriously endangered by various forms of corruption which take place in two segments: corruption in the supply of medicines, medical materials, and equipment and corruption in the provision of health services.