The Center for Civil Communications (CCC) regularly monitors and analyses implementation of public procurements in the country, starting from 2008 when the first legislation on public procurement drafted in compliance with the European Commission’s Directives entered into effect.
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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.
The Center for Civil Communications (CCC) regularly monitors and analyses implementation of public procurements in the country, starting from 2008 when the first national legislation on public procurements drafted in compliance with the European Commission’s Directives entered into effect.
The Center for Civil Communications (CCC) regularly monitors and analyses implementation of public procurements in the country since 2008, i.e. when the first public procurement legislation in the country drafted in compliance with the European Commission’s Directives entered into effect.
Second semi-annual monitoring report on public procurements related to COVID-19 protection in 2021
09/08/202212
This report is based on in-depth monitoring of 40 public procurements for goods, services and works related to COVID-19 protection whose contracts were awarded in the second half of 2021, i.e. in the period from 1 July to 31 December 2021.
The Center for Civil Communications (CCC) regularly monitors and analyses implementation of public procurements in the country since 2008, i.e. when the first public procurement regulations in the country drafted in compliance with the European Commission’s Directives entered into effect.
The Center for Civil Communications (CCC) regularly monitors and analyses implementation of public procurements in the country since 2008, i.e. when the Law on Public Procurements drafted in compliance with the European Commission’s Directives entered into effect.
Regular annual shadow report on the state of public procurement in Northern Macedonia.
Public procurements in North Macedonia at times of corona: How it was and what can be done in the future?
16/12/202012
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.
Transparency of public procurements falls below the level anticipated under the new Law on Public Procurements. Disrespect for the law-stipulated obligation to publish notifications on implemented tender procedure is observed in more than one quar- ter of monitored procedures at central level (27.5%).
The Center for Civil Communications (CCC) regularly monitors and analyses implementation of public procurements in the country since 2008, i.e. when the Law on Public Procurements drafted in compliance with the European Commission’s Directives entered in effect.
After criticism from all stakeholders, the old and non-functional Law on Public Procurements – adopted in 2008 and frequently amended thereafter - is finally replaced with completely new law, which was adopted in January 2019 and entered into effect on 1 April 2019.
Research, ranking and analysis of transparency, accountability and integrity of Macedonian institutions in public procurement.
The Center for Civil Communications regularly monitors and analyses implementation of the public procurements in the country since 2008, i.e. when the Law on Public Procurements drafted in compliance with the European Commission's Directives entered in effect.
Research, ranking and analysis of transparency, accountability and integrity of Macedonian institutions in public procurement. The full analysis can be downloaded here.
Годишната вредност на набавките само за една година имаше рекорден пад од 35%, што е намалување за повеќе од 300 милиони евра. Истата, намалена вредност се задржува и во 2018 година.
From November 2008 onwards, the Center for Civil Communications is continuously analysing implementation of public procurements in the Republic of Macedonia.
From November 2008 onwards, the Centre for Civic Communications is continuously analysing the implementation of public procurements in the Republic of Macedonia, as regulated under the Law on Public Procurements.
The Center for Civil Communications published its monitoring report on public procurements organized by institutions at central level in the period July-December 2016.
From November 2008, the Center for Civil Communications from Skopje is continuously analysing implementation of public procurements in the Republic of Macedonia, as regulated under the Law on Public Procurements.
Two most frequent problems faced by companies concern lowest price defined as the single criterion for awarding public procurement contracts and delayed payment of contract performance.
From November 2008, the Center for Civil Communications from Skopje is continuously analysing the implementation of public procurements in the Republic of Macedonia, as regulated under the Law on Public Procurements.
The analysis presented in this report is performed on the basis of monitoring a randomly selected sample comprised of 60 public procurement procedures organized by contracting authorities on central level, whose public opening of bids took place in the period July – December 2014.
From November 2008, the Centre for Civil Communications from Skopje has continuously analysed the implementation of public procurements in the Republic of Macedonia, as regulated under the Law on Public Procurements.
The Centre for Civil Communications (CCC) is regularly monitoring the implementation of public procurement procedures in Macedonia from 2008 onwards, i.e. from the entry in effect of the new Law on Public Procurements, drafted in line with the European Commission’s Directives.
From November 2008, the Centre for Civil Communications from Skopje has continuously analysed the implementation of public procurements in the Republic of Macedonia as regulated under the Law on Public Procurements.
SKOPJE, 29 April 2015 – Today, the Centre for Civil Communications published the monitoring results for public procurement procedures in Macedonia for the period July-December 2014. Key findings related to monitoring of public procurements include: In the first months of its operation, the Council of Public Procurements increased the administrative burden in implementation of tender procedures, but not the competition therein. The number of bidding companies per tender procedure in the second half of 2014 is reduced, even when compared to the first half of the year. In the second half of 2014, the Council of Public Procurements was addressed with as many as 5,725 applications for approval concerning implementation of tender procedures. State institutions incurred a cost of around 600,000 EUR for requesting such approvals. All tender procedures from the monitoring sample applied the selection criterion defined as “lowest prices”. Low prices, which during some e-auctions result in absurdly low levels, bring under question the quality of public procurements. Mandatory approval from the Council of Public Procurements for organization of negotiation procedures without prior announcement of call for bids has reduced the number of these non-transparent procurement procedures. Annual amount of procurement contracts awarded in this manner reached 56 million EUR. Contracting authorities joined the appeal process in the field of public procurements. 109 from the total of 612 appeals lodged to the State Commission on Public Procurement Appeals in the course of 2014 were motioned by institutions implementing tender procedures and contest decisions taken by the Council of Public Procurements. With only 503...
From November 2008, the Centre for Civil Communications from Skopje has continuously analysed the implementation of public procurements in the Republic of Macedonia as regulated under the Law on Public Procurement. The analysis aims to assess the implementation of public procurements in the light of the new Law on Public Procurements and the application of the underlying principles of transparency, competitiveness, equal treatment of economic operators, non-discrimination, legal proceeding, cost-effectiveness, efficiency, effectiveness and cost-effective public spending, commitment to obtain the best bid under the most favourable terms and conditions, as well as accountability for the public spending as part of procurements.
Some institutions do not comply with their law-mandated obligation on consulting the companies from the relevant industry when drafting the technical specifications for public procurements whose value exceeds 130,000 EUR, i.e. to engage in so-called technical dialogue.
Second Quarterly Report on Monitoring the Implementation of Public Procurement 2014
Since November 2008, the Center for Civil Communications from Skopje has continuously analyzed the implementation of the public procurement process in the Republic of Macedonia as regulated with the Public Procurement Law.
From November 2008, the Centre for Civil Communications from Skopje is continuously analysing the implementation of public procurements in the Republic of Macedonia as regulated under the Law on Public Procurements.
Since November 2008, the Center for Civil Communications from Skopje has continuously analyzed the implementation of the public procurement process in the Republic of Macedonia as regulated with the Public Procurement Law.
The Center for Civil Communications organised a second workshop on July 4 to discuss crucial measures necessary to decrease the level of corruption, this time with focus on public enterprises and institutions. Local experts and representatives of state institutions and the business community exchanged their knowledge and expressed opinions how to curb corruption in this sector, previously estimated like one of the most susceptible in Macedonia.At the workshop Vanja Mihajlova, anti-corruption expert and former member of the State Committee for Prevention of Corruption, professor from the Law faculty Borce Davitkovski and professor Ljubomir Kekenovski from the Economy Faculty presented draft - measures and their expert opinions.
Fourth Quarterly Report 2011 The analysis of the public procurement process in the Republic of Macedonia was performed based on the monitoring of randomly selected sample of public procurement procedures (40 of each quarter). Monitoring activities start with the publication of calls for bids in the "Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia", followed by attendance on public opening of bids and data collection on the procedure course, and use of in-depth interviews and structured questionnaires submitted to the rconomic operators, as well as data obtained from contracting authorities by means of Freedom of Information (FOI) applications. The present analysis was performed based on monitoring of selected sample of 40 public procurement procedures implemented by central level contracting authorities, whose public opening of bids took place in the period October - December 2011.
Third Quarterly Report 2011 The present analysis was performed based on monitoring of selected sample of 40 public procurement procedures implemented by central level contracting authorities, whose public opening of bids took place in the period July – September 2011. In that, the analysis also considered data obtained from the Electronic Public Procurement System.
On 2 October, the Center for Civil Communications submitted proposal measures for narrowing the room for corruption in the illegal construction to the authorized institutions and media in the country. The measures were suggested and discussed at the third workshop, which was organized by the Center during the month of September.The proposed measures were mainly in the direction of: strengthening and intensifying the inspection controls; more efficient dealing with and sanctioning the problem of illegal construction, as well as increasing the risk and lack of prospects for illegal construction.
The analysis of the public procurement process in the Republic of Macedonia was performed based on the monitoring of randomly selected sample of public procurementprocedures (40 per quarter). Monitoring activities start with the publication of calls for bids in the “Official Gazette of theRepublic of Macedonia”, followed by attendance on public opening of bids and data collection on the procedure course,and use in-depth interviews and structured questionnaires submitted to the economic operators, as well as data obtained from contracting authorities by means of Freedomof Information (FOI) applications. The present analysis was performed based on monitoringof selected sample of 40 public procurement proceduresimplemented by central level contracting authorities, whosepublic opening of bids took place in the period April – June 2011.
Bearing in mind the great role media play in the fight against corruption and in increasing the transparency and accountability of the public institutions, the Center for Civil Communications hopes that, through highlighting the existing forms of corruption and promoting investigative techniques, will contribute to increasing the interest of journalists and media for investigating corruption. For that purpose, the Center, in December 2007, published a manual for journalists for investigating and reporting on corruption, which points to the consequences of corruption and the role of the media in its suppression.
Today (June 1), the Center for Civil Communications published the results from the regular public procurements monitoring in the country and the results from the survey of companies about their experience with the public procurement procedures.
The annual report summarizes the monitoring results and reiterates the 10 key findings common for the previous four quarterly monitoring reports. The report also provides the key recommendations aimed to amend the relevant legislation and/or to improve the enforcement thereof.
The Centre for Civil Communications in collaboration with the Romanian Centre for Investigating Journalism (RCIJ) conducted the first phase of the project “Overcoming corruption: Exchange of experiences and best practices in investigative journalism in Romania and Macedonia”. In the period between 03-05.10.2008, in Ohrid, 10 journalists from national and local Macedonian media participated at the training for progressive journalist techniques in support of fight against corruption.
Центарот за граѓански комуникации во соработка со Романскиот центар за истражувачко новинарство од Букурешт (CRJI) ја продолжува работата на проектот „Справување со корупцијата: Размена на искуства и најдобри практики во истражувачкото новинарство меѓу Македонија и Романија”. Во почетокот на месец ноември, новинарите кои активно партиципираат во проектот и претставници на Центарот, поминаа една недела практична работа во дел од романските медиуми. Новинари кои се дел од проектот Размена на искуства и најдобри практики се Синиша Јаков Марушиќ од БИРН, Богданка Кузеска од Канал 5, Наим Вренези од телевизија Алсат, Жарко Настоски од телевизија Алфа, Натали Наскова Сотировска од Дневник, Весна Коловска од Канал 77, Даниела Трпчевска од Утрински весник, Викторија Новаковиќ од телевизија Орбис, Срѓан Стојанчов од Шпиц и Дритон Дикена од весникот Факти.