Monitoring public procurement at the local government level no.1
The Center for Civil Communications (CCC) has been regularly monitoring the implementation of the public procurement procedures in Macedonia since 2008, i.e., from the time when the new Law on Public Procurement, drafted in line with the European Commission’s Directives, started to apply. The purpose of the monitoring is to assess whether and to what extent state institutions adhere to the general principles on the spending of public funds that are stipulated in the law itself: competition among companies, equal treatment and non-discrimination thereof, transparency and integrity in conducting the procedures, as well as the rational and efficient use of money.
The subject of the monitoring performed by CCC are the procurements carried out by all state institutions in the country, both at central and local government levels. Due to the detected differences and specifics in the conducting of public procurement procedures between the institutions at the central and local government level, as of 2010, the procurements carried out by these institutions have been monitored separately. In this manner, more detailed and significant data can be obtained for all of them, enabling all interested parties to significantly promote and improve the manner of conducting public procurement procedures in view of achieving consistent enforcement of the law and full adherence to general public procurement principles.