Proposals on improving legal and institutional framework and practices in implementation of public procurements in Macedonia

After series of law amendments without broader public consultations and introduction of several solutions that are unique only for Macedonia, it seems that legal and institutional frameworks on public procurements are inadequate to ensure their efficient and purposeful implementation. In particular, amendments have distanced the national legislation in this field from both previously valid and new EU Directives on Public Procurements.
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Proposals on improving legal and institutional framework and practices in implementation of public procurements in Macedonia

Public procurements in Macedonia are regulated under the Law on Public Procurements, which was adopted in 2007 and started its enforcement in 2008, developed in line with then valid EU Directives. Since its adoption, the law was subject of ten rounds of significant amendments, each with variable effect in terms of guaranteeing basic principles in public procurements: competition among companies, equal treatment and non-discrimination of companies, transparency and integrity of the process on awarding public procurement contract, rational and efficient use of public funds in procedures on awarding public procurement contracts.