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Combating Corruption in Procurement Macedonia - 2017 Aleksandar Argirovski How is corruption measured Complex issue without an exact answer Perception of corruption vs. corruption What can be done? Policy measures Preventive


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Combating Corruption in Procurement

Macedonia - 2017 Aleksandar Argirovski

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How is corruption measured

  • Complex issue without an exact answer
  • Perception of corruption vs. corruption
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What can be done?

  • Policy measures
  • Preventive and repressive measures
  • Control measures
  • Remedies
  • Partnership among government, business and

civil society

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Policy measures – key issues:

  • What thresholds should be used?
  • What control mechanisms to be introduced?
  • Should the market be opened for foreign

companies?

  • How to strengthen confidence in the

procurement system?

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Preventive measures - PPB

  • Tools for increasing transparency and

competition

  • Increasing human capacity at contracting

authorities and economic operators

  • Strengthening the overall confidence in the

procurement system

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Tools PPB uses to increase transparency

  • Using e-procurement:

– to facilitate access to tendering opportunity thus increasing competition – to make public information about winners – to enable civil society and the general public more aware about what’s going on

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Efforts PPB undertakes to increase human capacity

  • Mandatory certification of procurement
  • fficers
  • Production of high-quality manuals,

especially for e-procurement

  • Other capacity building activities in

cooperation with business associations etc.

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Repressive (penal) measures

  • PPB has no repressive authority
  • Number of criminal offences stipulated in the

Law – do not seem to work

  • Follow up on State Audit reports – do not

seem to work

  • Key issue is the capacity of law enforcement

and prosecutors to prosecute procurement related crime

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Control measures

  • Using e-procurement tools for automatic

control of contract notices and reporting

  • bligations
  • Notices of procedural irregularities
  • Ex-ante control of tender documents – Public

Procurement Council

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Remedies – State Appeals Commission

  • Our remedies system is largely in line with

the EU Remedies Directives

  • State Appeals Commission is independent

body responsible to the Parliament

  • Number of appeals is decreasing
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Government, NGO, businesses partnership

  • Deficit in confidence culture of dialogue

between government and civil society seems to be present everywhere in our countries

  • What can we do to fix this?

– Improve the legislative process

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