Public Procurements in Practice

On December 14^th 2010 Transparency Serbia organized press conference named “Public Procurements in practice”. In this conference participated The Head of the EU Delegation H.E. Ambassador Vincent Degert, Mr. Miklos Marschall, Regional Director of Transparency International for Europe and Central Asia,  Ms. Siri Andersen, First Secretary of the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Belgrade,  Mr. Predrag Jovanović, Director of Public Procurement Office in Serbia, Mr. Velibor Popović, Programme Manager UNDP Office in Serbia, Mr. Danilo Pejović Financial Director of Transparency Serbia, Mr. Nemanja Nenadić, Program Director of Transparency Serbia.

On that occasion H. E. Ambassador Vincent Degert has told that "The European Commission's 2010 Progress Report on Serbia identified corruption in public procurement as an area of serious concern. As stressed by Enlargement Commissioner Fule,  fight against corruption is one of the major issues that Serbia needs to address with a view to the European Commission Opinion on Serbia's application for EU membership. Therefore, improving Serbia's public procurement system is of crucial importance. This is an area where political commitment needs to turn into concrete results

Mr. Miklos Marschall, regional Director Transparency International for Europe and Central Asia declared that “According to global indicators of Transparency International, which allow comparisons between countries, Serbia along with Bosnia, is at the tail in the region based on achievements in fighting corruption over the last three years. Let us remind that Serbia not so long ago, in the first few years after the democratic changes, was a regional leader in the speed of positive change in the fight against corruption. Achieving  positive progress, requires genuine political will to take concrete measures. The first of these measures is greater transparency in the work of state bodies. This is especially important for budget spending, of which a large portion goes to public procurements. The second is the attitude to the state institutions responsible for implementing anti-corruption laws. At the head of these institutions must be proven professionals what is, in our opinion particularly important, people of high integrity who give necessary credibility and authority of the institutions involved in very sensitive areas such as combating corruption. Institutions should be provided sufficient resources to operate and it is solely the responsibility of the Government. Third, government institutions should recognize civil society as true partners in the fight against corruption.”

Material:

• TI Serbia - Presentation MM_14.12.2010.ppt
• Indikatori  javnih nabavki 14 NN.ppt
• Rezultati monitoringa NN.ppt

CONFERENCE

Agenda

9.30 – 10.00      Registration

Moderator:Nemanja Nenadic, Transparency Serbia

10.00 – 10.10      H. E. Ambassador Vincent Degert, Head of the EU Delegation

10.10 – 10.20      Mr. Miklos Marschall, Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia,

Transparency International

10.20 – 10.30      Ms. Siri Andersen, First Secretary, The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Belgrade

10.30 – 10.40      Mr. Predrag Jovanović, Director, Public Procurement Office, Serbia

10.40 – 10.50     Mr. Velibor Popovic, Programme Manager, UNDP Serbia

Introductory remarks

10.50 – 11.00     Mr. Danilo Pejovic, Financial Director, Transparency Serbia

Public procurements in Serbia – how to evaluate

11.00 – 11.10     Mr. Nemanja Nenadic, Program Director, Transparency Serbia

Public procurements in Serbia – key findings for 2010

11.10– 11.25       Q&A

Working language is Serbian. Translation from/to English will be available.

This conference is organized in the framework of the project “Strengthening accountability mechanisms in Public Finance” implemented by UNDP Serbia and funded by Government of Norway.