1st CONFERENCE on FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT – CURRENT SITUATION, WEAKNESSES, RISKS, PREVENTION AND FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION
Date: 04.04.2024
Duration: 10:00 – 13:00
Location: Heidelberg Faculty of Skopje (st. 3rd Macedonian Brigade No. 1, 1000 Skopje) https://maps.app.goo.gl/2PsyW4ZgPNdh415GA
Deadline for registration: 29.03.2024
(the number of attendees is limited)
Contact: +389 2 3 125 500, +389 78 33 43 73
Fee: free entry with registration and confirmation of attendance
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST
AGENDA | ||
09:30 – 10:00 | Admission and registration | |
10:05 – 10:15 | Otto Graf, Deputy Head of Mission German Embassy Skopje
| Welcome speech |
10:15 – 10:25 | Sanja Kostadinovski Independent Inspector, Financial Police Authority | Opening of the conference |
Subject: | Panel 1 CURRENT STATE OF THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT SYSTEM, WEAKNESSES AND RISKS | |
Moderator: | Sanja Kostadinovski Independent Inspector, Financial Police Authority | |
Duration: | Speakers | Title of speech |
10:25 – 10:55 | Aleksandar Argirovski, State consular Public Procurement Bureau
Mare Bogeva Micovska, Director, Public Procurement Department National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia
Maksim Acevski, State Audit Office
| Current state of the public procurement system
Weaknesses in the public procurement system
Risks of corruption in the field of public procurement |
10:55 – 11:25 | Q/A | FREE PANEL DISCUSSION |
11:25 – 11:40 | Coffee break | |
Subject: | Panel 2 PREVENTION AND FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT | |
Moderator: | Sanja Kostadinovski Independent Inspector, Financial Police Authority | |
Duration: | Speakers | Title of speech |
11:40 – 12:10 | Tatjana Dimitrovska, President State Commission for Prevention of Corruption
Gordana Gjeshkoska, Public prosecutor in retirement
Prof. Dr. Aleksandra Deanoska Trendafilova, Faculty of Law “Justinianus Primust”, UKIM | Prevention of corruption in public procurement
Fight against corruption in public procurement
Fight against corruption in public procurement |
12:10 – 12:40 | Q/A | FREE PANEL DISCUSSION |
Goals
The purpose of this Conference is to contribute to the building of "public integrity" in the direction of good governance, which would contribute to all stakeholders involved in the public procurement process being truly worthy of public trust and respect. In that direction, the idea is for the participants to familiarize themselves with the current state of public procurement in relation to corruption and identified weaknesses, as well as to point out the risks of corruption that exist in the field of public procurement to fully shed light on the situation and encourage public awareness. In the direction of effective prevention and fight against corruption in public procurement. The participants will have the opportunity to initiate and open new issues and to exchange experiences resulting from the long-term fight against corruption in public procurement, with the aim of the relevant institutions taking appropriate measures in the direction of prevention and narrowing the space for possible abuses and corruption in public procurement.
Target group
The conference is intended for all institutions: contracting authorities, economic operators, lawyers, prosecutors, as well as judicial police who work directly or indirectly with public procurement and all interested people who work or want to work in this area. In particular public procurement persons or heads of public procurement organizational units from key ministries, local government units, and public enterprises, as well as public procurement persons from large corporations participating in tenders, consulting houses and conducting public procurement for economic operators and managers /owners of legal entities that participate or have an interest in participating in tenders.
Certification and Language
At the end of the conference, each participant receives a certificate of attendance. The conference is held in the Macedonian and English languages.
