Workshop on “Open Procurement Transparency Portal”

Dragash – 23-24 November 2017 – Lëvizja FOL within the USAID Project for Transparent, Effective and Accountable Municipalities has held a two-day workshop on the design and structuring of the open and transparent procurement portal. Participants of this workshop were representatives of USAID, Public Procurement Regulatory Commission, Municipal Procurement Offices, media representatives and civil society.

The purpose of the project is to influence the incensement of transparency and accountability on the spending of public money. Through this portal it is intended to publish information on contracts linking public institutions with economic operators, to provide detailed information on economic operators contracted by public institutions, as well as detailed information on procurements of contracting authorities.

In this two-day workshop was discussed with all stakeholders involved in the public procurement field in order to enable the contribution of all parties in the development of the portal.

Open and Transparent Procurement Portal” will be launched in June 2018 and will be accessible to all citizens.