FOL Movement met the Mayor of Ferizaj Mr. Muharem Svarqa about transparency in Public Procurement

Ferizaj, 13th January 2014 – As a result of the request of FOL Movement to six municipalities of Kosovo, today, representatives of FOL Movement met the Mayor of Ferizaj Municipality Mr. Muharem Svarqa. In this meeting was discussed about the possibility of cooperation between the Municipality of Ferizaj and FOL Movement and particularly about the possibility of monitoring the public procurement processes in Ferizaj municipality.

Petrit Zogaj from FOL Movement said that monitoring of public procurement processes intends to increase the level of transparency and accountability in this sector, because through this mechanism is spent a large amount of the public money Petrit Zogaj also said that “monitoring will impact to prevent misuse, mismanagement and corruption in this sector and will serve in respecting the law and procedures in procurement processes. In addition, he stressed that public communication office should be opened and active and improve citizens’ access to public documents”.

Whereas, the Mayor of Ferizaj, Mr. Muharem Svarqa expressed his interest and willingness as mayor about the possibilities of cooperation. He further stressed that “he is very interested in increasing the level of transparency and accountability not only in the public procurement sector but also in other sectors of the municipal government.”

At the end of the meeting both sides agreed that in a short time they will sign a Memorandum of Understanding in order to monitor public procurement procedures in Ferizaj Municipality in accordance with this memorandum.