[encoded data, 103282 characters]\" border=\"0\" width=\"258\" height=\"148\" /></p>\r\n<p>Recent training on investigative journalism in the new media, held in late January, 2018 rounded the cycle of ten advanced trainings in which a total of 96 journalists from 55 media from all over the country gained new knowledge and improved their skills for research and reporting on the most important topics in the society.</p>\r\n<p>The topics of the trainings were selected depending on the recommendations of the journalists according to their needs or as a reaction to the current issues in the society starting from searching \"Panama Papers\", to research and reporting on the election process, on financial and economic issues, on topics of local importance, to specialized trainings for television journalists and journalists from the new media, as well as trainings for use in the research of digital and forensic tools and trainings for providing quality investigative journalism for junior journalists, as well as for those most advanced ones.</p>\r\n<p>Lecturers were investigative journalists, trainers and experts from Europe, the region, but also from Macedonia. Among them, Christiaan Triebert, award-winning researcher from the Netherlands, Keith Stafford, the leading global journalism trainer of Reuters, Rachel Wright, a former BBC producer, investigative journalists and editors from the leading investigative journalism TV program Insider and one of the best regional corruption research networks, Krik, both from Serbia.</p>\r\n<p>As a result, the regular annual monitoring of media reporting showed an increased presence of investigative stories and analytical articles in 2017 compared to 2016, from 5% to 8.8%, along with improved quality of these stories.</p>\r\n<p>All of these activities are carried out within the framework of the EU-funded project “Investigative reporting to boost reforms”, implemented by the Center for Civil Communications in partnership with the NGO Infocenter and BIRN Macedonia.</p>\r\n<p>The project encompasses a series of workshops for improving the cooperation between journalists and the civil sector in achieving common societal goals, support of journalists from Macedonia for research on the ways in which certain problems that are facing in Macedonia are solved in other European countries, support to local NGOs for the preparation of research and databases on important phenomena of the country, which will further serve journalists and the civil sector to improve and support their activities, etc.</p>','4627cac01b740fcea7d82f4b3b027f26','','2018-02-01 09:50:31',64,1),(1407,1,325,'content','fulltext','','d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e','','2018-02-01 09:50:31',64,1),(1408,1,325,'content','attribs','created_by=62\ncreated_by_alias=\naccess=0\ncreated=\npublish_up=\npublish_down=\nshow_title=\nlink_titles=\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=\n\n','56405df14c2814f631f9f82fcbfc75a2','','2018-02-01 09:50:31',64,1),(1409,1,325,'content','title','Improving investigative journalism in Macedonia','e49881a32fb2496c959bf563a61cd2b1','','2018-02-01 09:50:31',64,1),(1410,1,325,'content','alias','improving-investigative-journalism-in-macedonia','e436beb2ca22f993130d510abb107050','','2018-02-01 09:50:31',64,1),(1411,1,327,'content','title','Index of Rationality 17','c7ffd9868dec8e74e51ea8627ff064a8','','2018-02-07 10:36:54',64,1),(1412,1,327,'content','alias','index-ofd-rationality-17','7ab4babdd6b87640e9ccccf7055324cb','','2018-02-07 10:36:54',64,1),(1413,1,327,'content','introtext','<p>The <a href=\"https://www.dropbox.com/s/axsg14fv71ogipx/Ingeks_17_ENG.pdf?dl=0\" target=\"_blank\">Index of Rationality no. 17</a> is developed for the following five types of products and services:</p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>summer work clothing;</strong></li>\r\n<li><strong>winter work clothing;</strong></li>\r\n<li><strong>work shoes - clogs;</strong></li>\r\n<li><strong>hygiene maintenance of indoor work premises; and</strong></li>\r\n<li><strong>infusion kits.</strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p>Development of the present index of rationality includes national and local institutions that have organized public procurements for these types of goods and services in the course of 2016 and 2017.<br /> Development of this index included data for all 48 institutions on national and local level that have organized total of 53 tender procedures for procurement of indicated goods and services.</p>','f98bf9404a4ee9ef6ecff6dda4255d9e','','2018-02-07 10:36:54',64,1),(1414,1,327,'content','fulltext','','d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e','','2018-02-07 10:36:54',64,1),(1415,1,327,'content','attribs','created_by=62\ncreated_by_alias=\naccess=0\ncreated=\npublish_up=\npublish_down=\nshow_title=\nlink_titles=\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=\n\n','56405df14c2814f631f9f82fcbfc75a2','','2018-02-07 10:36:54',64,1),(1416,1,323,'content','title','29 Report on Monitoring the Implementation of Public Procurement (January-June 2017)','2109f1d4efa7a6f155449faa47ac9d27','','2018-02-07 10:40:10',64,1),(1417,1,323,'content','alias','29-report-on-monitoring-the-implementation-of-public-procurement-january-june-2017','675dcfd703b235d87aa6b948eb7b0dde','','2018-02-07 10:40:10',64,1),(1418,1,323,'content','introtext','<p><a href=\"https://www.dropbox.com/s/53ysc1ftcvddb2h/monitoring%20na%20javnite%20nabavki_29_ENG_5.pdf?dl=0\" target=\"_blank\">29 Report on Monitoring the Implementation of Public Procurement (January-June 2017)</a></p>','2f7006e6e229054959c8414a6878d55a','','2018-02-07 10:40:10',64,1),(1419,1,323,'content','fulltext','','d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e','','2018-02-07 10:40:10',64,1),(1420,1,323,'content','attribs','created_by=62\ncreated_by_alias=\naccess=0\ncreated=\npublish_up=\npublish_down=\nshow_title=\nlink_titles=\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=\n\n','56405df14c2814f631f9f82fcbfc75a2','','2018-02-07 10:40:10',64,1),(1421,1,326,'content','title','Index of Racionality in public spending 17','62527870440a303daeb718ff996ec3eb','','2018-02-07 10:49:10',64,1),(1422,1,326,'content','alias','index-of-racionality-in-public-spending-17','81178c1f7ce2a48909cb096c871d7a27','','2018-02-07 10:49:10',64,1),(1423,1,326,'content','introtext','<p>SKOPJE, 7 February, 2018 – Today, the Center for Civil Communications published the <a href=\"https://www.dropbox.com/s/53ysc1ftcvddb2h/monitoring%20na%20javnite%20nabavki_29_ENG_5.pdf?dl=0\" target=\"_blank\">Index of Rationality No. 17</a> developed for a new group of products: summer work clothing; winter work clothing; work shoes - clogs; hygiene maintenance of indoor work premises; and infusion kits.</p>\r\n<p>The biggest difference in prices of 554% was observed in the summer work clothing, while the smallest difference in prices of 73% was noted for procurement of infusion kits.</p>\r\n<p>Development of the present index of rationality includes national and local institutions that have organized public procurements for these types of goods and services in the course of 2016 and 2017.<br /> Development of this index included data for all 48 institutions on national and local level that have organized total of 53 tender procedures for procurement of indicated goods and services</p>\r\n<p>This Report is available <a href=\"https://www.dropbox.com/s/53ysc1ftcvddb2h/monitoring%20na%20javnite%20nabavki_29_ENG_5.pdf?dl=0\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>. For more information, please contact the Center for Civil Communications on tel. (02) 3213-513 or by e-mail: <a href=\"mailto:center@ccc.org.mk\">center@ccc.org.mk</a>.</p>\r\n<p>The Index has been developed as part of the institutional support of the Center for Civil Communications within the Civica Mobilitas Program for support of civil society.</p>','bde9dc31bc4224261905a64a3da33be3','','2018-02-07 10:49:10',64,1),(1424,1,326,'content','fulltext','','d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e','','2018-02-07 10:49:10',64,1),(1425,1,326,'content','attribs','created_by=62\ncreated_by_alias=\naccess=0\ncreated=\npublish_up=\npublish_down=\nshow_title=\nlink_titles=\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=\n\n','56405df14c2814f631f9f82fcbfc75a2','','2018-02-07 10:49:10',64,1),(1427,1,324,'content','fulltext','','d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e','','2019-01-17 11:38:40',66,1),(1428,1,328,'content','title','Transparency, accountability and integrity in public procurement','ccc5dde5f47e9f5aaa4d294368e14fd4','','2018-04-13 14:12:52',64,1),(1429,1,328,'content','alias','transparency-accountability-and-integrity-in-public-procurement','6db513919c68ab0a9a17b892f8f0f133','','2018-04-13 14:12:52',64,1),(1430,1,328,'content','introtext','<p><a href=\"https://www.dropbox.com/s/5z3khh953p1tvlv/Analiza_E.pdf?dl=0\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"data:image/jpeg;base64,[encoded data, 39012 characters]\" border=\"0\" width=\"138\" height=\"156\" /></a></p>\r\n<p>Research, ranking and analysis of transparency, accountability and integrity of Macedonian institutions in public procurements. You can download the full analysis <a href=\"https://www.dropbox.com/s/5z3khh953p1tvlv/Analiza_E.pdf?dl=0\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.</p>','0cced2cb847dab69fbf0b93a79631591','','2018-04-13 14:12:52',64,1),(1431,1,328,'content','fulltext','','d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e','','2018-04-13 14:12:52',64,1),(1432,1,328,'content','attribs','created_by=62\ncreated_by_alias=\naccess=0\ncreated=\npublish_up=\npublish_down=\nshow_title=\nlink_titles=\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=\n\n','56405df14c2814f631f9f82fcbfc75a2','','2018-04-13 14:12:52',64,1),(1433,1,329,'content','title','Research of transparency, accountability and integrity of institutions in public procurements','85a1858105117b9a9101c2a92caee3cd','','2018-04-13 14:06:24',64,1),(1434,1,329,'content','alias','research-of-transparency-accountability-and-integrity-of-institutions-in-public-procurements','789109929c54af8a29f8ee0cbf588d4d','','2018-04-13 14:06:24',64,1),(1435,1,329,'content','introtext','<p><a href=\"https://www.dropbox.com/s/5z3khh953p1tvlv/Analiza_E.pdf?dl=0\" target=\"_blank\">Research of transparency, accountability and integrity of institutions in public procurements </a></p>','1b76228ad50065fd276915c6630d541a','','2018-04-13 14:06:24',64,1),(1436,1,329,'content','fulltext','','d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e','','2018-04-13 14:06:24',64,1),(1437,1,329,'content','attribs','created_by=62\ncreated_by_alias=\naccess=0\ncreated=\npublish_up=\npublish_down=\nshow_title=\nlink_titles=\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=\n\n','56405df14c2814f631f9f82fcbfc75a2','','2018-04-13 14:06:24',64,1),(1438,1,331,'content','title','Annual Reports 2017','d927f213aaa491838cb542afd010448f','','2020-04-27 10:08:01',64,1),(1439,1,331,'content','alias','annual-reports-2017','1e25cb8e6fca8f62648bdc8732739352','','2020-04-27 10:08:01',64,1),(1440,1,331,'content','introtext','<p><a href=\"https://www.dropbox.com/s/0eh93kuuiedwk0d/godisen%20izvestaj%202017.pdf?dl=0\">Annual operation report 2017 (MK)</a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https://www.dropbox.com/s/rd7ud15u6dy644i/CCC%20Financial%20report%202017.pdf?dl=0\">Annual financial report 2017 </a></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"images/stories/gri2017m.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Independent Auditor\'s Report 2017 (MK)</a></p>','92ca2083760f626601eeb8ebef9b413e','','2020-04-27 10:08:01',64,1),(1441,1,331,'content','fulltext','','d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e','','2020-04-27 10:08:01',64,1),(1442,1,331,'content','attribs','created_by=62\ncreated_by_alias=\naccess=0\ncreated=\npublish_up=\npublish_down=\nshow_title=\nlink_titles=\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=\n\n','56405df14c2814f631f9f82fcbfc75a2','','2020-04-27 10:08:01',64,1),(1443,1,332,'content','title','30 Report on Monitoring the Implementation of Public Procurement (July-December 2017)','096b965fd1fee9e23c3ea5617e15bf2a','','2018-06-14 12:36:24',64,1),(1444,1,332,'content','alias','30-report-on-monitoring-the-implementation-of-public-procurement-july-december-2018','b205e2fe9f93cdc531df6a451e4e5bd4','','2018-06-14 12:36:24',64,1),(1445,1,332,'content','introtext','<p>Firms continue to be dissatisfied with public procurement</p>\r\n<p>SKOPJE, June 13, 2018 - The Center for Civil Communications today published a<a href=\"https://www.dropbox.com/s/bpr9w1jgvi6ogyp/30_Monitoring%20na%20javni%20nabavki%20na%20nacionalno%20nivo_ENG.pdf?dl=0\" target=\"_blank\"> report on the monitoring of public procurements conducted by the central level institutions for the period from July to December 2017.</a></p>\r\n<p><strong>Key findings from the survey findings based on interviews with 210 companies related to their experience from participation in public procurements, conducted in the period February-March </strong><strong>2018 </strong></p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>‘Lowest price’ defined as single criterion to award public procurement contracts, delayed payment for contract performance and requirements related to voluminous documents for tender participation are the main problems in public procurements indicated by the companies. </li>\r\n<li>In average, surveyed companies wait 6 months and 21 days for payment of contracts performed. This average was 8 months under the survey conducted two years ago and 6 months under the survey conducted last year. </li>\r\n<li>95% of surveyed companies believe that e-auctions result in attainment of unrealistically low prices and undermine quality of procurements on the account of their price. </li>\r\n<li>As many as 88% of surveyed companies believe corruption is present in public procurements, but indicated different assessments about its presence. The highest share, i.e. 47% of them believe corruption is present in public procurements, but rarely; 5% indicated corruption is always present; and 36% of companies reported that corruption is often present. Only 12% of companies indicated there is no corruption in public procurements. </li>\r\n<li>Dominant share of companies indicated that they often or rarely witnessed non-compliance with the Law of Public Procurements in tender procedures in which they participated. </li>\r\n<li>As many as 96% of surveyed companies never or rarely lodged appeals to contest tender procedures in which they participated, mainly due to high charges related to appeal procedures and their distrust in SCPPA. </li>\r\n<li>On the scale from 1 (negative) to 5 (excellent), companies gave an average score of 2.85 for the overall process of public procurements in the Republic of Macedonia. Compared to results obtained under the previous survey, deterioration by 0.28 points was observed in terms of companies’ satisfaction with tender procedures in which they participated, whereby the average score is again lower than 3.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p><strong>Key findings from monitoring of public procurements:</strong></p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Public procurements reached a record low level in 2017. Value of public procurement contracts signed this year amounted to 624 million EUR compared to 962 million EUR contracted under public procurements implemented in 2016.</li>\r\n<li>Council of Public Procurements was terminated in late November 2017. There are no available data on effects from its operation in the last five months (July-November 2017). The special commission established at the Ministry of Finance did not disclose requested information. </li>\r\n<li>On annual level, annulled tender procedures accounted for 24% of all public procurements organized in 2017, which is the highest share recorded in the period 2013-2017.</li>\r\n<li>In 2017, satisfactory level of competition in tender procedures (3 and more bidders) was recorded with 48% of monitored public procurements. The share of tender procedures presented with only one bid is the lowest share recorded in the last 4 years and stands at 21%. </li>\r\n<li>In 2017, total of 496 public procurement contracts were signed without previously announced call for bids and their value amounted to 29 million EUR. As many as 12 million EUR or 42% of the total value were contracted by two institutions: Ministry of Education and Science and JSC Power Plants of Macedonia (ELEM). </li>\r\n<li> </li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Key findings from analysis of procedures led before the State Commission on Public Procurement Appeals in the period January - December 2017 </strong></p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>In 2017 companies lodged a total of 507 appeals before the State Commission on Public Procurement Appeals (SCPPA), which represents a decrease by around 9% compared to last year. </li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p>Most appeals were lodged against decisions on selection of the most favourable bid (65%). Next important grounds for lodging appeals, accounting for 15% of all appeals, concerned decisions taken by contracting authorities to annul tender procedures, while 8% of appeals were lodged to contest tender documents.</p>\r\n<p>For more information, please contact the Center for Civil Communications at (02) 3213-513 or at <a href=\"mailto:center@ccc.org.mk\">center@ccc.org.mk</a>.</p>','8c37696f2840a3d94c8adde99cb34e71','','2018-06-14 12:36:24',64,1),(1446,1,332,'content','fulltext','','d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e','','2018-06-14 12:36:24',64,1),(1447,1,332,'content','attribs','created_by=62\ncreated_by_alias=\naccess=0\ncreated=\npublish_up=\npublish_down=\nshow_title=\nlink_titles=\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=\n\n','56405df14c2814f631f9f82fcbfc75a2','','2018-06-14 12:36:24',64,1),(1448,1,333,'content','title','30 Report on Monitoring the Implementation of Public Procurement (July-December 2017)','f674f829f1da92049271bcc3a2e81d1c','','2018-06-14 12:38:08',64,1),(1449,1,333,'content','alias','30-report-on-monitoring-the-implementation-of-public-procurement-july-december-2017','b205e2fe9f93cdc531df6a451e4e5bd4','','2018-06-14 12:38:08',64,1),(1450,1,333,'content','introtext','<p><a href=\"https://www.dropbox.com/s/bpr9w1jgvi6ogyp/30_Monitoring%20na%20javni%20nabavki%20na%20nacionalno%20nivo_ENG.pdf?dl=0\" target=\"_blank\">30 Report on Monitoring the Implementation of Public Procurement (July-December 2017)</a></p>','3dbd19b6cbd1818306c88161fd655afa','','2018-06-14 12:38:08',64,1),(1451,1,333,'content','fulltext','','d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e','','2018-06-14 12:38:08',64,1),(1452,1,333,'content','attribs','created_by=62\ncreated_by_alias=\naccess=0\ncreated=\npublish_up=\npublish_down=\nshow_title=\nlink_titles=\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=\n\n','56405df14c2814f631f9f82fcbfc75a2','','2018-06-14 12:38:08',64,1),(1453,1,335,'content','title','Active transparency index 2018','09dfd3284135b58cff036f9ddf667fcc','','2018-06-29 10:55:33',64,1),(1454,1,335,'content','alias','active-transparency-index-2018','5e2e222538edbadaf37cf1fb20445b24','','2018-06-29 10:55:33',64,1),(1455,1,335,'content','introtext','<p><a href=\"https://www.dropbox.com/s/4pciz79747u5lxg/Active%20transparency%20index%202018.pdf?dl=0\" target=\"_blank\">Active transparency index 2018</a></p>\r\n<p>The general degree of active transparency in Macedonia in 2018 remained low. The percentage of fulfillment of the obligations for active publication of information in all 97 participating institutions was 43.5% (out of 100%). The degree of active transparency in 2018 experienced a negligible rise compared to 2017 (when it averaged at 42.5%).</p>\r\n<p>According to the ranking of active transparency, the most institutions, 35% fall into the group of \'average\' active transparency, and the least, 2%, fall into the top group, the one exhibiting \'very good\' active transparency.</p>\r\n<p>Unlike the previous two years, this year, in general, ministries and the Government perform much better than the municipalities with respect to their active transparency. The municipalities occupy the first 2 positions of the ranking list, however the average score of all municipalities together experienced a drop to 39% from 41%, while the score of the ministries experienced a rise from 48% to 66%.</p>\r\n<p>In terms of individual areas of active transparency - the institutions continue to publish most information on access to information, and least on budgetary and financial transparency.</p>\r\n<p>In terms of regions, according to the average score, the best standing region is still the Pelagonia region, and the worst- the Polog region.</p>\r\n<p>The municipalities responded within an average of 20 days, the ministries took 41 days to respond to the request for free access to public information sent to all on the same day and of the same content. 71% of the institutions responded to the request within the maximum statutory deadline of 30 days, а 29% sent a delayed response.</p>','5f71a3139699bc45139d37dbf7483c0e','','2018-06-29 10:55:33',64,1),(1456,1,335,'content','fulltext','','d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e','','2018-06-29 10:55:33',64,1),(1457,1,335,'content','attribs','created_by=62\ncreated_by_alias=\naccess=0\ncreated=\npublish_up=\npublish_down=\nshow_title=\nlink_titles=\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=\n\n','56405df14c2814f631f9f82fcbfc75a2','','2018-06-29 10:55:33',64,1),(1458,1,334,'content','title','Proactive disclosure of public information remains low','9230dc1823f0e256ec7a1c70a076b998','','2018-06-29 11:01:51',64,1),(1459,1,334,'content','alias','proactive-disclosure-of-public-information-remains-low','613fa4e448483936ca47a66426e65013','','2018-06-29 11:01:51',64,1),(1460,1,334,'content','introtext','<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"en\">Skopje, June 21, 2018 - The Center for Civil Communications announced today the <a href=\"https://www.dropbox.com/s/4pciz79747u5lxg/Active%20transparency%20index%202018.pdf?dl=0\" target=\"_blank\">Active Transparency Index for 2018</a>, which means publishing public information on of the institutions\' <span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"en\">its own initiative. </span></span><br /></span></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The general degree of active transparency in Macedonia in 2018 remained low. The percentage of fulfillment of the obligations for active publication</span> of information in all 97 participating institutions was 43.5% (out of 100%). The degree of active transparency in 2018 experienced a negligible rise compared to 2017 (when it averaged at 42.5%).</p>\r\n<p>According to the ranking of active transparency, the most institutions, 35% fall into the group of \'average\' active transparency, and the least, 2%, fall into the top group, the one exhibiting \'very good\' active transparency.</p>\r\n<p>Unlike the previous two years, this year, in general, ministries and the Government perform much better than the municipalities with respect to their active transparency. The municipalities occupy the first 2 positions of the ranking list, however the average score of all municipalities together experienced a drop to 39% from 41%, while the score of the ministries experienced a rise from 48% to 66%.</p>\r\n<p>In terms of individual areas of active transparency - the institutions continue to publish most information on access to information, and least on budgetary and financial transparency.</p>\r\n<p>In terms of regions, according to the average score, the best standing region is still the Pelagonia region, and the worst- the Polog region.</p>\r\n<p>The municipalities responded within an average of 20 days, the ministries took 41 days to respond to the request for free access to public information sent to all on the same day and of the same content. 71% of the institutions responded to the request within the maximum statutory deadline of 30 days, а 29% sent a delayed response.</p>\r\n<p>The survey was conducted within the Civica Mobilitas program which supports Center for Civil Communications\' multi-annual program of activities.</p>','ed44e0cebb63cc010e456d4bbac6e53b','','2018-06-29 11:01:51',64,1),(1461,1,334,'content','fulltext','','d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e','','2018-06-29 11:01:51',64,1),(1462,1,334,'content','attribs','created_by=62\ncreated_by_alias=\naccess=0\ncreated=\npublish_up=\npublish_down=\nshow_title=\nlink_titles=\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=\n\n','56405df14c2814f631f9f82fcbfc75a2','','2018-06-29 11:01:51',64,1),(1466,1,337,'content','fulltext','','d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e','','2018-07-04 11:36:56',64,1),(1467,1,337,'content','attribs','created_by=62\ncreated_by_alias=\naccess=0\ncreated=\npublish_up=\npublish_down=\nshow_title=\nlink_titles=\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=\n\n','56405df14c2814f631f9f82fcbfc75a2','','2018-07-04 11:36:56',64,1),(1468,1,336,'content','introtext','<p>Low competition on local level tenders</p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Lucida Grande&quot;, &quot;Lucida Sans Unicode&quot;, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;\">Skopje, June 26, 2018 - The Center for Civil Communications announced today the<span> results on <a href=\"https://www.dropbox.com/s/gashgj21monvxhi/Monitoring%20na%20lokalno%20nivo_11_ANG.pdf?dl=0\" target=\"_blank\">Monitoring local level public procurement for the period </a></span></span><a href=\"https://www.dropbox.com/s/gashgj21monvxhi/Monitoring%20na%20lokalno%20nivo_11_ANG.pdf?dl=0\" target=\"_blank\">April-September 2017</a>, which showed the following key findings:</p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Low competition in local tender procedures, whose multiannual average is calculated at 2.6 bids per tender procedure, continues this trend and stands below three bidders, which is considered minimum level of competition. In average, monitored tender procedures were marked by competition of 2.8 bidders. Additional concern is raised by increased share of tender procedures presented with one bid or no bids, which has risen to high 40% in this monitoring period and is the highest share observed in the last three years.</li>\r\n<li>The share of annulled public procurements in the monitoring sample has risen to 20%, reaching the highest threshold for the second time in the last five years. In as many as 50% of annulled tender procedures, reasons indicated for their annulment implied no bids received.</li>\r\n<li>Electronic auctions were held in only 58% of monitored tender procedures. They were successfully completed only in public procurements marked by higher competition, whereas downward bidding in the remaining share of tender procedures was formality and often raises concerns about previous arrangements between companies about their actions during e-auctions.</li>\r\n<li>Unlike any period in the past, throughout this monitoring period relevant data for as many as 28% of tender procedures requested through the instrument for free access to public information were secured only after appeals were lodged before the relevant commission for protection of this right. </li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<div><span style=\"color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Lucida Grande&quot;, &quot;Lucida Sans Unicode&quot;, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;\">The report was conducted within the Civica Mobilitas program which supports Center for Civil Communications\' multi-annual program of activities.</span></div>','0119e37a6a9e0071efc451ac93cedebd','','2018-07-04 11:51:13',64,1),(1469,1,336,'content','fulltext','','d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e','','2018-07-04 11:51:13',64,1),(1470,1,336,'content','attribs','created_by=62\ncreated_by_alias=\naccess=0\ncreated=\npublish_up=\npublish_down=\nshow_title=\nlink_titles=\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=\n\n','56405df14c2814f631f9f82fcbfc75a2','','2018-07-04 11:51:13',64,1),(1471,1,336,'content','title','Report on monitoring local level public procurement','be5d0e68b6a10029db5521ac582aded1','','2018-07-04 11:51:13',64,1),(1472,1,336,'content','alias','report-on-monitoring-local-level-public-procurement','c9b4fc906660c9067853f03cdd02d283','','2018-07-04 11:51:13',64,1),(1473,1,342,'content','title','Enhance Integrity and Reduce Corruption in State and Private Business Sector (2018-2021)','1583f4349a1a4b3dd1f5b31a8f4a6159','','2018-11-22 13:56:23',64,1),(1474,1,342,'content','alias','enhance-integrity-and-reduce-corruption-in-state-and-private-business-sector-2018-2021','f032685a164eaa0e44b4fdfc9d2e3820','','2018-11-22 13:56:23',64,1),(1475,1,342,'content','introtext','<p>“Integrity and anti-corruption in business sector” is an action that will strengthen civil society’s impact on decreasing corruption in the business sector by improving transparency, accountability and integrity of state-owned enterprises and increasing private sector’s participation in the fight against corruption.</p>\r\n','2e3f6a5b3cb791c98daa7884addcd31c','','2018-11-22 13:56:23',64,1),(1476,1,342,'content','fulltext','<p> </p>\r\n<p>The action is expected to provide the following results:</p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>Identified generators of corruption, vulnerable areas and activities prone to corruption at state-owned enterprises;</li>\r\n<li>Developed tool/indicators on corruption risk assessment at state-owned enterprises; </li>\r\n<li>Recommendations for legislative changes and benchmarks on good practices to increase transparency, accountability and integrity of state-owned enterprises; </li>\r\n<li>Strengthened capacity for up to 150 private business representatives on preventing and combating corruption; </li>\r\n<li>Established support mechanism, as well as compliance and anti-corruption tools for the private business sector; </li>\r\n<li>Established core of advocacy CSOs which use research and monitoring to underpin their activities for decreasing corruption in the business sector and</li>\r\n<li>Established public-private dialogue platform in the fight against corruption.</li>\r\n</ol>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Lucida Grande&quot;, &quot;Lucida Sans Unicode&quot;, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;\">The project is financed by the European Union and it has been implemented by the Center for Civil Communications from Skopje in partnership with Konekt and Association of Tax Advisers from Skopje, for the period of February 2018 to January 2021. The total budget is 374,891 EUR, while the EU contribution is 337,402 EUR. The project is part of the IPA Civil Society Facility and Media Programme 2016-2017.</span></p>','097461b0d7c00bafbbb5dd044df2d705','','2018-11-22 13:56:23',64,1),(1477,1,342,'content','attribs','created_by=62\ncreated_by_alias=\naccess=0\ncreated=\npublish_up=\npublish_down=\nshow_title=\nlink_titles=\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=\n\n','56405df14c2814f631f9f82fcbfc75a2','','2018-11-22 13:56:23',64,1),(1478,1,343,'content','title','Balkan Tender Watch (2018-2022)','fd32f9cae62ba809f3a6419ce3b27e8b','','2023-08-04 08:45:42',64,1),(1479,1,343,'content','alias','balkan-tender-watch-2017-2021','0933e52b7ac2c09f8725bbbe434745d0','','2023-08-04 08:45:42',64,1),(1480,1,343,'content','introtext','<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The project aims at increasing Western Balkans (WB) civil society impact on anti-corruption policies and practices during the public procurement (PP) cycle by utilizing the EU integration as a transformative agenda. There are four major target groups addressed by the action in order to achieve set goals in all participating countries: 1) civil society organizations, media and journalists; 2) national governments and public bodies; 3) business sector; 4) the EU institutions participating in the enlargement process.</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> </span></p>\r\n','3b9b89b7ad84bd204a6cbfa6de54eb2a','','2023-08-04 08:45:42',64,1),(1481,1,343,'content','fulltext','<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong> </strong></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> </span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Project’s specific </strong><strong>objectives are: </strong>Boosting anti-corruption community (CSOs including grassroots, media) in the WB to scale-up evidence-based advocacy, watchdog and policy monitoring initiatives in public procurements; Influencing WB governments to introduce reforms aimed at establishing accountable PP systems aligned with the EU rules and building alliances with public authorities willing to engage in reforms; Providing comprehensive and timely information on state of affairs in PP related to the EU integration in chapters 5, 8 and 23 thus improving outreach to grassroots and other types of CSOs working on bringing about positive change at the local level.</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> </span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The action is expected to provide following <strong>results: </strong></span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> </span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">-          Benchmarking tool to identify corruption vulnerable spots in public procurement systems produced, implemented and widely used by CSOs, media and other stakeholders</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> </span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">-          Five WB public procurement systems ranked and progress measured based on the benchmarking methodology</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> </span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">-          Annual evidence-based shadow reports on the state of affairs and progress made in the public procurement in five WB countries produced and disseminated At least 50 CSOs from five countries actively monitor public procurements, identify problems and propose solutions</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> </span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">-          Governments and other stakeholders provided with in-depth assessment of corruption vulnerable spots in PP systems and recommendations to overcome identified problems.</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> </span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The project is founded by the European Union under Consolidating Regional Thematic Networks of Civil Society Organizations Programme, under the contract No. IPA/2017/393-763.</span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> </span></p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The lead implementing organization of the project is Fund for an Open Society, Serbia, and the partners of the project are: Open Society Fund, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo Foundation for Open Society, Center for Civil Communications, Macedonia and The Network for Affirmation of the NGO Sector – MANS, Montenegro. </span><br /></span></span></p>','4d330dc6a1c620e73ddc81ab727395c5','','2023-08-04 08:45:42',64,1),(1482,1,343,'content','attribs','created_by=62\ncreated_by_alias=\naccess=0\ncreated=\npublish_up=\npublish_down=\nshow_title=\nlink_titles=\nshow_intro=\nshow_section=\nlink_section=\nshow_category=\nlink_category=\nshow_vote=\nshow_author=\nshow_create_date=\nshow_modify_date=\nshow_pdf_icon=\nshow_print_icon=\nshow_email_icon=\nlanguage=\nkeyref=\nreadmore=\n\n','56405df14c2814f631f9f82fcbfc75a2','','2023-08-04 08:45:42',64,1),(1483,1,344,'content','title','Shadow Report on Public Procurement in Macedonia: Trapped between the old and the new','a6c2388d35eb9921a744ed7c82451919','','2018-12-25 13:48:18',64,1),(1484,1,344,'content','alias','shadow-report-on-public-procurement-in-macedonia-trapped-between-the-old-and-the-new','9ee779d6db72eb2e1d3acd55af06e2bc','','2018-12-25 13:48:18',64,1);
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