<p><span style="font-size: small;">The aim of this handbook is to contribute to a more comprehensive and better planning and management of public funds to meet actual needs and interests of the citizens in the Western Balkans region. To ensure greater participation of citizens in this important area of public finance management, this handbook summarizes key steps in public procurement and draws attention to the established principles of purposefulness to each of them. The handbook aims to the efforts of the Balkan Tender Watch coalition to expand the front of the NGOs which, through their activities, try to hold governments accountable for their work and to foster necessary reforms.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: small;">The handbook is available only in Macedonian.</span></p>