a programme of public procurement and budgeting reforms in serbian municipalities 2001-2004
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A programme of public procurement and budgeting reforms in Serbian municipalities 2001-2004. Supported by: NOVIB LGI/OSI Presented by: Danijel Panti ć, M. Sc. Secretary General , European Movement in Serbia. The participating municipalities. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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A programme of public procurement and budgeting
reforms in Serbian municipalities2001-2004Supported by:
NOVIB LGI/OSI
Presented by:Danijel Pantić, M. Sc.
Secretary General, European Movement in Serbia
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The participating municipalities
• November 2000, pilot project involving three democratic municipalities: Kikinda, Niš, Čukarica
• Including 14 interested municipalities as observers
• Interest expressed through a Letter of Intent
• Phase two: 29 municipalities divided into 6 groups according to regions
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Municipalities involved:
Group A:
• City of Belgrade
• Čukarica
• Zemun
• New Belgrade
Group B:
• Zvezdara
•Voždovac
•Savski Venac
•Grocka
•Mladenovac
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Group C:
• Kikinda
• Zrenjanin
• Vršac
• Pančevo
•Apatin
•Novi Kneževac
•Sombor
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Group D:
• Kragujevac
• Kraljevo
• Užice
• Kruševac
•Aleksandrovac
Group E:
• Zaječar
• Majdanpek
• Negotin
• Kovin
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Group F:
• Niš
• Leskovac
• Pirot
• Dimitrovgrad
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Reasons to beginWhy fight corruption
• Serbia - among the most corrupt countries judging by the corruption index
Why now
• Change of regime - chance to change the system
Why budgeting and public procurement
• Public expenditures consume more than 50% of the national product
Why in municipalities
• Citizens can see the changes in the behaviour of the authorities immediately
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OBJECTIVES:
• More transparency in managing municipal budgets• More transparency in the public procurement
process• Introducing European standards• Improving the work of municipal administration• Better communications between the citizens and
local government
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LONG-TERM OBJECTIVES
• More rational use of budget resources
• The citizens and private enterprises more satisfied with the work of municipal services
• Strengthening the democratic process in local communities
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METHOD• Final version of project based of findings of pilot projects
• Cooperation with representatives of municipalities and civil society
• Creating budget management software for municipalities (INKO)
• Workshops on budgeting and public procurement
• Establishing a branch of TI Serbia within EMInS
• Publishing the Transparency magazine
• Choosing the Best Municipal Employee campaign
• Verification of results through subsequent opinion polls conducted in municipalities
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ACTIVITIESPhase 1• Establishing an EMInS international expert team
• Opinion poll on the quality of municipal public services
• The first workshop on budgeting according to European standards
Phase 2• Training municipal employees in public relations
• Preparing municipal administration guides
• Designing a national anti-corruption logo
• The second workshop on budgeting
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ACTIVITIES• Installment of new budget software and personnel training • Seminar on the role of investigative journalism in fighting
corruption• Choosing the best municipal employee campaign
Phase 3 • The first workshop on public procurement• Proposals for a reform of the system of public procurement
in Serbia• Lecturers: Jeremy Pope, TI, Wayne Witting, ITC, UNCTAD• Developing ideas for improving public procurement
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EVALUATION
• Opinion poll
• The citizens more satisfied with the work of municipal employees
• The citizens take a greater interest in the problems municipalities face
• The citizens believe that the situation will improve
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RESULTS
• Successful cooperation with local authorities and civil society
• Better communications between citizens and the local authorities
• Experiences of EMInS/TI serve as examples to other countries
• Drawing the attention of the public to the problem of corruption
• A solid foundation for project expansion established
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PHASE TWO: THE TASPP PROJECT - 2001-2004
• Assessment of hardware and software capacity in municipalities
• Training employees to work with new programs
• Seminars held in regional centres
• Installing the software and 2 PCs in each municipality
• A joint municipalities’ website for public procurement
• Internal linking of PCs in municipal services
• Continuation of successful activities from phase one
• Compatibility with the USAID LGI program
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BUDGET SoftwareTraining of public servants
Use of software
PLAINING AND MORE RATIONAL BUDGET SPENDING
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Internet system of public procurement
Joint municipalities’ website
• Advertising the procurement plan together with a time schedule
• Information in connection with ongoing tenders • Decisions, justification, criteria
Public nature of work
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PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
Internet basePUBLIC PROCUREMENT
Municipalities Interested subjects
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OBJECTIVES
• Getting acquainted with procedures based on EU standards
• Greater transparency and efficiency of public procurement
• Joint advertising of the municipalities involved leads to more favourable offers
• Personnel trained for IAS presentations to foreign investors
• Computerisation of the financial departments of the municipalities involved
• Technical assistance - 60 PCs in two phases
• Improving communication between the citizens and local administration