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Integrity of public procurement in Moldova

Increasing the integrity of public procurement

The project “Increasing the integrity in public procurement” is implemented by Institute for Development and Social Initiatives (IDIS) "Viitorul", in partnership with Partnership for Transparency (USA).

Partner:

Partnership for Transparency (PTF)

Implementation period:

September 2020 - June 2025

Aim of the project:

Supporting procurement reforms in Moldova that will increase transparency and fairness of public procurement through empowering citizens to hold relevant institutions accountable. This will be accomplished through training civil society organizations to serve as watchdogs by monitoring public procurements.

Activities:

35 journalists, representatives of civil society organizations and economic operators strengthened their capacities in monitoring public procurement by participating in a complex training program, which took place between October 7 and December 17, 2021, which included 12 training modules, each two training sessions each. The subjects of the training program were about the legal and institutional framework of public procurement, sectoral procurement, the process of an electronic public procurement, access to information and analysis of open data, the appeal procedure, but also about the tools for identifying and analyzing the risks of corruption. Several case studies, about the problems and risks of public procurement, were presented to the participants during the training program.
First round of grants. PTF and IDIS "Viitorul", for the implementation of several public procurement monitoring projects in the Republic of Moldova, awarded grants to eight civil society organizations: Localinvest (Râșcani), Prospect (Cimișlia), Media-Guard (Chisinau, Ziarul de Gardă) , LEX XXI (Balti), Cahul Contact Center (Cahul), AGER (Chisinau), Parinți Solidari (Chisinau) and the media project CU SENS (Chisinau). These organizations have benefited from grants of more than 185 thousand dollars for monitoring public procurement. Grant beneficiaries have implemented procurement monitoring projects carried out by town halls, district councils; enterprises with public capital or other state entities.
Second round of grants. Five civil society organizations from the Republic of Moldova, following a grant competition for public procurement monitoring, received grants worth 115 thousand dollars for public procurement monitoring activities, carried out by central and local public authorities - at the level I and II, but also from certain areas of public interest. The selected organizations were: Association for Efficient and Responsible Governance (AGER); Association of Independent Press (API); Transparency International-Moldova (TI-Moldova); Association for Human Rights Lex XXI and the Public Association "Parinti Solidari".
Public Procurement Monitoring Coalition. Several civil society organizations, journalists, experts and independent monitors from the Republic of Moldova have consolidated their efforts to involve and monitor public procurement by founding the Public Procurement Monitoring Coalition. The members of the Coalition have already met in several meetings, where they addressed several topical topics and issues in the field of public procurement: June 29, 2023; September 29, 2023; December 13, 2023; March 29, 2024; June 26, 2024.
NPPP. IDIS "Viitorul", in collaboration with the Partnership for Transparency (PTF) from the USA, launched, in December 2023, the National Platform for Public Procurement (NPPP) - a national discussion forum, a permanent communication and dialogue mechanism for all actors in public procurement sector - authorities responsible for policies, control, regulation, contracting authorities/entities, and economic operators. The mission of NPPP is to improve the efficiency, transparency and integrity of the national public procurement system by addressing the problems in the system, identifying solutions, as well as proposing them, in the form of recommendations, to be integrated into policies by decision-makers. NPPP members represent authorities and organizations interested in the operation and viability of the national public procurement system. Several meetings of the NPPP have already taken place: December 19, 2023; May 16, 2024; September 26, 2024.
Digital platform pulsachiziții.md - the web page pulsachiziții.md is an online platform, dedicated to public procurement in the Republic of Moldova.