Improvement of Public Procurement Systems in the Czech and Slovak Republics

Dátum trvania: December 2010 - April 2013

Donor: Siemens

Partner: Oživení, o.s.

TIS together with Czech project partner, Oživení, are working on the project focused on increasing transparency and effectiveness of public procurement and reducing the risk of corruption in Slovakia and Czech republic by creating anti-corruption business platform, changing the method of public procurement and increasing the quality of state oversight of public procurement.

Výstupy:

Procurement Reporting Portal: tender.sme.sk (November 2011)

Paper: Impact of the electronic auction on procurement efficiency in Slovakia: First results (Slovak Only), (September 2011)

Paper: Post-contractual Behavior of Public Procurers in Slovakia (Slovak only), (Pavel – Sičáková-Beblavá, January 2012)

Seminar “Public procurement: experiences and challenges” (May 2012)

the aim of the seminar was to review the progress in public procurement and to discuss the challenges and their prospective solutions in on-coming period
Program and presentations:

14.00 – 14.10	Opening Gabriel Šípoš, Transparency International Slovensko
14.10 – 14.25	*How to improve state tenders: Reforms since 2011 and new challenges* Gabriel Šípoš, Transparency International Slovensko
14.25 – 14.50	Overview of the changes in Czech public procurement Jan Pavel, Vysoká škola ekonomická, Praha
14.50 – 15.10	Discussion
15.10 – 15.20	Break
15.20 – 15.30	*Depolitization and professionalisation of the Public Procurement Office* Emília Sičáková-Beblavá, Transparency International Slovensko
15.30 – 15.45	*Changes of public procurement* Robert Kaliňák, minister vnútra SR
15.45 – 16.45	Discussion
16.45 –	Closing Gabriel Šípoš, Transparency International Slovensko