Event Summary:
On November 15, Group for Legal and Political Studies hosted a roundtable discussion about the public procurement practices at the municipal level.  The participants in this roundtable discussion focused on the successful measures for enhancing integrity in the public procurement process at the municipal level, policies that can help improve municipal procurement systems, and, in particular, the comparative evidence from good public procurement practices in developing/transition countries. Special attention was devoted to the impact that public procurement activities have in the definition of the index of corruption for Kosovo.

Roundtable Discussion:
Public Procurement Practices at the Local Level: Challenges in addressing the public expenditures’ mismanagement

Key Speakers:
Mr. Fisnik Korenica, Group for Legal and Political Studies

Mr. Lars Lage Olofsson, Auditor General of Kosovo

Mr. Hasan Preteni, Director of the Anti-Corruption Agency

Mr. Ali Sadriu, Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Financial Supervision

Mr. Safet Hoxha, President of the Board of the Public Procurement Regulatory Commission;

Mr. Hysni Hoxha, President of the Procurement Review Body;

Mr. Qerkin Morina, Deputy Auditor General of Kosovo;

Chair:
Dren Doli, Group for legal and Political Studies

Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Venue: Hotel Prishtina, str. ‘Vaso Pasha’ No. 20, 10000 Prishtina – Kosovo