In the premises of the Public Procurement Administration, on 25 January 2013, a meeting was held between the representative of the World Bank, Mr Antony Bennett, International Consultant for Public Finances and Mr Mersad Mujević, Director of the Public Procurement Administration. The topic of the conversation was regarding assessment of public expenditure and financial accountability […]

On this occasion the audience was addressed by the Minister of Finance who stressed that: During 2012, the strengthening of public procurement system was continued. The realization of tasks within the competences of Public Procurement Administration was provided, and these tasks referred to monitoring of application and preparation of public procurement legislation, analysis and implementation […]

On 11 December 2012, in the premises of the PR Center in Podgorica, a Workshop was held on with a topic „Implementation of Sustainable Public Procurement in Mediterranean Countries“. The Workshop was organized by the Regional Centre for Cleaner Production (CP/RAC) and EcoInstitut from Barcelona, Spain, and the Public Procurement Administration (PPA) of Montenegro. The speakers were Ms Dafne Mazo, Project Manager of the CP/RAC and Ms Elena Estevan, Expert for Sustainable Procurement of the EcoInstitut from Barcelona. The participants of the Workshop included representatives of relevant institutions in the area of public procurement, environmental protection, sustainable development and others, and they had the opportunity to introduce themselves with the concept of sustainable/green procurement, green entrepreneurship, as well as methods of practical implementation of said aspects in the EU countries. The aim of the Workshop was also to indentify the key institutions in Montenegro that would implement the strategy of sustainable procurement, as well as the priority activities that would enable inclusion of these concepts into the public procurement practice, both by contracting authorities and by the bidders in Montenegro.