{"id":248940,"date":"2022-03-02T14:31:40","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T13:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ais.al\/new\/?p=248940"},"modified":"2022-03-02T15:26:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T14:26:56","slug":"policy-paper-public-procurement-albania-through-the-lens-of-european-integration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ais.al\/new\/en\/policy-paper-public-procurement-albania-through-the-lens-of-european-integration\/","title":{"rendered":"Policy Paper \u201cPublic Procurement, Albania through the Lens of European Integration\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Policy Paper \u201c<em>Public Procurement, Albania through the Lens of European Integration\u201d<\/em> was drafted by the Albanian Institute of Science <a href=\"http:\/\/ais.al\/new\/\"><u>AIS<\/u><\/a> \/ Open Data Albania, during the implementation of <em><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/cluster1albania.com\/?fbclid=IwAR3dEVg6M0yKBCmN1L8m3wqGhneYPItQrPYQTvXXpkq0XdBNoYgkWqwYpMA\"><u>C1 \u2013 EU \u2013 NPA<\/u><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Project \u201c<em>Improving the Debate on Policies and Accountability to Fulfill Basic Rights\u201d<\/em>, through the creation of the Cluster 1 Albania Negotiation Platform.<\/p>\n<p>This project is being implemented by four Albanian organizations: the Center for the Study of Democracy and Governance <u>CSDG<\/u>, the Institute for Political Studies <u>ISP<\/u>, the Albanian Helsinki Committee AHC and the Albanian Institute of Science <u>AIS,<\/u> with the support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Tirana.<\/p>\n<p>The Policy Paper was presented on February 28th, at a Roundtable with the participation of organizations and institutions ingaged in the european integration and public procurement processes.<\/p>\n<p>You will find enclosed below the following items:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Public Procurement<strong> \u201cPolicy Paper through the lens of European Integration\u201d (<a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/ais.al\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/Policy-Paper-Prokurim-Publik-AIS.pdf\">PDF link<\/a>)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Summary and Conclusions of the Policy Paper, Procurement<strong> \u201cPolicy Paper through the lens of European Integration\u201d (<a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/ais.al\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-PUBLIC-PROCUREMENT-THROUGH-THE-LENS-OF-EUROPEAN-INTEGRATION-Summary-and-Conclusions.pdf\">PDF Link<\/a>)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Event Agenda of the<strong> Policy Paper Presentation (<a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/ais.al\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/AIS-Agenda-English-me-kontakt.pdf\">PDF LINK<\/a>)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Photos from the Event:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_248897\" style=\"width: 1255px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/ais.al\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0356.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-248897\" class=\"wp-image-248898 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/ais.al\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0356.jpg\" alt=\"Panelist\u00ebt: Znj. Aranita Brahaj - Drejtore Ekzekutive e AIS\/Open Data Albania; Z. Viktor Gumi - Ekspert Juridik, Autori i Dokumentit (AIS); Znj. Jorida Tabaku - Kryetare, Komisioni p\u00ebr Integrimin Evropian, Parlamenti; Z. Eduart Shalsi - Kryetar, Komisioni p\u00ebr Ekonomin\u00eb dhe Financat, Parlamenti; Znj. Reida Kashta - Drejtore e P\u00ebrgjithshme, Agjencia e Prokurimit Publik (APP)\" width=\"1245\" height=\"830\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-248897\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Panelists: Mrs. Aranita Brahaj &#8211; AIS\/Open Data Albania; Mr. Viktor Gumi &#8211; Legal Expert AIS, Author of the Paper; Mrs. Jorida Tabaku &#8211; Chairperson, Parliamentary Committee for European Integration, Parliament; Mr. Eduart Shalsi &#8211; Chairperson, Parliamentary Committee for Economy and Finance, Parliament; Mrs. Reida Kashta &#8211; General Director, Public Procurement Agency (PPA)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_248871\" style=\"width: 1235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ais.al\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/274947730_146684871103146_4848850513551030608_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-248871\" class=\"wp-image-248872 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/ais.al\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/274947730_146684871103146_4848850513551030608_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1225\" height=\"1824\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-248871\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">H.E.Mr. Reinout Vos &#8211; Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Albania<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ais.al\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0332.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-248894\" src=\"http:\/\/ais.al\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0332.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1245\" height=\"830\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/ais.al\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0338.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-248896\" src=\"http:\/\/ais.al\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"554\" height=\"830\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/ais.al\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/274930860_146684974436469_8376644614095461800_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-248864\" src=\"http:\/\/ais.al\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/274930860_146684974436469_8376644614095461800_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1837\" height=\"1225\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/ais.al\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/275002511_146685081103125_2924692959197824976_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-248886\" src=\"http:\/\/ais.al\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/275002511_146685081103125_2924692959197824976_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1225\" height=\"1824\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_248841\" style=\"width: 1847px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ais.al\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/274853805_146685174436449_3613102999002809158_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-248841\" class=\"wp-image-248842 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/ais.al\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/274853805_146685174436449_3613102999002809158_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1837\" height=\"1225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-248841\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mr. Alexis Hupin &#8211; Head of the Political and EU integration section EU Delegation<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_248910\" style=\"width: 1364px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ais.al\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0415.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-248910\" class=\"wp-image-248911 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/ais.al\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0415.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1354\" height=\"903\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-248910\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mr. Muharrem Cakaj \u2013 Procurement Expert<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_248879\" style=\"width: 1235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ais.al\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/274979293_146685397769760_5051580602628043406_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-248879\" class=\"wp-image-248880 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/ais.al\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/274979293_146685397769760_5051580602628043406_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1225\" height=\"1824\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-248879\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mrs. Ledia Mu\u00e7o- Policy Officer EU Delegation;<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_248887\" style=\"width: 1235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ais.al\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/275006943_146685424436424_4838596134517523923_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-248887\" class=\"wp-image-248888 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/ais.al\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/275006943_146685424436424_4838596134517523923_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1225\" height=\"1824\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-248887\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mrs. Kristina Voko &#8211; Director, BIRN Albania<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_248859\" style=\"width: 1954px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ais.al\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/274917211_146685474436419_4274938645041904955_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-248859\" class=\"wp-image-248860 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/ais.al\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/274917211_146685474436419_4274938645041904955_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1944\" height=\"1632\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-248859\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mr. Neritan Sejamini &#8211; Editor-in-Chief of Exit.al and Director of the EuroNews Albania Information Department;<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_248843\" style=\"width: 1847px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ais.al\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/274856547_146685134436453_758189835715327458_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-248843\" class=\"wp-image-248844 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/ais.al\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/274856547_146685134436453_758189835715327458_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1837\" height=\"1225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-248843\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mrs. Valia Pentarvani &#8211; First Counsellor &amp; DHoM of the Embassy of Greece to Albania; Mr. Alexis Hupin &#8211; Head of the Political and EU integration section EU Delegation; H.E.Mr. Reinout Vos &#8211; Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Albania;<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_248912\" style=\"width: 1255px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ais.al\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0462.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-248912\" class=\"wp-image-248913 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/ais.al\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0462.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1245\" height=\"830\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-248912\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mrs. Krisela Hackaj &#8211; Expert and Executive Director of CDI Albania<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The findings, Opinions or Recommendations expressed at this event represent the views of experts and the AIS organization and do not necessarily reflect the responsibilities of the partners or supporters of the <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/cluster1albania.com\/?fbclid=IwAR3dEVg6M0yKBCmN1L8m3wqGhneYPItQrPYQTvXXpkq0XdBNoYgkWqwYpMA\"><u>C1-EU-NPA<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Project.<\/p>\n<p>The document has been forwarded in the Official Form to the institutions engaged in the process and interested parties.<\/p>\n<p>AIS\/Open Data Albania is a local non-governmental organization established in 2011. The organization has created a <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/openprocurement.al\/en\/index\/index\">database<\/a> with open data on Public Procurement in the Health sectors; Concessions; Local Government; Road Infrastructure; Publicly Owned Enterprises; Development Fund. The organization also applies RedFlag real-time risk assessment instruments and is the author of several case studies on Public Procurement and Contracting issues.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Policy Paper \u201cPublic Procurement, Albania through the Lens of European Integration\u201d was drafted by the Albanian Institute of Science AIS \/ Open Data Albania, during the implementation of C1 \u2013 EU \u2013 NPA Project \u201cImproving the Debate on Policies and Accountability to Fulfill Basic Rights\u201d, through the creation of the Cluster 1 Albania Negotiation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":224720,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,58,83,78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-248940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-homeposts","category-press-releases","category-publications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ais.al\/new\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ais.al\/new\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ais.al\/new\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ais.al\/new\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ais.al\/new\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248940"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ais.al\/new\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":249539,"href":"https:\/\/ais.al\/new\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248940\/revisions\/249539"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ais.al\/new\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ais.al\/new\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ais.al\/new\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ais.al\/new\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}