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Workshops on public procurement and integrity audit in Vrpolje and Promina
Municipalities of Vrpolje (Slavonia-Brod County) i Promina (Šibenik-Knin County) were the last two planned within the workshop “Integrity audit in the Croatian Municipalities” as part of the project “Anti-Corruption Response to Implementation of Procurement Policies - ACRIP” carried out by the Partnership for Social Development and the Association of Municipalities in cooperation with the Nicolaas Witsen Foundation from Netherlands. On the agenda on 18th and 20th January again was the Public Procurement Act which entered into force on 1 January 2012 as well as the potential risks and vulnerable areas in the area of work of the municipality in terms of protecting the integrity and public procurement.
The focus was on the details of the law and possible difficulties in its implementation and on rationalisation that could be achieved by consolidating procurement, on system resistance to corruption, experiences and views of local politicians and public servants.
Read more | Added 23.01.2012
Four workshops on public procurement and integrity audit completed
During the first week of December 2011. municipalities of Draganić, Krnjak, Marija Bistrica and Kumrovec were the hosts of the workshop “Integrity audit in the Croatian Municipalities” as part of the project “Anti-Corruption Response to Implementation of Procurement Policies - ACRIP” which aimed to raise awareness and to clarify several issues of interest for Croatian local government: a new law on public procurement, potential risks and vulnerable areas in the work of municipalities both in terms of integrity and in the aspect of public procurement.
The project leader is a non-governmental organization Partnership for Social Development (PSD) with the Dutch Nicolaas Witsen Foundation and with the Association of Municipalities in the Republic of Croatia as a project partner.
Workshops were higly estimated from the side of participants as useful because they brought benefit in the area if the interpretation of the new Croatia Law on Public Procurement which will enter into force on January 1st 2012. They were asking questions about key provisions of the Act and were deeply engaged in the matter together with the lecturers.
Read more | Added 16.12.2011
Two projects concluded at NALAS conference in Bursa
In Bursa, Turkey, on 16 and 17 November 2011 Network of Associations of Local Authorities in South East Europe (NALAS) organized the Regional Conference at which two very important projects - on local borrowing and information system for local waste management – were concluded. The main sponsors of the conference were the German Society for Technical Cooperation (GIZ) through the Open Regional Fund for the Modernization of Municipal Services and the Union of Municipalities of Turkey Marmara region, led by Yildirim Municipality of Bursa.
Croatia, who participated in both projects, was represented by participants from the Association of Municipalities and the Association of Towns in the Republic Croatia.
The conference was attended by experts in the field of local finances and solid waste management, representatives of local governments, associations of local authorities in South East Europe as well as representatives of international organizations and institutions. The conference was welcomed by the President of the Union of Turkish Municipalities in Marmara Region Recep Altepe, the mayor of Yildirim and vice-president of NALAS Ozgen Keskin and NALAS CEO Kelmend Zajazi.
Read more | Added 22.11.2011
How to represent local interests in the European Union under the new or different accession status
Training on the participation of local authorities and the role of national associations of local authorities in the process of European integration for the employees of the Association of Municipalities in the Republic of Croatia led by the legal counselor Mladen Ivanovic, and for the board members of regional associations NALAS led by executive director Kelmend Zajazi, took place on 29 and 31 October 2011 in Zagreb.
Longtime Brussels experts from PEM Consulting Professor Ralf von Ameln, PhD, and Regine Prunzel, PhD, engaged by NALAS, explained the history, methods and forms, benefits and obstacles in the functioning of EU institutions. Those european activities are always particularly important and instructive, especially for the country like Croatia which is on the verge of entering the EU.
Read more | Added 04.11.2011
Workshop on UORH Strategic Planning
In order to initiate a development plan for its own medium-term development, Association of Municipalities in the Republic of Croatia sought professional counseling assistance in the regional association NALAS which responded to a request by engaging Professor Ralf von Ameln, PhD, and Regine Prunzel, PhD, experts from German PEM Consulting.
During the workshop held on 27 and 28 October 2011 UORH staff presented the current activities of the Association along with tasks and projects dealt with municipalities to the experts.