Transparency International in BiH organizes conference “Improving the public procurement system in Bosnia and Herzegovina”

Transparency International in Bosnia and Herzegovina (TI BIH) will organize tomorrow 3. March in Sarajevo a conference entitled “Improving the Public Procurement System in Bosnia and Herzegovina”, as part of USAID’s support to citizens in the fight against corruption.

The conference will be an opportunity to hear proposals for improving the Law on Public Procurement and Preventing Corruption in this area, which is one of the 14 key priorities identified by the European Union in its Opinion on Bosnia and Herzegovina’s application for membership.

The introductory speech at the conference will be given by the Ambassador of the United States of America to BiH Eric Nelson, the Special Representative of the EU Delegation to BiH Johann Sattler and the Chairman of the Board of TI BiH Srdjan Blagovcanin.

Representatives of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly Dušanka Majkić and Predrag Kožul, Director of the BiH Public Procurement Agency Tarik Rahić, member of the BiH Complaints Review Office Siniša Tešanović and Amira Lazović, representative of the Directorate for European Integration will take part in the panel.

Given the current situation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and respecting epidemiological measures, only panelists will attend the conference live, while those interested will be able to follow the conference online.

Statements for the press are planned for 10:00 am at the President Hotel.

Press release_2_3_2021

Agenda_Improvement of the public procurement system in BiH