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This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. It was
prepared by DAI Global, LLC. The author’s views expressed in this document do not necessarily reflect the views
of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) or the United States Government.
Transparent, Effective and Accountable Municipalities
(USAID TEAM) activity in Kosovo
QUARTERLY PERFORMANCE REPORT
APRIL – JUNE 2018
Contract No. AID-167-C-17-00001
July 15, 2018
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QUARTERLY PERFORMANCE REPORT
April – June 2018
Project Title: Transparent, Effective and Accountable Municipalities
(USAID TEAM) activity in Kosovo
Sponsoring USAID Office: USAID/Kosovo
Contract Number: AID-167-C-17-00001
COR: Jeton Cana
Contractor: DAI Global, LLC
Date of Submission: July 13, 2018
Prepared by: USAID TEAM
DISCLAIMER
This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development.
It was prepared by DAI Global, LLC. The author’s views expressed in this document do not necessarily
reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) or the United
States Government.
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................... 1
Kosovo USAID TEAM Background .................................................................................................. 1
Significant Events this Quarter ........................................................................................................... 2
WORK PLAN PROGRESS ...................................................................................................................... 3
Component One: Develop, refine and roll out models for transparent and accountable
municipalities ............................................................................................................................................... 9
Component Two: Engage the central level in addressing municipal corruption within the
procurement process ............................................................................................................................. 23
Component Three: Enable civil society to track and expose corruption ................................... 30
Adaptive Management ............................................................................................................................ 38
INDICATOR PERFORMANCE ............................................................................................................ 39
PROJECT MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................................... 43
Successes during reporting period .................................................................................................. 43
Challenges during reporting period ................................................................................................ 44
Mitigation measures taken to address challenges during reporting period ........................... 44
MAJOR ACTIVITIES FOR NEXT QUARTER ................................................................................... 45
Annex A - Reports and Deliverables Completed This Quarter ................................................... 48
Annex B - Grantee BIRN Articles (Albanian) ................................................................................... 50
Annex C - Grantee BIRN Articles (English) ...................................................................................... 82
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ABBREVIATIONS
ACA Anti-Corruption Agency
AKM Association of Kosovo Municipalities
BIRN Balkan Investigative Reporting Network
CA Contracting Authority
CHU Central Harmonization Unit
CSO Civil Society Organization
CVA Corruption Vulnerability Assessment
D+ Democracy Plus
EO Economic Operators
EU European Union
GLPS Group for Legal and Political Studies
HR Human Resource
IA Internal Audit
IAU Internal Audit Unit
IT Information Technology
KDI Kosova Democratic Institute
KIPA Kosovo Institution for Public Administration
KJC Kosovo Judicial Council
MAC Municipal Audit Committees
MIA Municipal Implementation Advisors
MLGA Ministry of Local Government Administration
MoF Ministry of Finance
MoU Memorandum of Understanding
MPA Ministry of Public Administration
NAO National Audit Office
NPC National Procurement Council
OCAT Organizational Capacity Assessment Tool
PFM Public Finance Management
PM Procurement Manager
PIOs Procurement Information Offices
POs Procurement Officers
PPL Public Procurement Law
PPRC Public Procurement Regulatory Commission
RFP Request for Proposal
ROGPP Rules and Operational Guidelines for Public Procurement
SoW Statement of Work
STTA Short-Term Technical Assistance
TEAM Transparent, Effective and Accountable Municipalities
TOT Training-of-trainers
USAID United States Agency for International Development
1
INTRODUCTION
This quarterly report for the USAID Transparent, Effective and Accountable Municipalities (USAID
TEAM) activity in Kosovo documents progress from 1 April to 30 June 2018, in compliance with
section F.6.c. of the referenced contract.
The report is divided into the following sections:
• Introduction, giving an overview of the project and events for the reporting quarter;
• Work plan progress, covering the status of each activity as outlined in the current version
of the approved USAID TEAM work plan;
• Indicator performance, which relates to activity management and progress towards
specific indicators;
• Project management, including operations, finance, and successes and challenges; and
• Major activities for next quarter.
A list of reports and deliverables completed during the reporting period is included as Annex A. Annex
B contains the full text of articles published by grantee BIRN.
Kosovo USAID TEAM Background
USAID TEAM is a five-year activity that began in January 2017 and is scheduled to conclude in January
2022. The activity improves procurement effectiveness and transparency by providing comprehensive
assistance to all 38 Kosovo municipalities, with more intensive coaching and mentoring in five focus
municipalities; these are: Gjakovë/Đakovica, Gjilan/Gnjilane, Pejë/Peć, Prishtinë/Priština, and
Vushtrri/Vučitrn.
At the central level, USAID TEAM worksclosely with national-level actors including the Ministry of
Finance (MoF), Public Procurement Regulatory Commission (PPRC), National Audit Office (NAO),
Procurement Review Body (PRB), and the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA).
Civil society also plays a key role in providing oversight in a watchdog role and exposing corrupt
practices. USAID TEAM partnerswith an active network of CSOs, including CiviKos, to promote
transparency and accountability. This network is educating and engaging citizens to identify corruption
when it occurs – from the municipal to the national level – and to provide sustained pressure to
improve transparency.
Activities implemented through USAID TEAM contribute to the CDCS Development Objective 1:
Improved Rule of Law and Governance that Meet Citizens’ Needs. The activity directly contributes to
two intermediate results under this development objective:
IR1.2: Strengthened Effectiveness and Accountability of Assemblies, Administrations, and Election
Processes. USAID TEAM is improving the accountability of municipal administrations and assemblies
through greater transparency and effectiveness.
IR1.4: Civil Society Strengthened to Increasingly Engage Constructively with Government. USAID TEAM
is working with civil society to monitor municipal procurement.
2
Significant Events this Quarter
• The number of electronic bids submitted by economic operators surged.
Throughout 2017, contracting authorities received 10-12% of bids electronically. The
percentage has grown dramatically to 35% of all bids throughout the second quarter in 2018.
The number of electronic bids reached a monthly high of 851 in June 2018.
• Bids for centralized procurements must now be submitted in electronic form only.
The Head of the Board of the PPRC, Mr. Safet Hoxha, announced that as of 5 July 2018 all
central procurements will be processed electronically. In addition, he announced that as of 1
September 2018, all large value procurements for all contracting authorities will
become fully electronic, eliminating hard copy submissions. All other procurements are
expected to go fully electronic as of 1 January 2019.
• The Open Procurement Transparency Portal (www.prokurimihapur.org) went live.
On 15 June 2018, USAID TEAM’s partner Levizja FOL opened the portal, which automatically
pulls data from the PPRC’s e-Procurement platform and presents it to citizens in a user-
friendly, searchabale interface. The portal allows users to explore the relationship between
public expenditures, contracting authorities, and private actors.
• 106 procurement complaints submitted through the
new e-appeals module. USAID TEAM supported the PRB to
implement and roll out the e-appeals module.
• The National Coordinator for State Reform engaged
USAID TEAM on a public procurement reform plan.
USAID TEAM is working with the Coordinator to develop a
public procurement reform policy paper, with the aim to present
an action plan to the Prime Minister.
• The PPRC established an e-Procurement Steering
Committee. In initial meetings, the Committee adopted system
governance policies and reorganized the help-desk operation (for
faster response times).
• CSOs are documenting and reporting specific cases of
alleged corruption in municipal procurement. For
example, USAID TEAM grantee BIRN produced eight articles, two televised debates, and 25
fact-checking reports conducted through the Krypometer platform.
• 220 procurement officers received their certification in public procurement in a
ceremony this quarter.
• Municipal advisors supported municipal compliance with the law and vulnerability to
corruption for tender dossiers (in 100 cases), bid opening (in 28 cases), bid evaluation (in 53
cases), claims (29 cases), and contract implementation (seven cases).
• USAID TEAM developed and disseminated to all Kosovo municipalities procurement manuals
for: (1) the Open Procedure, (2) Tender with Scores, (3) the Restricted Procedure and (4)
Framework Agreements with Lowest Price - Weighting Scores.
• USAID TEAM built the capacity of 848 public officials through 43 events including five
training courses, seven roundtables, and 12 workshops.
Municipal
Graduation Plans
USAID TEAM briefed
all focus municipalities
on graduation
indicators. At one
event, the Mayor of
Vushtrri/Vućitrn
observed: “We are
only a few points below
other big municipalities
in Kosovo, and I have
asked my staff to work
very hard in order to
achieve 80% of the
points and graduate.”
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WORK PLAN PROGRESS
Table 1 summarizes the status of work plan activities, followed by more detailed commentary on each
component that covers anticipated Year 2 activities outlined in the work plan.
Table 1: Work Plan Schedule Performance
Work plan task Work plan
due date Status Comments
1.1.3. Conduct citizen
perception survey March 2018 Finalizing report
Survey completed. Data
analyzed and report prepared.
Comments submitted for final
report.
1.1.5. Municipal outline of
graduation plan and OCAT
results
February
2018 Completed
Graduation Plan and OCAT
results outlined to all focus
municipalities. Activities 1.5.1,
1.1.5 and 1.8.1 are merged and
concluded with all focus
municipalities.
1.1.7: Interviews / learning
summits with private sector
economic operators supported
by TEAM (AMP tool)
June 2018 Completed
1.1.8: Focus groups (external)
with knowledgeable experts
(AMP tool)
June 2018 Completed
1.1.9: Focus groups (external)
with business representatives
(AMP tool)
June 2018 Completed Conducted in May 2018
1.2.1. Identify, develop and
implement project ideas and
project proposals for Support
Fund projects
February
2018
and
December
2018
Ongoing, on track
Prishtinë/Priština support fund
approved. Other focus
municipalities are finalizing
specifications.
1.3.1. Training of municipal
contract managers on the
project/contract management
cycle
May 2018 Ongoing
Evaluated bids. Negotiating with
successful offeror, planning
launch of technical assiatance.
1.3.2 Basic procurement and
code of ethics in procurement
training for directors of
municipal directorates and
school directors
April 2018 Completed
1.3.3 Municipal Implementation
Advisors will continue to
provide on-the job coaching
and mentoring for all municipal
procurement activities
December
2018 Ongoing, on track
1.3.4 Developing and
introducing public procurement
model forms/templates and of
manuals/guidelines for
transparent, effective
procurement procedures
August 2018 Ongoing, on track
Completed Manuals: Restricted
Procedure and Framework
Agreements with the lowest
price on the basis of scoring.
4
Work plan task Work plan
due date Status Comments
1.3.5 Procurement officers
share experiences, best
practices, identifying challenges
and recommendations to
improve procurement
processes
May 2018 Completed
1.4.1 On-the-job coaching of
procurement officers on the e-
Procurement platform
December
2018 Ongoing, on track
1.4.2 Businesses are trained on
e-Procurement and business
ethics
February
2018 Completed
1.4.4 E-Procurement training
for municipal officers involved
in procurement processes (bid
opening and tender evaluation)
May 2018 Completed
1.5.1 Workshop on role of
IAUs and MACs: Role of
Internal Audit Units, Audit
Committees and Auditing
processes - challenges and
recommendations for
improvement
February
2018 Completed
Activities 1.1.5, 1.5.1 and 1.8.1
were merged and concluded
with all focus municipalities.
1.5.2 Establishment and
functionalization of municipal
audit committees
March 2018 Completed
1.5.3 Basic procurement and
fraud detection training for IA
officials
April 2018 Completed
1.5.4: Developing municipal
action plans for addressing
NAO
findings/recommendations
July 2018 Completed
1.5.6. Internal Auditing
processes: sharing experiences
and best practices, identifying
challenges and
recommendations for
improvement
March 2018 Completed
1.6.1 Publish Semi-Annual
Municipal Work Plan, Progress
Reports and municipal NAO
reports
June 2018 Completed
Municipalities now regularly
publish their plans, decisions,
and periodic reports. Municipal
Advisors will provide ongoing
support for the LOP
1.6.2 Support focus
municipalities on their public
relations efforts
April 2018 Completed
Conducted needs analysis and
completed action plan in June.
Project will coach and mentor
focus municipalities during July -
August
1.6.3 Increase transparency in
public procurement and
financial management - sharing
experiences and best practices,
June 2018 Completed
5
Work plan task Work plan
due date Status Comments
identifying challenges and
recommendations for
improvement
1.7.2 Utilization of human
resources management
information system (HRMIS) in
all municipalities
June 2018
Postponed to Q3
and Q4 at request of
MPA
Based on request from the
Ministry of Public
Administration, this training was
postponed for second part of
the year, due to the system
upgrade.
1.7.3 On-the-job
coaching/mentoring of
municipal HR officers to
enforce ethics and eliminate
conflicts of interest
June 2018 Completed
In addition to on-the-job
coaching and mentoring,
engaged STTAs and launched
HR capacity building activity to
be completed June - October
1.7.4 HR officers share
experiences on HR
management
June 2018 Completed
1.8.1 Finance management
processes and finance control -
challenges and
recommendations for
improvement
February
2018 Completed
Activities 1.1.5, 1.5.1 and 1.8.1
are merged and concluded for
all focus municipalities.
1.8.2 Improving the process of
completing Self-Evaluation
Questionnaire
February
2018 Completed
1.8.3 Developing Handbook on
Internal Public Expenditure
Management Process
May 2018 Ongoing
Subcontractor started fieldwork.
Expected completion in
October
1.8.4 Introducing
Municipal/Code of Ethics
including finance accountability
June 2018 Completed
Two sessions held. Submitted
final comments on prepared
Municipal Code of Ethics. Once
approved by focus
municipalities, Project will
deliver five workshops on Code
of Ethics.
1.8.5 On-the-job coaching:
CHU self-evaluation
questionnaire
Municipal Financial
Management Control
June 2018 Completed
Focus municipalities completed
CHU self-evaluation
questionnaire this year with
project support.
1.8.6 Finance management and
finance control - share
experiences, best practices,
identifying challenges and
recommendation for
improvement
June 2018 Completed
2.1.2 Revise NAO audit
manuals to incorporate
procurement fraud detection
instructions
August 2018 Ongoing, on track
This activity began on time in
June and is expected to be
completed as planned in August.
2.1.3 Conduct a) bespoke anti-
fraud capacity building
programs for NAO's LGD and
a) March
2018
b) August
2018
a) Completed
b) Ongoing, on track
The second part of this activity
is expected to be completed in
July, ahead of schedule.
6
Work plan task Work plan
due date Status Comments
VfM, b) combined with ToT
program
2.1.4 Establish anti-fraud legal
framework:
b) Draft written procedure on
the legal unit’s responsibilities,
timeframes of execution,
templates of documents,
protocol of internal
cooperation
c) Provide instructions to
auditors on when cases of
suspected fraud should be sent
to the Legal Department. d)
Draft protocol on what should
be published in the audit
reports (with respect to fraud)
which are made available on
NAO’s web site
April 2018 Completed
2.2.2 Establish an intranet
forum as a supplementary
mean of communication
between CHU and IAUs
June 2018 Ongoing, delayed
due to MOF
Given other pressing priorities
at MOF and CHU, USAID
TEAM had to postpone the
implementation of this activity
for the third quarter of this
year. STTA is now mobilized
and actively working on
implementation of this activity.
2.2.3 Train CHU and IAUs on
Procurement Audit Manual
combined with ToT program
July 2018
Ongoing, on track
The first part of this activity is
completed, whereas the second
part, ToT, will be completed as
scheduled.
2.2.4 Strengthen mechanisms
to enable CHU to take
measures against poor
performing/ professionally non-
compliant internal auditors
September
2018 Ongoing, on track
CHU confirmed that OECD
SIGMA and the EU are in the
process of providing CHU with
expert support on drafting a
regulation in this regard. USAID
TEAM will participate in the
working group that will draft
this regulation.
2.3.2 Assess status of e-
procurement system and PPRC
capacity to operate and
maintain the full application of
e-procurement platform
May 2018
Rescheduled to Q4
due to PPRC
scheduling
PPRC’s decision to delay the
mandatory use of the system has
affected the roll-out of this
activity. The assessment
envisaged herein will be
conducted during Q4.
2.3.3 Assist PPRC to develop
e-procurement project
governance framework
May 2018 Completed
2.3.4 Advise and support the
PPRC to strengthen
Information Systems Security
March 2018 Completed
7
Work plan task Work plan
due date Status Comments
2.3.5 Promote interoperability
of the e-procurement system May 2018
Ongoing, delayed
due to MOF and
MPA
USAID TEAM prepared MOUs
and SLAs to be signed with MOF
and MPA. Both MOF and MPA
expressed reluctance to enter
into formal commitments. The
project is planning to hire an IT
STTA to push this activity
forward and also pursue at a
higher level in the GOK.
2.3.6 Train the PPRC IT team
to operate and maintain the e-
procurement platform
January 2018 Ongoing, delayed at
PPRC request
The project has contracted
three training providers, but
PPRC postponed participation
due to other IT priorities.
2.4.1 Develop contractor past
performance mechanism:
Conduct stakeholder
interviews/buy-in and
analyze/design business process
June 2018 Completed
2.5.2 Support PPRC to sustain
a functional National
Procurement Coordination
Council
April 2018 Completed
Council has been established
and is meeting. STTA Ilaz Duli
evaluated performance and
identified areas for
strengthening. The project will
provide ongoing support to
enhance meetings and seek high-
level support from GOK
2.6.1 Develop the PPRC
Communications Strategy August 2018 Ongoing, on time
Conducted an assessment of the
current PPRC communications
and outreach capacities. An
initial proposal and approach has
been prepared and is under
internal review prior to
presenting it to PPRC
management. This item is
envisaged to be completed on
time.
2.7.1 Draft PRB action plan to
address recommendations
provided by USAID TEAM's
Procurement STTA
April 2018 Completed
PRB’s action plan drafted.
USAID TEAM is consulting with
other potential donors, like UK
Embassy, to support
implementation of the PRB
action plan.
2.7.2 Initiate legal framework
changes related to PRB
processes and procedures
May 2018 Completed
UK Embassy and OECD SIGMA
have committed to support PRB
with improvements to legal
framework.
2.7.3 Establish a structured and
easily accessible database of
PRB past decisions
August 2018 Ongoing, on track TOR prepared.
2.8.1 Organize roundtable with
C2 beneficiary institutions to
review current and future
project activities (AMP tool)
June 2018 Completed
8
Work plan task Work plan
due date Status Comments
3.1.2 Provide subcontract
funding to CSOs to monitor
three phases of procurement
for period of two years
December
2018 Ongoing, on track
3.1.3 Seed funding for local
CSOs on youth engagement,
monitoring of procurement,
awareness raising and an
advocacy campaign for
legislative changes for
transparent procurement
June 2018 Postponed to Q3
and Q4
USAID TEAM notified USAID of
the need to shift implementation
of activity to Q3 and Q4 due to
programmatic adaptations in
training methodology in sub-
activity 3.3.1.
3.1.4 Support activities
(publishing) of procurement
transparency index
March 2018 Finalizing report
USAID TEAM is reviewing the
Draft Public Procurement
Transparency Index. The English
version of the report required
extensive revisions.
3.1.5 Increasing civic oversight
on public money spending in
Kosovo (BIRN activity)
September
2018 Ongoing, on track
3.1.6 Exposing corruption
through active monitoring and
comparison of five
municipalities (D+ activity)
September
2018 Ongoing, on track
3.1.7 Benchmarking tool for
public procurement activities
(Riinvest)
September
2018 Ongoing, on track
3.1.8 Support establishment of
a public procurement
transparency portal. (Levizja
FOL)
October 2018 Ongoing, on track
3.1.10 Social accountability
tools to monitor, collect and
publicize data on potential
corruption
December
2018 Ongoing, on track
3.1.11 Engage national-level
CSOs to monitor PRB
decisions with impact on local-
level procurement
July 2018 Ongoing, on track
3.3.1 Through CiviKos and
national-level CSOs train
municipal-level CSOs on media
engagement
April 2018 Postponed to Q3
and Q4
USIAD TEAM revamped CSO
training program towards a
dynamic approach of “applied
learning workshops” causing a
shift in the timeframe to Q3 and
Q4. (Linked to changes in 3.1.3)
3.4.1 Cross-cutting issues:
Feedback/reflection, and
Feedback from CSOs internal
September
2018 Ongoing, on track
3.4.2 Feedback from CSOs
internal
September
2018 Ongoing, on track
The table below summarizes the STTA assignments conducted during the reporting period, along with
the principal tasks of each STTA and any observations on delayed or incomplete tasks.
Table 2: Technical STTA Assignments During Reporting Period
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STTA Staff
Name
Main Objectives of
Assignment
Antic.
Completion
Date
Actual
Completion
Date
Comments
IT Trainer
E-Procurement
Migjen
Zubaku
Deliver practical
training for the use of
e-procurement
platform for municipal
officials
31 December
2018 Ongoing
IT Trainer
E-Procurement
Fatmir
Gashi
Deliver practical
training for the use of
e-procurement
platform for municipal
officials
31 December
2018 Ongoing
Legal Advisor Besim
Tafa
Establish anti-fraud legal
framework
30 October
2018 Ongoing
IT Advisor Burim
Meholli
Assist PPRC to develop
e-Procurement project
governance framework
28 Feb
extended to
30 April 2018
30 April 2018
IT Expert
E-procurement Safet Fejza
Provide support to
PPRC on e-
procurement platform
through on job training
and coaching
15 June 2018 15 June 2018
Procurement
Specialist Ilaz Duli
Review the legal
framework regulating
public procurement in
Kosovo
25 June 2018 25 June 2018
Pending
approval of
the final
report
IT Expert-
System Specialist
Arsim
Lajqi
Provide support on
PRB website, database,
livestreaming capacities,
draft TOR on
contracting IT services
19 June 2018 19 June 2018
IT Expert-
System Specialist
Valon
Zekaj
Draft a TOR for design,
development and
implementation of the
Contractor Past
Performance (CPP)
module.
25 June 2018 25 June 2018
The next section summarizes the key technical achievements during the reporting period for each of
the three activity components.
Component One: Develop, refine and roll out models for transparent
and accountable municipalities
Major achievements during the reporting period for Component One include:
• 832 officials actively participated in 42 events, including five training courses for 24 groups and
505 participants; six roundtables with 151 participants; and 12 workshops with 176
participants from the municipalities and central level institutions.
# Component One Events Events/Groups Participants
1 Graduation Ceremony for 220 Procurement Officials * 1
2 Basic Procurement and Code of Ethics Training for
Municipal Directors * 1 9
10
3 Training: Basic Procurement and Code of Ethics for School
Directors 7 182
4 Training in E-Procurement and Ethics for Municipal
Evaluation Officials * 12 234
5 Training: Role of Municipal Audit Committees 1 18
6 Training: Fraud Detection for Internal Auditors 3 62
7 Roundtable: Public Procurement Collegium 1 31
8 Roundtable with Municipal Audit Committees 1 27
9 Roundtable: Transparency in Municipalities - Sharing Best
Practices 1 33
10 Roundtable: Human Resources in Municipalities - Sharing
Best Practices 1 26
11 Roundtable: Transparency in Focus Municipalities - Sharing
Best Practices 1 7
12 Roundtable: Financial Management and Control 1 27
13 Outline Municipal Plan 5 82
14 Workshops: Action Plan for NAO Recommendations 5 81
15 Workshop: Introducing Municipal/Code of Ethics Including
Finance Accountability 1 13
Total 42 832
* Activity continued from first quarter
• Developed and presented the municipal graduation plan and reports (Municipal Capacity
Assessment, Corruption Vulnerability Assessment) to mayors and municipal management of
focus municipalities.
• Developed and shared with all Kosovo municipalities the procurement manuals for: (1) the
Open Procedure, (2) Tender with Scores, (3) the Restricted Procedure and (4) Framework
Agreements with Lowest Price – Weighting Scores.
1.1. GENERAL ACTIVITIES
On April 10, USAID TEAM, in cooperation
with PPRC and KIPA, certified 220
procurement officers from Kosovo’s local and
central level institutions, independent agencies,
and publicly-owned enterprises in basic
procurement. Following the large-scale
training program in basic public procurement
in Year 1, trainees passed a challenging
certification examination and were certified.
Combined with previous certification
programs supported by USAID and the GOK,
now approximately 600 procurement officers in Kosovo at all levels are certified to carry out basic
procurement duties.
1.1.3. Conduct citizen perception survey
USAID TEAM, during this quarter, contracted UBO Consulting to conduct the second annual citizen
perception survey on public procurement and transparency in Kosovo. UBO Consulting drew from a
sample of 2,105 adults living in the 38 Kosovo municipalities. They conducted 100 interviews overall
USAID TEAM certified 220 procurement officers in basic
procurement,
11
from five focus and six “second-tier” municipalities1. UBO Consulting organized eight focus groups
with businesses and civil society representatives. The discussions covered corruption and public
procurement. USAID TEAM is now reviewing the report and it is expected to be finalized at the
beginning of the next quarter.
Based on preliminary findings, 83% of citizens interviewed from focus municipalities reported to be
at least “somewhat satisfied” with the capital investments in their municipality; similarly, 67.1% of
those from second-tier and other municipalities expressed similar satisfaction. Another finding is
that, pre-tendering, which is the phase of technical development/design of the project, is considered
to be the most corrupt phase as claimed by 57% of the respondents. The graphs below present
citizen satisfaction with municipal services in general and citizen perception of the reasons for
corruption in Kosovo municipalities.
Graph 1 - Satisfaction with municipal services in general
Graph 2 - Reasons for corruption in Kosovo municipalities
1 USAID TEAM designated through a competitive selection process the five “focus municipalities” of
Prishtinë/Priština, Gjakovë/Đakovica, Pejë/Peć, Gjilan/Gnjilane and Vushtrri/Vučitrn. The “second-tier”
municipalities are Lipjan/Lipljan, Istog/Istok, Ferizaj/Uroševac, Podujevë/Podujevo, and Suharekë/Suva Reka.
4.3%
7.8%
3.1%
16.2%
4.1%
6.7%
13.9%
11.7%
16%
15.9%
3.6%
0.2%
3%
5.2%
7%
7.3%
8.5%
8.9%
14.9%
15.9%
25.4%
Don’t know
Other
Lack of sanctions for violation
Imperfect legislation
Lack of accountability
Moral crisis in the post-conflict period
Low salaries of the officials in the public sector
Office duties interfering with personal interests of the…
Inefficiency of the judicial system
Lack of strict administrative control
Fast personal enrichment sought by people in power
Second most important reason Most important reason
13.8%
52.3%
22.6%
11.0%
0.3%
8.1%
52.5%
24.4%
13.5%
1.6%
9.1%
48.0%
27.2%
14.0%
1.8%
Very Satisfied Somewhat Satisfied Somewhat Dissatisfied Very Dissatisfied Don’t know
Focus municipalities Second tier municipaliies Other municipalities
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1.1.5 Municipal outline of graduation plan and OCAT results
USAID TEAM conducted five workshops with mayors,
municipal assembly chairpersons, chief financial
officers, finance directors, procurement managers, HR
managers, heads of internal audit units, and other
related stakeholders in Prishtinë/Priština,
Gjakovë/Đakovica, Pejë/Peć, Gjilan/Gnjilane and
Vushtrri/Vučitrn municipalities (note: the workshop
with Gjakovë/Đakovica municipality was postponed to
July 6, just outside of this reporting period, at the
mayor’s request, but still covered in this quarterly
report). The aim of these workshops was to present
project activities and achievements in the fields of
procurement, financial management, auditing, and
transparency; present findings from the second annual
Municipal Capacity Assessment; outline relevant
findings from the Corruption Vulnerability
Assessment; and introduce graduation criteria. During
these workshops, almost all mayors indicated that the
decisions of the Procurement Review Body are
problematic and negatively impact implementation of
important public works. In addition, municipalities outlined challenges such as offers with the
abnormally low pricing, quality of project implementation and contract management, difficulties in
addressing NAO recommendations, and others.
1.1.7 Interviews/learning summits with private sector economic operators
supported by TEAM
USAID TEAM solicited feedback and recommendations from economic operators who received
training or capacity building support through the project in order to improve the business enabling
environment in the area of municipal public procurement. On 12 June 2018, USAID TEAM conducted
a learning summit with business representatives to identify issues, challenges, and opportunities for
reform. Findings and recommendations from that event are presented in the Adaptive Management
Section of this report.
1.1.8 Focus groups (external) with knowledgeable experts
USAID TEAM met with Mr. Ilaz Duli and Ms. Edis Agani, external experts, to solicit their feedback and
recommendations related to project assistance provided to central and local level institutions. Findings
and recommendations from those interviews are presented in the Adaptive Management Section of
this report.
1.1.9 Focus groups (external) with business representatives
USAID TEAM convened businesses that have been using the e-Procurement platform but who have
not been direct recipients of USAID TEAM assistance. Findings and recommendations from that event
are presented in the Adaptive Management Section of this report.
1.2 Focus municipalities procure in-kind support through the Support Fund
Gjilan and Vushtrri municipalities address potential
challenges in their efforts to improve accountability and
transparency.
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Using the Support Fund, USAID TEAM is working with focus municipalities to procure items that can
help them reduce corruption vulnerabilities and increase efficiency and transparency in local financial
management.
1.2.1 Identify, develop and implement Support Fund Projects
USAID TEAM visited all focus municipalities and provided guidance on preparation of Support Fund
projects. Prishtinë/Priština municipality has already prepared detailed specifications and published the
tender for their part of the construction works (as their 20% cost share). They have received offers
and the bids are under evaluation. At the same time, USAID TEAM is preparing the tender
documentation to equip the Prishtinë/Priština procurement archive and procure other items to
improve efficiency in procurement, audit, and human resources.
Gjilan/Gnjilane and Vushtrri/Vućitrn municipalities have submitted their project proposals and are
preparing detailed technical specifications. Gjakovë/Đakovica and Pejë/Peć municipalities meanwhile
are reviewing and discussing ideas to submit.
1.3 Municipalities trained on procurement cycle
Component I is working with relevant GOK agencies and other Kosovo partners like AKM to train
municipal procurement managers/officers on all aspects of the procurement cycle. USAID TEAM
provides more intensive coaching to the focus municipalities addressing specific corruption risks
through the Municipal Implementation Advisors (MIAs).
1.3.1 Training of municipal contract managers on the project/contract
management cycle
To address the Corruption Vulnerability Assessment (CVA) finding “Lack of supervision from
contracting authorities over the implementation of individual provisions of the contract,” USAID
TEAM is organizing four-day training courses for 430 contract managers from all Kosovo municipalities
on contract cycle management. For this purpose, the project prepared and published an RFP for
Contract Management, inviting contractors to design a training program based on applicable legislation
in Kosovo and carry out four days of training on the contract management cycle. This training will
cover the project management cycle including all phases from planning to registration of assets. USAID
TEAM received seven offers and is negotiating the final terms with the selected vendor.
1.3.2 Basic procurement and code of ethics in procurement training for directors
of municipal directorates and school directors
Following the municipal election cycle, USAID TEAM organized training in Basic Procurement and
Code of Ethics in those municipalities with many newly elected municipal directors. 45 municipal
directors from five focus municipalities participated. This activity will address the CVA finding “Lack
of capacity to draft precise requirements- design tasks.” Also, USAID TEAM trained 182 school
directors on procurement procedures. The project held seven events for all directors of primary and
secondary schools from five focus municipalities. The new school directors learned for the first time
about procurement procedures, while the other directors were updated with changes in procurement
legislation and procedures.
1.3.3: On-the-job coaching on municipal procurement
Embedded Municipal Implementation Advisors (MIA) supported focus municipalities to address major
corruption risks through coaching and mentoring in the fields of procurement, public financial
management, and internal audit. During this quarter, MIAs checked levels of municipal compliance with
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the law and vulnerability to corruption for tender dossiers (in 100 cases), bid opening (in 28 cases),
bid evaluation (in 53 cases), claims (29 cases), and contract implementation (seven cases). USAID
TEAM also provided legal and professional advice to ensure that processes are in compliance with the
Public Procurement Law (PPL) and the amended Rules and Operational Guidelines for Public
Procurement (ROGPP).
MIAs have been monitoring the implementation of municipal Procurement Plans for 2018. During this
quarter, the advisors observed that the number of initiated procurement procedures, in almost all
focus municipalities, was low and behind schedule. Therefore, USAID TEAM supported procurement
managers (PM) of focus municipalities to implement their procurement plans and advised the
procurement officers (PO) to make summaries of the activities that need to be initiated and share
them with the respective departments responsible for initiating the works. Delays from the requesting
units to initiate works is seen as the main problem with regard to implementation of the procurement
plan.
The manipulation of technical specifications is also a corruption vulnerability risk. As such, the project’s
MIAs supported the POs in drafting tender dossiers that minimize opportunities to manipulate
technical specifications. The MIAs supported POs in drafting selection criteria, terms of reference,
technical specifications, and special conditions of the contract, while ensuring that the contract notices
and tender dossiers comply with the recently adopted ROGPP, which came into effect on 16 April
2018. The advisors worked closely with the requesting units and the POs to ensure technical
specifications are properly drafted and they do not refer to a specific article or producer.
MIAs also recommended that municipalities hold pre-bid conferences. During the reporting period,
the MIAs supported the Municipality of Prishtinë/Priština to hold a pre-bid meeting for the
procurement activity (PA) “Construction of underground parking near the Faculty of Philology,” a
public private partnership (PPP). In addition, the project advisors supported the Municipality to hold
two pre-bid conferences for procurement activities using the restricted procedure. The restricted
procedure is included in the Public Procurement Law but not in use in Kosovo until now. USAID
TEAM advisors helped Prishtinë/Priština and Gjilan/Gnjilane municipalities use this procedure for the
first time.
MIAs ensured that municipalities apply effective procurement evaluation procedures in compliance
with the ROGPP. The advisors supported the POs and evaluation committee members to initially
evaluate all offers on an administrative basis, continue with qualification requirements, technical
specifications, and at last evaluate financial offers. The failure to follow effective evaluation procedures
was identified as a high risk in the Corruption Vulnerability Assessment. To reduce vulnerabilities,
municipalities adopted the suggested USAID TEAM procedures. In addition, project consultants
assisted committee members to implement provisions from the amended ROGPP, which require POs
to send standard letters to economic operators upon completion of the tender evaluation, and not
publish the contract award notice. The contract award notice should be published only after the
standstill period has expired.
USAID TEAM advisors also supported the POs to improve the internal process when responding to
economic operators. They supported POs on the steps needed to be taken when receiving complaints,
including to (1) prepare a decision to suspend the procurement activity and upload to the e-
Procurement platform; subsequently to review the complaint; (2) prepare a decision on the request
for review and upload to the platform; then if the EO does not agree with the decision and submits a
complaint to the PRB (3) suspend the procurement activity. Only after receiving the PRB decision can
the PO proceed with the procurement activity.
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USAID TEAM advisors supported POs in focus municipalities in grouping similar activities into one
procurement activity and in restricting the number of lots to be awarded. During this quarter, MIAs
supported focus municipalities in 15 such cases. In addition, MIAs advised the procurement managers
to merge activities with similar conditions when they are conducted during the same period, thereby
avoiding duplication of procurement procedures and managing procurement activities efficiently.
To improve transparency, MIAs supported the procurement managers (PM) and information officers
to publish procurement plans for 2018 and helped them design the sub-menus of the procurement
section of the recently launched municipal websites.
USAID TEAM MIAs supported Obiliq Municipality, at their request, to draft a pre-qualification
document for a procurement activity using the restricted procedure. MIAs also supported the PO
during the evaluation phase. In Shtime Municipality, USAID TEAM advisors shared the procurement
log developed by the project with the procurement officer in order to efficiently track procurement
activities.
1.3.4 Developing and introducing public procurement model forms/templates and
manuals/guidelines for transparent, effective procurement procedures
As a direct result of project technical assistance, focus municipalities adopted new procurement
templates to formalize and improve multiple steps in the procurement process. During this quarter,
USAID TEAM advisors developed and introduced the:
1. Manual/Guideline for “Open Procedure for Supplies – Tender with Lots,” – for
regulating procedures when a procurement activity is divided in lots. The project disseminated
the manual to POs in focus
municipalities, advising them to use
it as a reference while preparing a
tender dossier; and
2. Manual/Guideline for “Open
Procedure – Public Service
Framework Contract with
One Economic Operator with
the Contract Award Criteria –
Lowest Price with Scores.”
The advisors trained focus municipalities to adopt and use the manuals. During this quarter,
Prishtinë/Priština Municipality initiated two procurement activities using the Manual for “Restricted
Procedure – Public Works Contract,” a procedure used in less than 4% of cases in all Kosovo
institutions.
USAID TEAM drafted additional templates based on municipal needs and/or requests that include:
1. Template Decision of Procurement Activity Results – to be used when the
municipality makes a decision for a procurement activity;
2. Model Tender Dossier for Activities Divided in Lots – to be used when initiating
procurement activities divided in lots;
3. Template on Qualification Criteria for the Capital Investments Directorate. The
qualification requirements from this directorate are identical in almost all cases. To have
uniformity, USAID TEAM drafted the qualification criteria including two annexes: list of
contracts and list of equipment as parts of the tender dossier; and
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4. Template for Confirmation of Funds –contains necessary information for the Finance
Department to confirm the availability of funds. Until recently, prior to submitting the award
notice to PPRC, the PO shared the contract award notice with the Finance Department
revealing the contract details, which is in violation of the ROGPP. This template mitigates this
corruption vulnerability.
Also, USAID TEAM advisors guided POs to use other templates developed by the project, including:
1. Template for Responding to EOs’ Questions - that could be easily uploaded to the e-
Procurement platform;
2. Template for Drafting Tender Dossier Using the Negotiated Procedure; and
3. Template for Drafting Tender Dossier for Service and Maintenance Activities.
1.3.5 Procurement officers share experiences, best practices, identifying
challenges and recommendations to improve procurement processes
At a meeting of the AKM Procurement Collegium,
USAID TEAM disseminated two procurement
manuals: the “Manual on Restricted Procedure” and
the “Manual on Framework Agreements with the
Lowest Price as the Basis of Scoring.”
In this meeting, municipal procurement officers
raised several concerns with the procurement
cycle. They noted the e-Procurement platform does
not automatically generate tender dossiers for the
restricted procedure. Municipalities raised issues
with the low quality of specifications and contract
management. In addition, municipalities pointed out
that dual submission of tenders - in electronic and
paper for – is problematic and suggested that the
submission of bids should be implemented only
electronically. Municipal procurement managers identified problems with the way the CPA publishes
contracts on their website. They asked the CPA to coordinate and communicate with municipalities
more effectively, including sharing draft specifications before publishing centralized tenders.
1.4 Train municipal (and other Kosovo budgetary units) officials and businesses
on the use of E-Procurement system
USAID TEAM is building the capacity of municipal officials and local actors engaged in the
procurement process in e-Procurement such as procurement officers, internal auditors,
investigators, members of bid opening and bid evaluation committees, businesses, and CSOs.
1.4.1 On-the-job coaching of procurement officers on the e-Procurement
platform
USAID TEAM MIAs support focus municipalities to ensure all POs know how to use the electronic
procurement platform effectively and can overcome any obstacles they may face in their daily work
related to the electronic platform. USAID TEAM supported the municipalities in various stages using
the e-Procurement platform during this quarter, including:
Municipal procurement managers and central level experts coordinate on procedures to combat
corruption
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• Drafting and publishing contract award notices, standard notification letters, cancellation
notices, and indicative notices;
• Supporting evaluation commissions to compile the bid evaluation report and disseminate the
report to EOs;
• Drafting and uploading replies to the EOs;
• Drafting and uploading the Correction of the Price List;
• Drafting and uploading justifications and correction notices when the PO failed to suspend the
procurement activity;
• Using Correction Form/Procedure to modify technical mistakes in the tender dossier and
disseminate to EOs;
• Guiding EOs to access the tender documents available at the e-Procurement platform.
USAID TEAM also supported municipalities in addressing gaps using the e-Procurement platform.
Currently, the e-Procurement platform does not have a standardized form for uploading cases of
tender dossier for ‘negotiated procedure without notice.’ The advisors helped municipalities draft a
model tender dossier that is easily adoptable for such cases. Advisors also addressed technical
difficulties in using the e-Procurement platform. For instance, in Gjilan/Gnjilane an EO reported that
it could not enter prices for two items for a procurement activity while other EOs managed to enter
the data. MIAs found that those EOs who were able to enter the data actually broke the code, enabling
them to fill the price list. In a case from Prishtinë/Priština, when the PO requested an EO to provide
additional documents for a procurement activity, an anonymous document was uploaded to the
platform in the Other Documents Module, a section that is supposed to be accessible only by the
contracting authority and not economic operators. USAID TEAM addressed these issues and acted as
a liaison reporting these cases to PPRC.
1.4.4: E-procurement training for municipal officers involved in procurement
processes
USAID TEAM trained 300 municipal officials who
serve as members of bid-evaluation committees on
the e-Procurement platform. Unlike procurement
officers who require a more comprehensive
understanding of the e-procurement system, these
individuals require only a basic familiarity with
procurement procedures and the e-procurement
system. USAID TEAM organized this activity in
cooperation with PPRC and KIPA. USAID TEAM
plans to develop an online e-learning module for
future trainees to ensure sustainability.
1.5: Increase the capacity of municipal internal audit units and municipal audit
committees and increase the level of NAO recommendations implemented
USAID TEAM supports Kosovo municipalities to increase accountability through improved auditing
processes. In this regard, the project is increasing the capacity of IAUs and municipal audit committees
(MACs). Through workshops and on-the-job coaching, USAID TEAM is supporting municipalities to
address NAO recommendations.
300 bid-evaluation committee members are now
equipped with skills on e-Procurement
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1.5.1 Workshop on role of internal
audit units, audit committees, and
auditing processes - challenges and
recommendation for improvement
At this workshop, USAID TEAM emphasized the
importance of IAUs, audit committees, and
auditing processes in general at the municipal
level. USAID TEAM reiterated the point that the
purpose of internal audit is to control and
mitigate fraud, waste, and abuse in municipal
procurement and municipal management should
work closely with the IAUs to address all NAO
recommendations.
1.5.2 Establish/functionalize municipal
audit committees
Following the establishment of the Municipal
Audit Committees (MACs) in the five focus
municipalities, USAID TEAM facilitated a learning session with new MAC members to learn about
roles and responsibilities, including legal requirements and best practices. This marks the second and
closing session to support the functionality of newly established MACs, and equip members with skills
to effectively fulfil their role in ensuring implementation of internal audit and NAO recommendations.
1.5.3 Basic procurement and fraud detection training for internal auditors
In Year 1, TEAM provided training to internal
auditors on e-procurement. During the
training, TEAM determined that internal
auditors would also benefit from specific
training on auditing the public procurement
process including best practices and fraud
indicators in public procurement.
During the quarter, USAID TEAM trained 62
municipal internal auditors, participants from
the Ministry of Local Government
Administration (MLGA), and representatives from the MOF CHU in procurement audit and fraud
detection. USAID TEAM developed a Procurement Audit and Fraud Detection Awareness Manual and
disseminated the manual to participants at this event. To achieve sustainability, USAID TEAM is
coordinating training-of-trainers in these topics for the next quarter, including six municipal internal
auditors.
Internal auditors develop skills to ensure accountability and
good governance in procurement and to detect fraud.
Group Work Exercise: What are the roles and responsibilities of audit committees? What are the best practices?
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1.5.4: Developing municipal action plans
for addressing the NAO
findings/recommendations
In Year 1, USAID TEAM hosted workshops with
focus municipalities to develop and advance
municipal action plans to address NAO
recommendations. During this quarter, USAID
TEAM shared this methodology with all
municipalities through five regional workshops. 81
participants representing key departments such as
internal audit, finance, procurement, and human
resources, identified the main findings from NAO
municipal reports. This year, the NAO reports were
published earlier than usual; USAID TEAM reacted
immediately to carry out this Q3 activity in the
second quarter, to support municipalities to meet
the 30-day deadline to finalize plans.
1.5.5 On-the-job coaching to address and
implement NAO recommendations
The activity description is broken into three sub-sections: A, B, and C below:
1.5.5. A) Implement NAO and IA recommendations
The project’s Municipal Internal Audit Advisor assisted municipal officials to implement the action
plans to address NAO and internal audit recommendations by working closely with all officials to
whom the findings and recommendations were addressed. The project advisor instructed municipal
officials to compile dossiers providing evidence of the level of implementation of the
recommendations. Mayors then signed off on these dossiers.
1.5.5. B) Revise IAU report template and develop performance audit report
template
According to the law and current standards, internal auditors are able to conduct performance audits
although they have not been performing such audits yet in the municipalities. Performance audits
ensure that municipal governments are achieving value-for-money. The project’s Internal Audit
Advisor, in agreement with the heads of the IAUs in the five focus municipalities, developed a
performance audit report template so internal auditors can easily understand the requirements of such
an audit. In addition to the performance audit template, the advisor also prepared International
Organization for Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) standards (specifically PA standards 300, 3000,
and 3100) and delivered these to the heads of the IAUs in focus municipalities.
1.5.5. C) Revise Strategic and annual IAU plans
In the focus municipalities, the Internal Audit Advisor supported IAUs to prepare the annual audit plan
based on risk indicators. These risk indicators derive from the NAO financial and performance audit
reports, other national reports that address deficiencies in public institutions at the local level, the
internal auditor’s professional judgement, interview findings with municipal officials, and areas of risk
based on IAU standards. Internal auditors should be auditing areas of higher risk each year, medium
risk every two years, and lowest risk every three years.
Kosovo municipalities address 2017 audit findings and recommendations
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1.5.6 Internal auditing processes: sharing experiences and best practices,
identifying challenges and recommendations for improvement
USAID TEAM, in cooperation with the CHU, organized a one-day workshop to discuss international
best practices related to audit committees. At this event, internal auditors shared their experiences,
identified challenges, and generated recommendations to improve the effectiveness of internal audit.
The participants included 27 heads of Municipal Audit Committees from all Kosovo municipalities.
1.6 Increase the transparency of municipal procurement
In the focus municipalities, USAID TEAM is assisting officials to use government systems to publicize
all non-confidential details of procurements on websites and otherwise in formats that can be readily
used by civil society, media, and the public for analysis.
1.6.1 Focus municipalities regularly publicize procurement, audit, and finance
information.
USAID TEAM continues to work closely with municipalities to promote information sharing and
transparency related to procurement and finance. The project’s PFM and Internal Audit Advisors
provide ongoing coaching and mentoring to municipal officials to publicize procurement, audit, and
finance information – and focus municipalities have been posting this information during the quarter.
Recently, the MLGA launched new websites for municipalities and municipal officers are updating data
on the new websites. The publication of documents on the new sites has proven to be difficult because
the site design is not flexible but municipalities are coordinating with MLGA and employing other
strategies to ensure the necessary information is uploaded.
1.6.2 Support focus municipalities in their public relations efforts
While several municipalities are taking important steps to increase transparency and accountability,
the public and stakeholders are, in general, not aware of these developments. As such, USAID TEAM
extended its assistance to focus municipalities to improve internal capacities to enhance municipal
outreach and communications. USAID TEAM met with focus municipal officials (public information
officers (PIOs), IT officers, and procurement managers/officers) to assess the current situation
regarding public outreach. Among the major findings are the lack of internal communications and
coordination with directorates, inefficient management of the recently activated websites, poor
cooperation and communication with the central level, and poor strategic planning including lack of
communications/public relations strategy or annual action plan. In this regard, USAID TEAM prepared
a report with recommendations to address these challenges and establish systems to enhance public
relations. The project recommended establishing an internal communications mechanism to ensure
that directorates proactively engage and the municipality keeps the public/citizens informed in a timely
manner, while publicizing documents as legally required. This includes developing an internal
communication guideline, preparing an implementation tool, and assigning a responsible person for
sharing directorate documents with the PIO. This guideline will also serve as a means for municipalities
to prepare the strategic plans for communications and public relations. USAID TEAM suggests that
municipalities assign a web master for each focus municipality, following the Municipality of Pejë/Peć’s
case, to take the role of managing the municipal website. USAID TEAM will discuss recommendations
with the focus municipalities, and upon agreement will plan and implement them jointly with the
municipalities.
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1.6.3 Increase transparency in public procurement and financial management -
sharing experiences and best practices, identifying challenges and
recommendations for improvement
In the first roundtable organized in cooperation with MLGA and AKM, 33 municipal PIOs from all
Kosovo municipalities discussed the administrative instruction for municipal transparency including
transparency of public procurement and financial documents. In the second roundtable, PIOs and IT
staff shared their experiences and recommended improvements related to transparency indicators,
municipal websites, and publication of finance and procurement information. The project is exploring
ideas to support municipalities through the development of a handbook for navigation of municipal
websites.
1.7 Provide technical assistance to municipalities in preparing and/or
implementing Integrity Plans
Per Kosovo’s Anti-Corruption Strategy and draft Anti-Corruption Law, all government institutions
including municipalities must have Integrity Plans in place in 2018. The United Nations Development
Program (UNDP) Support to Anti-Corruption Efforts in Kosovo (SAEK) Project has supported
development of the integrity plans for four focus municipalities (Pristina/Priština, Pejë/Pejć,
Gjakovë/Đakovica and Gjilan/Gnjilane), which are now outdated. USAID TEAM is working with the
focus municipalities so that they are in compliance with the Anti-Corruption Strategy as it pertains to
Integrity Planning with a focus on integrity in public procurement.
1.7.1. Assist development and implementation of integrity plans in coordination
with UNDP SAEK program in public procurement
The implementation of integrity plans in the focus municipalities has faced delays. The integrity plans
originally developed through UNDP support have expired in most focus municipalities. Most USAID
TEAM activities related to integrity plans are on hold pending UNDP’s initiation of a new round of
integrity planning. Only a few measures identified in the Action Plans have been implemented in full in
the integrity plans. Some of the measures have been implemented in part, and a large number of
measures have not been implemented at all. USAID TEAM will continue to coordinate with UNDP
and the municipalities on integrity planning to meet the targets of this sub-activity by the end of the
year as planned.
1.7.2 Utilization of human resources management information system (HRMIS)
in all municipalities
Following training in Year 1 in focus municipalities on HRMIS, USAID TEAM, in cooperation with the
MPA and KIPA, planned to roll-out this course to all Kosovo municipalities. But, the MPA Department
for Civil Service Administration requested that USAID TEAM postpone this training until the second
half of the year due to an HRMIS system upgrade. USAID TEAM is preparing to launch the training
course once the system upgrade is complete.
1.7.3 On-the-job coaching/mentoring of municipal HR officers to enforce ethics
and eliminate conflicts of interest
USAID TEAM has begun to review each focus municipality’s internal personnel management and
performance evaluation system to make recommendations for changes. The project has engaged two
STTAs to analyze the current HR practices in the five focus municipalities, identify issues, and coach
officials as they apply best practices. The emphasis will be on mentoring focus municipalities in HR
planning, hiring, and staff evaluation. Also, the STTAs will support municipal mayors and HR officers
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to enforce ethics and reduce corruption and nepotism. The MPA prepared a draft Law for Public
Officials; the STTAs will review this draft law, collect municipal opinion, and provide a report with
comments and recommendations. This activity will last through October 2018.
1.7.4 HR officers share experiences in HR management
During this quarter, the project convened 26 HR managers from multiple Kosovo municipalities to
participate in an HR roundtable in coordination with the AKM. At this roundtable, the HR managers
identified common challenges and shared best practices. In addition, participants discussed the draft
law for public officials. Participants also reiterated the need to hold HRMIS training for civil servants,
especially for middle management in the municipalities.
1.8 Increase municipal financial management control
USAID TEAM is providing assistance to mayors, municipal finance directors, chief financial officers,
and financial certifying officers in the focus municipalities to prepare budgets and manage municipal
finances in accordance with Kosovo law.
1.8.1 Financial management and finance control - challenges and
recommendations for improvement
USAID TEAM merged three activities (1.1.5, 1.5.1 and 1.8.1), for all focus municipalities and conducted
one session for each focus municipality with the mayors and municipal management, covering issues
related to that respective activity, including financial management and finance control. At this event,
municipal officials raised challenges with financial controls, compliance, budget planning, and
management. USAID TEAM documented the challenges raised and as a follow-up to the event, project
advisors are providing ongoing coaching and mentoring to address these challenges
1.8.3 Developing handbook on internal public expenditure management process
Following the introduction of the Handbook developed by the Ministry of Finance/CHU as a tool
focused on risk analysis and management for all Kosovo budget organizations, USAID TEAM is
supporting municipalities to develop a Book of Processes enforcing financial management and control
requirements. The Book of Processes describes the work processes in public financial management,
the list of processes, description of the activities within the process diagram (through a schematic
representation of the interconnection between organizations), and risk identification and control
activities. This will help budget organizations improve their systematic controls, performance,
governance, and level of accountability. Municipalities have shown some progress in developing
municipal financial management systems and practices but there are still significant challenges hindering
proper project management. For that reason, municipal finance officers must develop their knowledge
and skills in expenditure management based on both current legislation and good management
practices. USAID TEAM issued an RFP, selected a subcontractor, and launched the activity during this
quarter. It is expected to be completed in October.
1.8.4 Introducing municipal codes of ethics including financial accountability
For many years, the NAO and MOF had flagged the fact that municipalities did not have a code of
ethics in place. During two workshops held this quarter, USAID TEAM helped address the growing
need among focus municipalities to embrace accountability and integrity by adopting financial codes of
conduct for municipal staff and members of the municipal assembly. The Municipal Code of Ethics is
also a requirement of the CHU. Municipal Codes of Ethics are expected to be finalized and approved
by municipal authorities in the next quarter.
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The purpose of the Municipal Code
of Ethics is to serve as a guide for
municipal officials on ethical decision-
making both within and outside the
exercise of their official authority in
accordance with the laws and
regulations in Kosovo. To implement
this specific project, subcontractor
KPMG is working collaboratively with
the municipalities to develop and
implement the Code of Ethics.
KPMG, with support of municipal working groups, developed two working drafts this quarter and
currently is in the process of finalizing the document.
1.8.5 On-the-job coaching/mentoring in public financial management
The USAID TEAM PFM Advisor assisted five focus municipalities to complete the CHU Self-
Assessment Questionnaire through five on-the-job workshops with Heads of Finance, CFOs, and
representatives of the mayor’s offices. USAID TEAM assisted focus municipalities to compile a dossier
with evidence for each chapter of the Annual Self-Assessment Questionnaire. In addition, USAID
TEAM supported municipalities to improve economic and financial transparency by assisting Budget
and Finance Departments with the time-series templates and periodic and annual financial/economic
report templates on revenues and expenditures. Following the design and dissemination of electronic
templates by USAID TEAM advisors, the municipalities of Pejë/Pejć, Vushtrri/Vućitrn, and
Prishtinë/Priština immediately started using and published the above-mentioned information on their
respective municipal websites. The remaining focus municipalities are planning to embark on this task
but are facing difficulties with central government web administrators who are shifting to a new web
platform that has, so far, prevented these municipalities from fully controlling their own websites. The
USAID TEAM PFM Advisor coordinated on-the-job activities with the head of the MOF Budget
Department and heads of finance departments in focus municipalities to support the 2018 mid-term
budget review and 2019 municipal budget planning. In addition, support was provided to municipalities
on setting priorities for capital projects and assigning rules for redirecting funds from one project to
another.
1.8.6 Financial management and financial control - sharing experiences and best
practices, identifying challenges, and making recommendations for improvement
Heads of budgets and finance from 27 Kosovo municipalities, two MLGA officials, and two AKM
representatives shared experiences and best practices, identified challenges, and proposed
recommendations for improvements related to the 2019 budget planning process, reporting and
financial control, and transparency in public finances. Participants agreed to create working groups to
develop the template for municipal revenues.
Component Two: Engage the central level in addressing municipal
corruption within the procurement process
Highlights from central level institutions from April to June of 2018, include:
• Formalization of cooperation between USAID, NAO, and USAID TEAM through an MOU;
• Strengthening NAO capacities in fraud detection;
For the first time, municipalities will implement a code of ethics
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• Establishment and functionalization of the e-Procurement Steering Committee (NAO
Requirement);
• Adoption and implementation of System Governance Policies (NAO Requirement) by the
PPRC IT Department; and
• Initiation of improvements to the PRB database and website; work to enable livestreaming
sessions to achieve greater transparency with respect to PRB procedures and decisions.
2.1 Increase the capacity of the
Auditor General in the areas
of fraud detection at the local
government level
To formalize current cooperation
among USAID, USAID TEAM, and the
NAO, all parties signed a Memorandum
of Understanding defining the guiding
principles of cooperation between
parties, as well as outlining the
expectations of the participants.
2.1.1 Provide guidelines to
NAO auditors on conducting procurement audits through the e-Procurement
system
Because public procurement is shifting to an increasingly electronic format, USAID TEAM is proactively
working with both PPRC and NAO to draft guidelines on internal and external audit in the e-
Procurement system. This activity launched during the last month of this quarter. Subcontractor
KPMG has already identified best practices from the region in this regard. This activity is expected to
be completed on time by the middle of the third quarter.
2.1.2 Revise NAO audit manuals to incorporate procurement fraud detection
instructions
This activity has recently commenced and is expected to be completed on time by August 2018. The
procurement fraud detection instructions will be combined in one document, such as an addendum,
which will be applicable to both types of audit: Regularity and Performance. It will be designed as a
practical checklist with control questions for the respective red flags dedicated to each of the phases
of the public procurement cycle.
2.1.3 Conduct bespoke anti-fraud capacity building programs for NAO's LGD
and VfM combined with ToT program
After training 60 NAO auditors on Fraud Detection at the beginning of the year, USAID TEAM
selected a group of 20 participants from the NAO, CHU, ACA, and municipal internal audit units who
will be trained to re-deliver the Fraud Detection training for future audiences. To further ensure
sustainability, USAID TEAM has secured KIPA’s commitment to integrate this course into its
curriculum and include this group of trainers in their pool of instructors (who are incentivized through
a payment for the courses they deliver). This activity will be completed in July 2018.
2.1.4 Establish anti-fraud legal framework
a. Draft agreements to formalize cooperation between NAO other law
enforcement agencies.
USAID, TEAM, and NAO committed to build the capacity of the
GOK to detect and fight fraud.
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Although the MOUs between the NAO and State Prosecutor and between the NAO and the
Economic Crimes Unit have been prepared by USAID TEAM, these documents are not yet signed due
to issues raised by the institutions involved. For example, the Economic Crimes Unit has asked to use
NAO auditors to perform investigations on their behalf, but the NAO has not agreed to this proposal.
The State Prosecutor is reluctant to commit to a written agreement, preferring to keep to the current
level of cooperation established between the two institutions. USAID TEAM will approach both these
institutions and potential donors who are supporting them to find a way forward for signing such
agreements and raise the issue in high-level discussions on procurement reform.
b. Draft written procedure on the legal unit’s responsibilities, timeframes of
execution, templates of documents, protocol of internal cooperation.
USAID TEAM helped NAO to amend an internal organizational regulation to incorporate fraud
detection activities. This amended regulation provides NAO’s legal department with additional roles
and responsibilities in fraud detection, and in communicating and sharing information with other law
enforcement institutions responsible for combating fraud. In accordance with NAO’s decision, the
fraud detection function will initially be housed within the Legal Department, but will gradually
transform into a dedicated, fully-fledged Anti-Fraud Unit. In addition, the USAID TEAM advisor at the
NAO provided on-the-job support to NAO’s Legal Department in identifying suspected fraud cases
while reviewing audit reports. The project also asked the STTA to support the Legal Department to
draft a legal opinion on the right of third parties to gain access to public documents obtained by NAO
during the auditing process.
c. Provide instructions to auditors on when cases of suspected fraud should be
sent to the Legal Department and d. Draft protocol on what should be published
in the audit reports (with respect to fraud) which are made available on NAO’s
web site.
USAID TEAM drafted both instructions and included them in NAO’s Guideline and Procedure for
Dealing with Suspected Fraud. The purpose of this guideline is to advise auditors and other NAO
officials on their responsibilities when they come across cases of suspected fraud, corruption, or any
other activity which may constitute an offence under the Criminal Code of Kosovo, either arising from
audit work or in the form of denunciations from third parties. It reflects the legislation of the Republic
of Kosovo and the requirements of international auditing standards. Although NAO leadership is in
the process of reviewing and adopting this guideline, its Legal Department has already used the
instructions to identify several cases of fraud.
2.2. Increase the ability of the Ministry of Finance’s Central Harmonization
Unit (CHU) to oversee and direct municipal internal audit units (IAUs)
USAID TEAM continues to work with the CHU to increase their involvement in coordinating with
municipal IAUs.
2.2.1 Establishing mechanism/body on reviewing common NAO
Recommendations (could be led by CHU)
The new law covering internal audit has entered into effect as of 1 June 2018 and includes USAID
TEAM’s recommendation on establishing a body to review common NAO recommendations, which
will be led by CHU. USAID TEAM will now closely work with CHU in making this body functional.
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2.2.2 Establish an intranet forum as a supplementary means of communication
between CHU and IAUs
At the request of MOF and CHU, given their other pressing priorities, USAID TEAM had to postpone
the implementation of this activity for the third and fourth quarter of this year. The project has already
mobilized an STTA who is currently working with MOF’s IT Infrastructure Manager, Sedat Shehu, on
adapting the SharePoint forum to fit the needs of the CHU. Depending on the level of commitment of
the MOF IT Department to support the STTA, this activity is envisaged to be finalized by the end of
August or beginning of September.
2.2.3 Train CHU and IAUs on Procurement Audit Manual combined with ToT
program
The first part of this activity, training on the Procurement Audit Manual, has been conducted jointly
with Activity 1.5.3 under Component 1. In addition to three participants from CHU, another three
staff from the Anti-Corruption Agency who perform procurement investigations attended this training.
The training of trainers (ToT) part of this activity has been integrated under Activity 2.1.3.
2.2.4 Strengthen mechanisms to enable CHU to take measures against poor
performing/ professionally non-compliant internal auditors
Although this activity has just commenced, USAID TEAM has learned from CHU that OECD SIGMA
and the EU are in the process of providing CHU with expert support on drafting a regulation to
empower CHU in this regard. USAID TEAM will participate in the working group that will draft this
regulation, once SIGMA and EU advisers commence their support to CHU.
2.3 Increase the capacity of the Public Procurement Regulatory Commission
team to ensure proper operation of the e-procurement system
Compared to last year, when the PPRC fully depended on the e-procurement system vendor, Infodom,
to manage the operation and functionality of the platform, this year PPRC has taken concrete steps to
assume this responsibility from the vendor. The system security assessment implemented by USAID
TEAM in Q1 of this year and the report with recommendations gave PPRC a good basis for holding
Infodom more accountable towards their contractual obligations. PPRC in this reporting period also
established an e-Procurement Steering Committee, which is in the process of adopting system
governance policies required for better operation of the platform.
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Parallel with the strengthening of PPRC’s ownership over the platform, the number of electronic bids
submitted by economic operators has dramatically increased in recent months. Last year, when the
electronic platform first went live in January 2017, contracting authorities only received 20 bids
electronically. Throughout the year, the percentage of bids submitted electronically hovered around
10-12% of total bids. The number of electronic bids has grown month-over-month since then reaching
a monthly high of 851 bids submitted electronically in June 2018, representing more than 30% of all
bids submitted that month. Graph 3 below illustrates the rapid increase in electronic usage.
Graph 3 - The increase of number of bids submitted electronically
On 5 July 2018, the PPRC issued a decision requiring that all central procurements, effective
immediately, be processed through the electronic platform including all bids from economic operators
(no hard copies allowed). This decision also required that all large value procurements, effective 1
September 2018, be processed through the electronic platform (no hard copies allowed).
2.3.2 Assess status of e-procurement system and PPRC capacity to operate and
maintain the full application of e-Procurement platform
USAID TEAM planned to implement this activity after Kosovo shifted to a 100% electronic
procurement environment. However, since the PPRC postponed its decision to go fully electronic,
the project postponed this activity. However, now that the PPRC has announced significant steps to
transition to an increasingly electronic environment, USAID TEAM is planning to conduct this
assessment during Q4, once a sufficient amount of centralized procurements and procurements of
large value will have been processed exclusively through the e-Procurement system.
2.3.3 Assist PPRC to develop e-procurement project governance framework
PPRC, through the establishment of the e-Procurement Steering Committee, has already made
progress in this regard. The PPRC IT Department has already confirmed that they have begun to
implement IT system governance policies drafted by Planet, an EU implementing partner. Furthermore,
the e-Procurement Steering Committee adopted the Software Development Policy, a document
drafted by USAID TEAM, which defines and documents the development process tailored to PPRC’s
contractual arrangements with the system vendor. The policy sets clear expectations as well as
organizational responsibility to ensure there is monitoring and control towards the contractor and
their provided services. The policies drafted by both Planet and USAID TEAM provide a good system
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governance foundation required for the proper maintenance and operation of the e-Procurement
platform. USAID TEAM will continue to work with the PPRC IT Department to support their staff on
the implementation of such policies.
2.3.5 Promote interoperability of the e-procurement system
USAID TEAM has prepared MOUs and Service Level Agreements (SLAs) to be signed with the MOF
and MPA to establish the basis for future cooperation and coordination with respect to improved
system interoperability. Both the MOF and the MPA have been reluctant to respond to PPRC’s request
to sign these agreements. This issue has now been taken by the recently established e-Procurement
Steering Committee, which will attempt to persuade the institutions involved to formalize their
cooperation and to further advance interoperability between their systems. USAID TEAM is providing
ongoing support.
2.3.6 Train the PPRC IT team to operate and maintain the e-procurement
platform
USAID TEAM has already contracted three local vendors to provide the envisaged accredited training,
namely: Cacttus Education, AUK Training and Development Institute, and University for Business and
Technology. The PPRC IT Manager has asked that they postpone the training, based on the workload
and priorities of the IT staff, to which the project has agreed.
2.3.7 Support PPRC on establishing e-Procurement steering committee
Although the decision to establish the e-Procurement Steering Committee was signed in Q1 of this
year, the inaugural meeting of the Committee occurred towards the end of April. The Committee has
already made important decisions such as adopting certain policies and procedures with respect to
system governance. Nevertheless, in two of the committee meetings held so far, USAID TEAM has
noticed a lack of proper meeting organization and management. Given this, USAID TEAM is providing
support to PPRC in drafting an internal regulation which will help the committee better organize its
meetings and follow up on the decisions they make.
2.4 Initiate Contractor Past Performance (CPP) module
USAID TEAM will build a Contractor Past Performance module similar to the USG’s Past
Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS) and integrate it into the e-procurement platform.
2.4.1 Develop contractor past performance mechanism
The ideal mechanism to feed the contractor past performance database is through the e-Procurement
Contract Management Module. However, during the assessment phase, USAID TEAM STTA found
that, although the PPRC e-Procurement Module on Contract Management is inactive, the module
contains no “live” contractor performance evaluation function, which would feed the Past
Performance Database. Based on this finding, USAID TEAM is assessing the development of a “live”
electronic evaluation system, semi-independent of the e-Procurement platform, to be used in the
interim to feed the Contractor Past Performance Database. The aim is to have this new system
communicate with the e-Procurement platform to avoid double entry of data, but which will eventually
be integrated into the PPRC Contract Management Module.
2.5 Support PPRC to enforce procurement law
The PPRC is the responsible authority to monitor and enforce public procurement regulations and
policies throughout Kosovo. USAID TEAM is assisting the PPRC in the implementation of a
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regulation to revoke certificates of non-performing procurement officers as well as the functioning
of the National Procurement Coordination Council.
2.5.2 Support PPRC to sustain a functional National Procurement Coordination
Council
The Council was established and has held several meetings. USAID TEAM directed project STTA, Dr.
Ilaz Duli, to assess the performance of the Council to-date and recommend actions to improve its
effectiveness. The Component 2 team will act on Dr. Duli’s recommendations in the coming quarter.
In addition, the project developed a Public Procurement Reform Roadmap in coordination with the
National Coordinator for State Reform, which envisages strengthening of this Council.
2.6 PPRC support on public outreach and communication efforts
PPRC has achieved many positive results as part of their efforts to better manage public funds, but
many results go unnoticed by the public and decision-makers. The PPRC does not have a public
relations office or designated officer to carry out these duties. Communications and public outreach
efforts are required to enable PPRC to publicize the successes achieved, especially with the
introduction of the e-Procurement platform.
2.6.1 Develop the PPRC Communications Strategy
USAID TEAM conducted an initial assessment of the PPRC in terms of organizational structure, public
outreach, communication approach, and channels, and prepared a report with recommendations to
enhance its public relations efforts. Based on findings, currently, PPRC possesses relatively strong
legal/regulatory review capabilities and sophisticated monitoring capabilities. Nonetheless, PPRC lacks
a communications or public relations (PR) function and does not have a focused program for outreach.
PPRC does not have a public relations office or designated officer to carry out PR and outreach duties.
Until recently, an officer at the administration office was assigned for uploading publications at the
website; nonetheless, this officer was not responsible for overall outreach duties. The officer has now
been transferred to the training department, leaving the institution with no one assigned to carry the
PR/communications duties. In addition, PPRC does not have a communications strategy,
PR/communications plan, or media relations, while the only communications channel is their website
which is not regularly maintained.
PPRC is the driving force behind developments in procurement, and serves as a supervision entity
ensuring that the procurement activities across the country are conducted properly and on a legal
basis. As such, it is crucial and pressing for the PPRC to establish an internal system for managing
communications and public relations. USAID TEAM recommends establishing an internal Public
Information Office, or assign a person for managing institutional outreach. Also, PPRC should establish
a media directory, proactively engage with media to keep journalists informed of developments, and
assign a point of contact that serves as a liaison between media and the institution. Finally, PPRC should
develop a comprehensive communications strategy and annual action plan, including a crisis
communications plan. USAID TEAM will present the report with recommendations, and will
coordinate activities with PPRC to address these difficulties.
2.7 Improve process and procedures at the Procurement Review Body (PRB)
Following the PRB assessment conducted in Year 1, USAID TEAM is working with PRB leadership to
assist them to implement an action plan for reform. In particular, USAID TEAM is assisting the PRB
to improve the transparency and consistency of decisions.
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2.7.1 Draft PRB action plan to address recommendations provided by TEAM's
Procurement STTA
USAID TEAM worked closely with PRB leadership to prepare a draft action plan and timeline to
address identified PRB vulnerabilities. Furthermore, upon completion of the action plan, USAID TEAM
met with representatives of the UK Embassy to coordinate supporting efforts in the implementation
of the PRB action plan. PRB is presenting this plan to other potential donors as well, which was
confirmed by the OECD/SIGMA delegation in Kosovo.
2.7.2 Initiate legal framework changes related to PRB processes and procedures
As referenced in the paragraph above, the UK Embassy has committed to support PRB with the legal
framework. USAID TEAM will provide overall strategic support in this regard, especially by pushing
forward the proposed Public Procurement Reform Roadmap, which envisages legal changes for PRB
as well.
2.7.3 Establish a structured and easily accessible database of PRB past decisions
The terms of reference have already been drafted covering activities 2.7.3-5: establish a structured
and easily accessible database of PRB past decisions, develop a more user-friendly website, and
establish PRB technical capacities to support live video streaming of hearings. To ensure that the
results of this activity reach the desired level of transparency, Component Two is working with
Component Three and subcontractor D+ in identifying the best methods and technical approach. The
TOR will soon be published which will allow for timely implementation of all three activities.
2.7.4 Support PRB in developing a more user-friendly website
Discussed above in activity 2.7.3
2.7.5 Establish PRB technical capacities to support live video streaming of
hearings
Discussed above in activity 2.7.3
2.8 Roundtable with central level institutions to address findings and
recommendations
Through collaborative roundtables, USAID TEAM is learning and adapting activities. Outputs from
these roundtable discussions will inform the upcoming program work plan activities.
2.8.1 Organize roundtable with C2 beneficiary institutions to review current and
future project activities
To evaluate USAID TEAM assistance over the past six-months and assess what worked, what did
not work, and what needs to change in the upcoming period to achieve key results, the project
hosted a roundtable with central level institutions with representatives from PPRC, PRB, NAO and
MoF/CHU representatives. Findings and recommendations from this event are addressed in
the Adaptive Management section of this report.
Component Three: Enable civil society to track and expose
corruption
Highlights during this quarter include:
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• Developed and launched a transparency portal that facilitates watchdog activities by CSOs,
investigative journalists, the private sector, and the public (www.prokurimihapur.org).
• USAID TEAM is rolling out social accountability tools, supporting citizens’ groups to evaluate
completion of works for school construction, parks, medical services, and public transport
services.
• USAID TEAM grantee Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) published articles, TV
debates, and a fact-checking platform to expose malfeasance in procurement procedures.
3.1. Enhance national-level CSOs’ ability to monitor municipal procurement
The aim of this activity is to support national-level think tanks and CSOs to analyze municipal
procurements, as well as other spending and recruitment actions and to support the development and
use of tools, such as municipal scorecards, reports, databases, and other materials that would help
these organizations expose corrupt practices. This activity will also actively incentivize cooperation
and transfer of knowledge from national-level CSOs to local-level CSOs.
3.1.2 Provide subcontract funding to CSOs to monitor all three phases of
procurement for period of two years
USAID TEAM on 25 April 2018 issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) to monitor budget preparation,
procurement planning, procurement procedures, contract management, and municipal response to
audit findings in six municipalities. The successful offeror must form a consortium led by a central-level
civil society organization (CSO) with at least three local-level CSOs. The aim of this activity is to
establish a partnership between central and local-level organizations and build capacity of local
organizations (through learning-by-doing and through the proposed twinning arrangement) in
monitoring municipal procurement in all stages of the public procurement cycle. The deadline for
application was closed on 14 May 2018 with project proposals submitted by three national-level CSOs
(Democracy Plus, BIRN, and Kosova Democratic Institute). The USAID TEAM evaluation committee
completed the evaluation process and awarded the subcontract to Kosova Democratic Institute (KDI).
KDI established a consortium with four local level CSOs in six Kosovo municipalities. The four local
CSO partners include: Syri i Vizionit, covering Istog/Istok municipality, Youth Association for Human
Rights (YAHR) covering municipalities of Lipjan/Lipljan and Ferizaj/Urosevac, Ekovizioni covering
municipality of Podujevë/Podujevo and Institute for Sustainability and Development of Youth (ISDY)
covering the municipalities of Prizren and Suharekë/Suhareka. Activities under this subcontract will
last until June 2019.
3.1.3 Seed funding for local CSOs on youth engagement, monitoring of
procurement, awareness raising and an advocacy campaign for legislative changes
for transparent procurement
USAID TEAM, with the aim of increasing anti-corruption capacities of local-level CSOs, planned to
award seed funding to local-level CSOs through a subcontract. After undertaking adaptive
management, USAID TEAM decided to postpone the implementation of this activity for later in the
year. USAID TEAM subcontractor CiviKos adapted its training methodology and schedule of its anti-
corruption capacity building work. The updated CiviKos Year Two work plan foresees delivery of
applicable learning workshops, which will result in publication of procurement monitoring reports
from local-level CSOs. USAID TEAM anticipates that capacities of CSOs in monitoring procurement
through applicable learning workshops will be further developed. Having that in mind, USAID TEAM
believes that delaying the seed funding will result in better outcomes, as local CSOs will have
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opportunities to utilize seed funding for their ongoing work exposing potential malfeasance at the local
level.
3.1.4 Support activities (publishing) of procurement transparency index
USAID TEAM grantee KDI completed the data collection and analysis work in all 38 Kosovo
municipalities and is preparing their Transparency Index in Public Procurement. The goal of this Index
is to inform citizens about the level of transparency in the municipalities and to put pressure on
institutions to provide greater transparency and more open government. In the period March-May,
2018 KDI collected all relevant information and prepared their final report which will be presented to
municipal representatives through a roundtable planned to be organized in July 2018.
3.1.5 Increasing civic oversight on public expenditure in Kosovo
USAID TEAM grantee Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN), under the project “Increasing
civic oversight on public expenditure in Kosovo through publicly beneficial investigative reporting,”
produced articles on the first phase of the tendering process.
During this reporting period, BIRN
produced eight articles on the first phase
of the tendering process with supporting
documentation, a short report on the
monitoring and reporting of specific
tenders prone to violations, two televised
debates/segments, and 25 fact-checking
reports conducted through the
Krypometer platform. For example,
BIRN published a story related to legal
violations on the tender for the maintenance of roads during the winter months in the Municipality of
Ferizaj. These violations were evidenced from the Procurement Review Body (PRB). As a result of the
cancelation of this tender, the municipality of Ferizaj was not able to contract a snow removal company
for the winter season. According to the PRB, the municipality of Ferizaj violated the tendering process
by eliminating one company without a proper screening process. In another article, as a positive
example, BIRN showed how the Municipality of Prishtinë/Priština is one of the first to apply the two-
tier complaint mechanism, which, if applied by all contracting authorities, would decrease the heavy
load on the PRB.
On 10 May 2018, BIRN Kosovo broadcast a live TV debate on public procurement entitled “E-
Procurement: Why Did It Stagnate?” The two main issues addressed on this episode were the timeline
for full implementation of the platform and municipalities’ complaints with regard to the system.
Panelists included the Chair of Assembly Committee on Oversight of Public Finances, representatives
from Democracy Plus and KOSID, and a representative from the PPRC.
A collection of BIRN articles is included as Annex B of this quarterly report.
Links of Articles & Tenders for Monitoring:
http://kallxo.com/gjnk/shkeljet-ligjore-qe-rrezikuan-jeten-e-qytetareve/
http://kallxo.com/gjnk/pastrimi-dyshimte-rrugeve-te-ferizajt/
http://kallxo.com/gjnk/komuna-rrezikon-te-paguaj-me-shtrenjte-per-ndertimin-e-rrugeve/
http://kallxo.com/gjnk/komuna-e-prishtines-i-jep-kuptim-kerkeses-per-rishqyrtim/
http://kallxo.com/gjnk/mitrovica-e-veriut-ben-permiresim-te-pjesshem-te-gabimit-ne-tendere/
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http://kallxo.com/gjnk/komunat-nuk-i-nderrojne-vendimet-per-tender/
http://kallxo.com/gjnk/qytetaret-i-paguajne-deshtimet-e-tenderit-per-mirembajtje-dhe-servisim-
terentgenit/
http://kallxo.com/gjnk/komuna-e-hendikepuar-ne-prokurimin-elektronik/
Links on Tenders Being Monitored:
http://kallxo.com/gjnk/dragashi-rizgjedh-kompanine-e-papergjegjshme-per-shtrimin-e-ujesjellesit/
http://kallxo.com/gjnk/anulohet-tenderi-per-gjelberim-per-shkak-te-leshimeve-ne-dosje/
http://kallxo.com/gjnk/komuna-e-gjilanit-ia-huq-procedurave-te-kuotimit-te-cmimit-ne-tender/
Links of Televised Debates:
http://kallxo.com/dnk/gypat-qe-dogjen-mijera-euro/
http://kallxo.com/jnk/ngecja-e-prokurimit-elektronik-dhe-fshehja-e-kontratave-publike/
Links of fact-checks by Krypometer:
http://kallxo.com/ministria-demanton-kryetarin-e-rahovecit-per-nderrimin-e-gypit/
http://kallxo.com/krypometer/rrena-per-arsyen-e-nderrimit-te-gypit/
http://kallxo.com/krypometer/rrene-apo-veper-penale-me-pranimin-teknik-te-projektit-ne-rahovec/
http://kallxo.com/krypometer/rrena-e-hazirit-per-uren-qe-perben-rrezik-per-jeten-e-qytetareve/
http://kallxo.com/krypometer/qeveria-e-ndihmon-komunen-e-varfer-ne-ndertimin-e-ures/
http://kallxo.com/krypometer/gjakova-nuk-publikon-kontratat-me-operatoret-ekonomike/
http://kallxo.com/krypometer/kacaniku-ne-pritje-te-ujit/
http://kallxo.com/krypometer/transparenca-e-pjesshme-e-gjinit-per-publikimin-e-vendimeve/
http://kallxo.com/krypometer/rrena-per-funksionalizimin-e-objektit-te-zjarrfikesve-ne-decan/
http://kallxo.com/krypometer/zvarritja-e-emertimit-te-rrugeve-ne-prizren/
http://kallxo.com/krypometer/rrena-e-kryetarit-rreth-funksionalizimit-te-salles-sportive-ne-shtime/
http://kallxo.com/krypometer/kryetari-i-lipjanit-mban-premtimin-per-ujin-ne-janjeve/
http://kallxo.com/krypometer/projekti-ambicioz-per-rregullimin-e-lumit/
http://kallxo.com/krypometer/rrena-e-kryetarit-te-obiliqit-per-funksionalizimin-e-komitetit-
teauditimit/
http://kallxo.com/krypometer/impianti-i-fjetur-i-junikut/
http://kallxo.com/krypometer/tahiri-e-mban-fjalen-per-publikim-te-shpenzimeve/
http://kallxo.com/krypometer/istogu-nuk-i-publikon-vendimet-e-rugoves/
http://kallxo.com/krypometer/haskuka-e-hap-komunen-e-prizrenit/
http://kallxo.com/krypometer/malisheva-fajeson-ministrin-per-zvarritjen-e-puneve-ne-stadium/
http://kallxo.com/krypometer/rrena-e-hazirit-per-rrugen-e-livocit/
http://kallxo.com/krypometer/zvarritja-e-transportit-per-nxenesit-e-vushtrrise/
http://kallxo.com/krypometer/frika-nga-diga-e-demtuar-ne-lumin-mirusha/
http://kallxo.com/krypometer/rrena-per-publikimin-e-listes-se-uzurpatoreve-dhe-kontratave-
mebiznese/
http://kallxo.com/krypometer/agim-aliu-publikon-uzurpatoret-dhe-vendimet/
http://kallxo.com/krypometer/klina-nuk-i-publikon-kontratat-e-lidhura-me-operatoret-ekonomik/
3.1.6 Exposing corruption through active monitoring and comparison of five
municipalities
USAID TEAM grantee Democracy Plus prepared a Benchmarking Report covering the five focus
municipalities. The report covers the period from January 2017-February 2018, highlighting best
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practices, irregularities, violations, and the main
developments in public procurement at the local level. The
aim of the report was to assess the extent to which the
municipalities are operating according to the law, as well as
to encourage officials to share best practices in public
procurement. The report was presented as a discussion
paper on 6 June 2018 at a roundtable gathering
representatives from the targeted municipalities, civil society
members, as well as USAID TEAM staff. D+ will present the
report to the public on 2 July 2018. A series of infographics
for easy reading of the stats elaborated in the report will be
published during July as an advocacy tool to improve the
performance of municipalities.
3.1.7 Benchmarking tool for public
procurement activities
USAID TEAM grantee Riinvest together with local CSOs
continued to work on collecting and populating the “xIndex”
as part of the project “Benchmarking tool for public
procurement activities.”
As part of their advocacy efforts, Riinvest published, through
social media, an animated video on the xIndex. The video
can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/InstitutiRiinvest/videos/824818654384318/. The animation
is designed to educate a general audience on public procurement and the role that the ‘xIndex’ will
play in monitoring the effectiveness, transparency, and accountability of Kosovo’s 38 municipalities.
With the purpose of better coordination,
Riinvest organized a reflection meeting with
CSOs that are working on collecting data
during the process of monitoring the
municipal procurement activities. Participants
discussed issues they are facing during this
process such as identifying contracts that do
not state the total amount but only the
amount per unit; contracts awarded to economic operators that registered their businesses after they
were awarded with a contract; and contracts awarded to recently established businesses. Findings will
help USAID TEAM advisors address these challenges in their respective municipalities.
Additionally, Riinvest prepared an infographic related to the use of the “accelerated procedure,” a
procedure that implies a reducing the timeframe in which companies can submit their bids for a public
procurement. Frequent use of the accelerated procedure is a corruption red flag.
3.1.8 Support establishment of public procurement transparency portal
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USAID TEAM, through a grant agreement with Levizja FOL, developed this Open Procurement
Transparency Portal based on the model developed by Transparency International Slovakia
(https://tender.sme.sk/en/). The public procurement transparency portal will facilitate watchdog
activities by CSOs, investigative journalists, the private sector, and the public by providing interactive
links between expenditure (procurement of services, goods or capital investments), public officials,
and private actors (emphasizing beneficial ownership) regardless of how complicated the procurement
process may be. The portal went live on June 15 and the official launch of the portal took place just
outside of this reporting period on 5 July 2018. Below is a screen grab of the portal.
3.1.10 Social accountability tools to monitor, collect and publicize data on
potential corruption
USAID TEAM subcontractor Group for Legal and Political Studies (GLPS) is employing two key social
accountability tools, social audits and a public expenditure tracking survey, as part of the project “Use
of Social Accountability Tools to Collect and Publicize Data on Potential Corruption.” During this
quarter, they accomplished the following:
• Completed information gathering process for the Social Audit teams, which involved
identification of potential participants for each project, as well as primary and secondary
research, formal and informal meetings with citizens and municipal representatives, as well as
field visits to the chosen projects to be monitored;
• Established Social Audit Teams for the project: “Bllok pas Blloku” in Prishtinë/Priština and
construction of elementary schools in villages of Pantine/a, Druare and Maxhunaj/Madjunaj in
Vushtrri/Vučitrn municipality. The SA teams are composed of citizens of different ages and
professions, including the school directors, children, teachers and parents;
• Developed performance indicators necessary for the assessment phase. Two indicator-based
matrices developed involve several measurable indicators that will serve as an outline/plan for
the functioning of the Social Audit Teams in their active monitoring role. The performance
indicators were developed after several meetings held with potential members of the SA teams
in both municipalities and with municipal officers after conducting several field visits to the
places where projects are being implemented, as well as desk research;
• Developed Public Expenditure Tracking Survey to assess the efficiency and accountability of
service delivery for public transport in Prishtinë/Priština and healthcare services in
Vushtrri/Vučitrn municipality;
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• Conducted three meetings between members of Social Audit teams from Vushtrri/Vučitrn
municipality and municipal representatives for the purpose of discussing issues that were
identified by SA teams related to
construction of school buildings and
which were mainly the result of poor
performance of the contractor and
due to lack of proper monitoring by a
local governmental monitoring body.
Director of Education Department
and Director of Health Department
promised that they will take very
seriously what has been raised by SA
team members and immediately start to work on addressing some of them since there are lot
of requests and it is impossible to address them all in a short period of time.
The results derived from the two social accountability tools will be useful to spot instances of
corruption and will be foundational for future good practices in Prishtinë/Priština and Vushtrri/Vućitrn.
3.1.11 Engage national-level CSOs to monitor PRB decisions with impact on local-
level procurement
In the first week of June 2018,
USAID TEAM awarded a
subcontract to Democracy
Plus to monitor the PRB and
its decisions. The objective of
this project is to: a) identify
potential inconsistencies in
the decision-making process
of the PRB and provide key
recommendations to address
them; and b) assess the
overall performance of the
PRB and identify both good
and bad practices through
active monitoring of open
sessions. Democracy Plus will produce two monitoring reports which will analyze inter alia consistency
of decisions, delays, and the rationale of PRB decisions. Democracy Plus will also develop, feed with
data, and maintain a database of cases which will be used by USAID TEAM as a testing stage for the
database that is now under development for the PRB webpage.
3.2: Enable national-level CSOs to train local-level CSOs in monitoring municipal
procurements
USAID TEAM is working with subcontractor CiviKos and other national-level CSOs to identify key
topics and to produce training material to train municipal-level CSOs to monitor and expose
municipal-level malfeasance.
3.2.1: Enable national-level CSOs to train local-level CSOs in monitoring
municipal procurements
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Subcontractor CiviKos developed their Year 2 Work Plan which presents an important shift from
traditional classroom-based training to hands-on, applied peer learning and coaching. The purpose of
the Applied Learning Workshops in public procurement monitoring is to enhance the capacities of
civil society organizations operating at the local level to monitor public procurement by supporting
them directly in monitoring certain tenders that they will select during the workshop. This workshop
is a continuation of the series of training events organized on Monitoring Municipal Procurement and
Cooperation between Media and Civil Society in Addressing Corruption. Upon completion of the
series of the above training courses, CiviKos reviewed the feedback of both the trainers and the
participants and proposed to organize a tailor-made workshop that will build upon the knowledge
gained during the initial training course, and provide the participants with hands on knowledge and
expertise to identify cases of corruption in their municipality and to report them properly to the public
through media. Participants will have the opportunity to select a case-study from a real tender process
in their municipality. The facilitators will help participants with ideas to highlight specific findings, to
validate data, and to confirm findings before publishing them.
3.3 Enable CSOs to use media to expose corrupt municipal practices
USAID TEAM aims to promote cooperation between civil society organizations and investigative
media in two ways. Firstly, by encouraging and incentivizing investigative journalism partnerships
between CSOs and media through grants so that they exchange information, ideas, and evidence in
virtual communities and network. And, secondly, through the CiviKos subcontract by providing
training to local-level CSOs to address their skill gaps.
3.3.1 Through CiviKos and national-level CSOs, train municipal-level CSOs on
media engagement
USAID TEAM, through its partner CiviKos, completed the last training session for local level CSOs
on Cooperation between Media and Civil Society in Addressing Corruption. With the last session
organized with CSOs from Mitrovica North in Q 1, CiviKos concluded the first series of seven sessions
held in seven Kosovo regions. As presented above under sub-activity 3.2.1, CiviKos in Year 2 is shifting
from traditional classroom-based training to hands-on, applied peer learning and coaching. CiviKos is
currently working on developing a package and material that will be used in this regard.
3.3.2 Train national and municipal-level CSOs on media engagement through
social media
Scheduled for Q3.
3.3.3 Provide grant funding to encourage partnerships between CSOs and
investigative journalists
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USAID TEAM subcontractor Çohu in consortium with
media outlets Zëri and Insajderi continued to prepare
investigative reports exposing potential cases of
corruption and poor management of public funds. To
date, Çohu submitted three draft articles and two draft
videos highlighting serious allegations of malfeasance in
three municipalities (Istog/Istok, Ferizaj/Uroševac and
Suhareka/Suca Reka). Drafts are under revision and are
expected to be finalized and published during July 2018.
Çohu also submitted a draft illustration which represents
findings related to the procurement process in Suhareka
tackling the purchase of vehicles for the Family Health
Center and a potential case of favoring one economic
provider through “fixing” the technical specifications.
Adaptive Management
Aiming to be adaptive, flexible, inclusive, and responsive
to the evolving needs of its beneficiaries, USAID TEAM,
on ongoing basis, employs adaptive management tools to
solicit feedback and recommendations from both central and local level government representatives,
private sector economic operators, and civil society organizations. In this regard, during this quarter,
USAID TEAM employed the following tools:
After Action Review. USAID TEAM conducted after action reviews following the Basic
Procurement and Code of Ethics training, and after the Basic Procurement Skills event and the
Cooperation with Media and Civil Society on Addressing Corruption peer-to-peer learning workshop.
Based on discussions with partners, participants, and trainers, USAID TEAM began to adjust training
delivery focusing more on real-life case studies and emphasizing peer-to-peer learning.
Quarterly internal review workshops. During this period, USAID TEAM held an internal review
meeting to review progress against targets and share experiences and knowledge across units. In
addition, the project identified new risks and opportunities, and determined whether corrective
measures or pivots were needed. As a result of this meeting, the following issues, challenges, or
solutions emerged:
• The five focus municipalities should appoint deputy mayors as focal points to strengthen day-
to-day communications with the project;
• Mayors are not cooperating with internal auditors and do not take them as an internal source
for decision making – and this is problematic;
• Despite USAID TEAM support to PRB to functionalize the e-appeals module, economic
operators are not utilizing this module yet [however, recent information from the PRB shows
that use of the module has taken off and more than 100 appeals have already been submitted
electronically];
• USAID TEAM should shift its training strategy from classical training to more sustainable and
innovative mechanisms such as applied learning workshops for CSOs and media
representatives; and
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• The project should continue its shift from basic training to enforcement mechanisms; however,
the level of capacity of municipal and central government officials in public procurement
remains low and so requires continued basic training matched with the ongoing development
of enforcement mechanisms.
Feedback from Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). USAID TEAM organized a coordination
meeting with its partner CSOs to solicit their feedback on anti-corruption outcomes focused on the
local and national-level and to discuss how USAID TEAM could adapt to tackle these issues.
Participants included BIRN, CiviKos, Çohu, Democracy Plus, Group for Legal and Political Studies,
Kosova Democratic Institute, Riinvest and Levizja Fol. At this event, participants noted Kosovo’s
improvement in the Transparency International Corruption Perception Index and noted
improvements at the municipal level. However, they shared observations about ways to deepen and
enhance technical assistance in the municipalities.
Interviews/learning summits with private sector economic operators. USAID TEAM
conducted learning summits with economic operators to solicit their feedback and recommendations
on the e-Procurement platform. Since the platform in not yet mandatory, it is not fully used by
economic operators and economic operators still need more training on the use of the system.
Business representatives asked for the project’s support to address their lack of knowledge of the
Public Procurement Law.
Interviews with knowledgeable experts. USAID TEAM met with Mr. Ilaz Duli (prior to his
engagement as an STTA on the project) and Ms. Edis Agani, seeking their inputs as outside experts
related to the public procurement processes in Kosovo. Some of their recommendations included:
• Ensure the project is fully coordinating with all donors involved in the public procurement
process;
• Use EU directives as a starting point when making recommendations to change the PPL;
• Ensure contract monitoring mechanisms are developed collaboratively with the EU, with local
and international experts, and with municipal officials equipped with the proper skills in
contract management.
Roundtable with central level Institutions. To evaluate USAID TEAM performance over the past
six-months and assess what worked, what did not work, and what needs to change in the upcoming
period to achieve key results, the project hosted a roundtable with central level institutions. The PPRC
head Safet Hoxha stated that usage of the e-Procurement platform was rising due to support from the
USAID TEAM project. Some of the recommendations provided during the discussion included:
• Roles and responsibilities of central level institutions regarding contract management should
be reorganized. This should not fall to the PPRC but to the contracting authorities themselves;
• Build capacity of the PRB staff on the use of the e-appeals module, promote transparency of
PRB decision making, enhance PRB public outreach and communications capabilities;
• Each year after the NAO report is published, audited entities should develop action plans with
recommendations that define the responsible officials, timetable, and steps to be undertaken
to address the recommendations; and
• Build capacities of internal auditors to audit procurement activities through the e-Procurement
platform.
INDICATOR PERFORMANCE
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Indicator one (1): Number of facilitated events geared toward strengthening the
capacities of TEAM partners including central and local institutions, CSOs, and
economic operators
USAID TEAM implements a number of events to ensure there is a consistent level of procurement
knowledge among municipal procurement officials and that the Government of Kosovo (GoK),
through KIPA and the PPRC, has established a sustainable long-term training capacity. USAID TEAM
is also working to increase capacities of the National Audit Office (NAO) and NAO Auditors on
procurement and e-procurement, Ministry of Finance (MoF) Central Harmonization Unit (CHU) to
oversee and direct municipal internal audit units, PPRC IT team to operate and maintain the e-
procurement platform, and the PRB to overcome challenges in the procurement review process.
During the life of project, USAID TEAM will conduct 443 events such as: trainings, workshops, and
roundtables. This Indicator measures the number of events conducted which are supported and
organized by USAID TEAM. Data for this indicator will be reported on a quarterly basis.
Indicator 1 Baseline Year
One
Target
Actual
Year
Two
Target
Actual
Life of
Project
Target
Reporting
Frequency
# of facilitated
events geared
toward
strengthening the
capacities of
TEAM partners
including central
and local
institutions,
CSOs, and
economic
operators
- 80 83 95 Q1
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Q2
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433 Quarterly
Indicator two (2): # of people trained from local and central institutions
(procurement, public finance, fraud detection HR, auditing), as well as
representatives from CSOs, economic operators, and media, that are recipients or
participants in TEAM events
USAID TEAM will support more than 4,680 officials from local and central institutions,
representatives from civil society organizations (CSOs), economic operators, and media
representatives in topics such as procurement, public finance, fraud detection, human resources, and
audit. Project assistance will also feature support to mayors, audit committees, and other
stakeholders to strengthen internal controls, apply sanctions, and rigorously enforce the Law on
Public Procurement to ensure transparency, accountability, and effectiveness.
This indicator measures the number of people trained from local and central institutions
(procurement, public finance, fraud detection Human Resources, auditing), as well as representatives
from CSOs, economic operators, and media, that are recipients or participants in USAID TEAM
events, and will be reported on a quarterly and annual basis.
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Indicator 2 Baseline Year
One
Target
Actual
Year
Two
Target
Actual
Life of
Project
Target
Reporting
Frequency
# of people
trained from
local and central
institutions
(procurement,
public finance,
fraud detection,
HR, auditing) as
well as
representatives
from CSOs
economic
operators, and
media, that are
recipient or
participants in
TEAM events
- 900 1,076 995 Q1
421
Q2
505 4.680 Quarterly/Annually
Trainings Events Participants
1 Basic procurement and code of ethics for municipal directors 1 9
2 Basic procurement and code of ethics for school directors 7 182
3 E-Procurement and ethics for municipal evaluation officials 12 234
4 Role of municipal audit committees 1 18
5 Fraud detection for internal auditors 3 62
Total participants 24 505
Workshops Events Participants
1 Outline municipal plan 5 82
2 Action plan for NAO recommendations 5 81
3 Introducing municipal code of ethics including finance
accountability 1 13
4 Cooperation with media and civil society in addressing
corruption 1 9
Total participants 12 185
Roundtables Events Participants
1 Public procurement collegium 1 31
2 Municipal audit committees 1 27
3 Transparency in municipalities - sharing best practices 1 33
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4 Human resources in municipalities - sharing best practices 1 26
5 Transparency in focus municipalities - sharing best practices 1 7
6 Financial management and control 1 27
7 Central level institutions – review current and future
activities 1 7
Total participants 7 158
Indicator three (3): # of officials (local & national level) trained in e-procurement
Based on the findings and recommendations from the Needs Gap Analysis for the focus municipalities
and the PPRC e-procurement operational and capacity building workplan, USAID TEAM will work
with KIPA and the PPRC to provide training to local and central level officials to build their
understanding of e-procurement. TEAM, in coordination with the PPRC and KIPA, will train local and
national level officials (procurement officials, bid opening committee members, evaluation committee
members, internal audit units, and officials from the NAO, Procurement Review Body (PRB), Anti-
Corruption Agency (ACA), and the Central Harmonization Unit (CHU)) on the e-procurement
system. This indicator measures the number of officials trained in e- procurement and will be reported
on a quarterly basis.
Indicator 3 Baseline Year
One
Target
Actual
Year
Two
Target
Actual
Life of
Project
Target
Reporting
Frequency
# of officials (local &
national level)
trained in e-
procurement
- 500 674 150 Q1
66
Q2
234 1000 Quarterly
Indicator four (4): # of Economic Operators and CSO Representatives Trained in E-
Procurement and Business Ethics
USAID TEAM will coordinate with KIPA and the PPRC to deliver training to businesses and CSOs on
the use of the e-procurement system and on business ethics. This training will help both economic
operators and NGOs to learn to use the e-procurement system and thereby improve competition.
These capacity buildings activities will improve the overall quality and quantity of bids received by
municipal procurement officials and central government entities. This indicator measures the number
of representatives from both sectors trained in e-procurement and will be reported on a quarterly
and annual basis.
Indicator 4 Baseline Year
One
Target
Actual
Year
Two
Target
Actual
Life of
Project
Target
Reporting
Frequency
# of economic
operators and
CSO
representatives
trained in e-
- 100 112 20 Q1
106
Q2
N/A 180 Quarterly/Annually
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procurement and
business ethics
Indicator seven (7): # of focus municipalities “graduated” from TEAM program based
on the schedule of achievements
USAID TEAM developed graduation criteria which are grouped into two categories: those indicators
that addresses corruption vulnerabilities in three procurement phases (pre-tendering, tendering, and
post-tendering), and those indicators that measure municipal capacity in planning and budgeting, staff
capacity, audit, and transparency. Municipal graduation criteria were approved by USAID in May 2018.
The project will report data on a semiannual basis. The first set of data will be reported by the end of
the July 2018.
Indicator sixteen (16): # of Media and CSO Representatives Trained in Procurement
Oversight
USAID TEAM will increase capacities of media and CSOs representatives to monitor municipal
procurements. This indicator measures the number of individual representatives of media and CSOs
who are trained in procurement oversight. USAID TEAM will train 140 media and CSO
representatives to monitor municipal procurements This indicator will be reported on a quarterly
basis.
Indicator 16 Baseline
Year
One
Target Actual
Year
Two
Target Actual
Life of
Project
Target
Reporting
Frequency
# of media and CSO
representatives trained
in procurement
oversight and media
engagement
0 59 103 50 Q1
N/A
Q2
9 140 Quarterly
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Successes during reporting period
Successes during the reporting period include the following:
• Conducted five workshops with mayors and municipal management of focus
municipalities. All focus municipalities are now familiar with the graduation indicators,
Municipal Capacity Assessment results, Corruption Vulnerability Risks, Role of the Internal
Audit Units.
• Equipped 300 municipal officials with skills to evaluate tenders submitted in
electronic format.
• Trained 62 municipal internal auditors and CHU officials on procurement auditing
and fraud detection.
• Developed and shared with all Kosovo municipalities the procurement manuals
for: (1) the Open Procedure, (2) Tender with scores, (3) the Restricted Procedure and (4)
Framework Agreements with Lowest Price – Weighting Scores.
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• Formalized cooperation between USAID, NAO, and USAID TEAM through an
MOU. As a result of USAID TEAM assistance, NAO already identified four cases of fraud
which will be submitted to the prosecutor’s office.
• Strengthened NAO capacities in the area of fraud detection. Set up the legal
framework, such as their internal organizational regulation, incorporating fraud detection
activities as part of their standard audit procedures.
• Established the e-Procurement Steering Committee. The Committee has already met
twice and taken decisions that are essential to strengthen PPRC ownership over the e-
Procurement platform.
• Supported PPRC IT Department to adopt and implement System Governance
Policies. PPRC IT Department has confirmed that they have begun to implement IT system
governance policies as well as Software Development Policy.
• Exposed and reported specific cases of potential municipal procurement
malfeasance to the state prosecutor through USAID TEAM grantee BIRN.
• Engaged citizens and increased awareness about the need for more transparency
and accountability in public procurement. USAID TEAM, through grantee Democracy
Plus, launched an animated video online, aiming to raise awareness for transparency and
accountability in public procurement.
• Promoted partnerships to transfer knowledge from established central level
CSOs to local level CSOs. Grantee Riinvest developed a statistical model called “xIndex”
and teamed up with eight local level CSOs to monitor local procurement and feed the
benchmarking tool with data. USAID TEAM will use this model of cooperation in upcoming
RFAs to promote the transfer of knowledge, considering the low level of procurement
monitoring capacities in local level CSOs.
• Supported Kosovo municipalities to use the restricted procedures for the first
time. Two focus municipalities and one second tier municipality (Prishtinë/Priština,
Gjilan/Gnjilane, and Obiliq), received step by step assistance from USAID TEAM, enabling
them to implement restricted procurement procedures and eliminate irresponsible EO.
• Assisted municipalities to initiate disqualifying procedures for an irresponsible EO
for the first time. With USAID TEAM assistance, Prishtinë/Priština municipality
procurement manager initiated the procedure to disqualify EOs, otherwise known as
“blacklisting,” for two procurement activities.
Challenges during reporting period
• MLGA concerned about the level of coordination with USAID TEAM. USAID TEAM
encountered some surprises and unexpected situations on the technical side of project
implementation. For example, despite the fact that USAID TEAM has been coordinating with
MLGA on upcoming technical assistance, the MLGA Permanent Secretary raised a concern
with USAID that the project was not coordinating activities.
• Technical problems with the e-procurement platform. On a regular basis, municipal
officials and the USAID TEAM Procurement Advisors identified technical problems with the
e-procurement platform.
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• Rules and Operational Guidelines for Public Procurement did not support the
publication of the procurement plan. The ROGPP limited the ability of municipalities to
proactively share procurement information transparently with citizens.
• Issues with EO about Prishtinë/Priština Municipality procurement process. An
economic operator lodged a series of procurement complaints at the Procurement Review
Body. This economic operator came to believe that the USAID TEAM Municipal
Implementation Advisor embedded in the Municipality of Prishtinë/Priština was instructing the
Municipality to disregard the decisions of the PRB and to disregard the Law. The economic
operator emailed these allegations to the Mayor of Prishtinë/Priština and forwarded less direct
complaints to the COP and DCOP, USAID, and the US Embassy.
• Inconsistent quality of deliverables from partner CSOs and grantees, in particular
English versions of reports and/or articles. USAID TEAM has noted the limited capacities
of CSOs to prepare high quality written reports. Reports from USAID TEAM grantees and
subcontractors have to undergo many revisions until they meet the project’s standard of
quality, USAID branding and marking requirements, and proper English language usage. This
has resulted in delays in publishing reports, including infographics, and has required a significant
commitment of USAID TEAM resources to review and clear deliverables.
Mitigation measures taken to address challenges during the reporting
period
• USAID TEAM reacted immediately after MLGA’s concern regarding lack of
coordination. Although USAID TEAM was able to furnish evidence of coordination efforts,
including emails regarding joint planning for upcoming activities with MLGA, project
management instructed staff to engage visibly and effectively with MLGA. The situation was
quickly rectified.
• Issues with e-procurement platform resolved. On a regular basis, the embedded MIAs
identify technical problems with the e-procurement platform which are then communicated,
in cooperation with Component 2, to the PPRC for resolution.
• Per new rules and procedures of PPRC, the public procurement plan is mandatory
to be published. After bringing the gap in the ROGPP regarding publication of the
procurement plan to the attention of the PPRC, the Head of the Board of the PPRC issued an
amendment to the ROGPP making procurement plans public. As a result of USAID TEAM
support to PPRC on revising the rules and guidelines, municipalities are now publishing their
procurement plans.
• USAID TEAM advises central level institutions (PPRC and PRB), and municipality
of Prishtinë/Priština, to follow the law. While this issue with the economic operator in
Prishtinë/Priština is still an ongoing issue and not fully resolved, USAID TEAM has taken this
as an opportunity to reiterate the proper role of the project’s Municipal Implementation
Advisor as one of sustainable capacity building and not staff augmentation, and that the project
is strictly neutral politically. In addition, the project advised all parties to follow the Law in all
cases.
• Low quality of deliverables from CSOs. USAID TEAM is now requiring new grantees
and subcontractors to employ external reviewers to ensure a high-quality standard of
deliverables before they are presented to USAID TEAM and the public. In addition, USAID
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TEAM delivered another coaching session to CSO partners on branding and marking
requirements to address frequently occurring mistakes. For deliverables in English, USAID
TEAM introduced additional layers of quality control in the project office, including the heavy
involvement of senior project leadership.
MAJOR ACTIVITIES FOR NEXT QUARTER
The project looks forward to the following major activities and milestones in the upcoming quarter:
Component 1:
• Finalize citizen perception survey report (1.1.3);
• Implement with focus municipalities proposals for Support Fund projects (1.2.1);
• Organize the scheduled training (contract management 1.3.1);
• Continue to provide on-the job coaching and mentoring in field of procurement, public finance
management, and internal audit (1.3.3);
• Develop Training Videos for E-Procurement Online trainings (1.4.4);
• Support municipalities to address and implement NAO recommendations (1.5.5);
• Provide on-the-job support to municipalities in the field of HR (1.7.3);
• Develop Handbook on Internal Public Expenditure Management Process (1.8.3); and
• Complete the Municipal/Code of Ethics including Finance Accountability (1.8.4).
Component 2:
• Work with MoF IT and CHU to establish an intranet forum as a supplementary means of
communication between CHU and IAUs (2.2.2);
• Train PPRC IT team to operate and maintain the e-Procurement platform (2.3.6);
• Continue with development of Contractor Past Performance mechanism (2.4.1);
• Support PPRC in developing a Communication Strategy (2.6.1); and
• Assist PRB to establish a structured and easily accessible database of PRB past decisions (2.7.2).
Component 3:
• In coordination with CiviKos initiate work on conducting applied learning workshops on
monitoring public procurement;
• Coordinate work with Levizja FOL on official launching of Open Procurement Transparency
Portal;
• Coordinate work with Kosova Democratic Institute on publishing Public Procurement Index
for 2017;
• Release a call for application for Host Annual Challenges for CSOs to foster innovative ideas;
• Award a subcontract to consortium of national-level CSO with national-level CSOs on
monitoring all three phases of procurement for period of two years;
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• Coordinate work with Democracy Plus on implementing activities as part of the project on
monitoring PRB decisions with impact on local-level procurement; and
• Coordinate work and provide support to TEAM grantees (Democracy Plus, BIRN, Riinvest,
Levizja FOL and KDI) and subcontractors (GLPS, COHU and Democracy Plus) on
accomplishing planned activities.
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Annex A: Reports and Deliverables Completed This Quarter
Table 4: Reports and deliverables completed this quarter
# Deliverable2 Description
Person or
USAID TEAM
completing
Due (per
contract, WP,
or SOW)
Submission
date of first
draft
Submission date
of final draft
Approval/
acceptance
date of final
version
1 Municipal Capacity
Assessment Report
USAID TEAM’s second
annual assessment of
procurement practices in
the five focus and five
second-tier municipalities.
USAID TEAM February 2018 28 February 2018 28 March 2018 4 April 2018
2 Municipal Graduation
Plan
Municipal Graduation Plan
measures the progress of
focus municipalities in
addressing corruption
vulnerabilities and
enhancing transparency, to
“graduate” from project
assistance.
USAID TEAM February 2018 12 January 2018 5 April 2018 15 May 2018
3 Performance Report
Quarter 1 - 2018
Summary of USAID TEAM
activity progress during
January – March 2018.
USAID TEAM 15 April 2018 13 April 2018 13 April 2018 25 May 2018
4
Award Fee
Contractor’s Self-
Assessment Report
Quarter 1- 2018
DAI’s self-assessment of
its performance
implementing the USAID
TEAM activity during
January – March 2018, for
USAID TEAM 15 April 2018 13 April 2018 13 April 2018 N/A
2 In the interest of brevity, this table does not include the weekly activity reports submitted each Friday, as required by Section F of the subject
contract. All required weekly reports were submitted on time during this quarter.
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# Deliverable2 Description
Person or
USAID TEAM
completing
Due (per
contract, WP,
or SOW)
Submission
date of first
draft
Submission date
of final draft
Approval/
acceptance
date of final
version
the purposes of award fee
determination.
5 Financial Report
Quarter 1 - 2018
Summary of expenditures
and accruals for January –
March 2018
USAID TEAM 15 April 2018 13 April 2018 13 April 2018 25 May 2018
6 Accrual Report
Quarter 2 - 2018
Financial report
summarizing actual and
estimated expenses for
April – June 2018
Brianna Cole
10 calendar days
before the end of
the quarter
19 June 2018 19 June 2018 N/A
7
Adaptive Management
Report
Adaptive management
tools implemented that
enabled USAID TEAM to
design and deliver
technical support to
counterparts. Reports
activities during January
2017 - 2018
USAID TEAM N/A 05 June 2018 05 June 2018 12 June 2018
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Annex B - Grantee BIRN Articles (Albanian)
Articles & Tenders for Monitoring:
1. Komuna rrezikon të paguaj më shtrenjtë për ndërtimin e rrugëve
04/05/2018 - 08:01 - Komuna e
Suharekës ka planifikuar të shpenzoj
deri në 356 mijë euro për ndërtimin e
rrugëve lokale. Tenderin për ndërtimin
e këtyre rrugëve, komuna e ndarë në 12
lote/pjesë, ndërsa operatorët kanë
mundësi të shpallën fitues në vetëm një
llot. Komuna thotë se përmes ndarjes
në shumë llote po synon që sa më shpejt
t’i shtrojë këto rrugë, si dhe t’i
‘shpërblej’ me kontratë kompanitë e
shumta që operojnë në atë anë.
Në anën tjetër nga shoqëria civile, ndarja në lote po shihet si praktikë ligjore, por që po
keqpërdoret nga komunat dhe se duhet të ndërpritet. Gjithashtu thuhet se e dëmton vlerën
për para të komunave.
Tenderi 12 pjesësh
Komuna e Suharekës ka planifikuar të ndërtoj rrugët lokale. Për ndërtimin e këtyre rrugëve
komuna ka planifikuar të shpenzoj deri në 356 mijë euro.
Sipas njoftimit për kontratë, do të shtrohen rrugë në gjithsej 12 lokacione, prandaj këtë
aktivitet të prokurimit komuna e ka ndarë në 12 lote/pjesë.
“Janë gjithsejtë 12 lokacione në territorin e Komunës Suhareke dhe janë te përfshira fshatrat
e qyteti i Suharekës” thuhet në njoftim.
Bazuar në thirrjen për kontrat lokacionet në të cilat parashihen tu ndërtohen rrugët janë
fshatrat: Dragaqine, Javor, Krushice e Eperme, Krushice e Poshtme, Nishor, Semetisht,
Samaraxhe, Sllapuzhan, Sopije, Vershec, si dhe në qytetin e Suharekës.
Për këtë tender, Komuna e Suharekës ka përdorur procedurën e hapur të prokurimit me
kriter çmimin më të ulët.
Por komuna në fjalë, ka vendosur të shpërblej një operator ekonomik të përgjegjshëm që i
plotëson kriteret për këtë tender me çmim më të ulët se mund të fitoj vetëm një lot.
“Numri maksimal i Pjesëve që do të mund të shpërblehet tek një tenderues është: 1” thuhet
në njoftim.
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Gazeta Jeta në Kosovës është interesuar të mësoj më shumë lidhur me ndarjen e këtij tender
në 12 lote/pjesë. Komuna thotë se tenderi është ndarë në bazë të drejtës që u jep ligji dhe me
qëllim të përfshirjes së ndërmarrjeve të vogla dhe të mesëm.
“Ne këtë udhëzues pika B, i jep të drejtë Autoritetit Kontraktues të ndajë një procedurë të
prokurimit në Lote dhe kjo bëhet me qëllim siç thuhet në udhëzim – Në mënyrë që të nxitet
përfshirja e ndërmarrjeve të vogla dhe të mesme (NVM) në tregun kombëtar të prokurimit
publik, kufizimi i numrit te Loteve preferohet kur ka shumë OE dhe shumë NVM”, thuhet në
përgjigjen e komunës.
Dëmtimi i kriterit “Çmimi më i lirë”
Rregullat dhe udhëzuesi operativ, mundëson ndarjen e tenderëve në lote, por nuk specifikohet
numri minimal dhe maksimal të loteve/pjesëve dhe nuk ka kufizime të tjera.
“Në mënyrë që të nxitet përfshirja e ndërmarrjeve të vogla dhe të mesme (NVM) në tregun
kombëtar të prokurimit publik, kufizimi i numrit te Loteve preferohet kur ka shumë OE dhe
shumë NVM”, thuhet në udhëzuesin operativ për prokurim publik.
I njëjti udhëzues në asnjë vend nuk e përmend që kufizimi duhet të jetë në vetëm një kontratë. Kur flitet për kufizimin e lloteve që një operator mund të shpallet fitues në këtë udhëzim flitet
në shumës, pra më shumë se në një llot.
Përkundër kufizimeve që një operator mund të fitojë vetëm një llot, Komuna e Suharekës
thotë se do të shpërblehen çmimet më të lira.
Vonesa e miratimit të buxhetit të komunës, thonë se ka pasur ndikim që punët të kryhen më
shpejtë
“Numri maksimal është kufizuar në 1 për shkak se në Komunën tonë Operojnë shumë OE që
merren me këtë veprimtari dhe duke pasur parasysh vonesën që na ka shkaktuar miratimi i
buxhetit të Komunës, këto projekte do të realizoheshin për një periudhe me të shkurtër nëse
kemi 12 operator ekonomik që e realizojnë këtë projekt nëse marrim parasysh që edhe
projektet janë në 12 lokacione të ndryshme”, thuhet në përgjigjen e komunës.
Por komuna jep përgjigje të ndryshme në një rast të mundshëm kur operatori ekonomik
oferton me çmim më të lirë në tri lote.
“Nëse një OE e ka çmimin më të lire në tri LOT/Pjese, as OE e as AK nuk e ka të drejtën për
ta përcaktuar cilin LOT/Pjesë do ta shpërbleje, por kriteri është përcaktuar paraprakisht në
njoftimin për kontratë dhe në dosje të tenderit siç kërkohet me LPP-në”, thuhet në përgjigjen
e kësaj Komuna, duke e cituar edhe kriterin që i referohen.
“Në rastet ku aplikimi për përzgjedhjen e kritereve për shpërblim do të rezultonte në
shpërblimin e një tenderuesi me më shumë lote se sa numri maksimal, Autoriteti Kontraktues
do të ketë parasysh procesin e vlerësimit për të siguruar vlerën për paranë për Autoritetin
Kontraktues”.
Sipas tyre, kjo nënkupton se vlerësimi do të bëhet duke përzgjedhur kombinimin që Komuna
të paguaje çmimin më të lirë për të gjitha lot/pjesët. Një gjë e tillë është e pamundur nëse një
OE i përgjegjshëm ka ofertuar me çmimin më të lirë në tre llote, ndërsa komuna obligohet që
të shpërblej më një kontratë për një llot, ndërsa në dy llotet tjera duhet të rekomandojë për
kontratë OE më të shtrenjtë.
Isuf Zejna nga organizata Demokraci Plus tregon se qëllimi i ndarjes së projekteve në llote
lidhet me bashkimin e disa kërkesave në një procedurë apo shmangien e monopoleve. Por, ai
ngrit shqetësimin se mënyra e ndarjes së tenderëve në llote është duke u keqpërdor nga
Autoritetet kontraktues.
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“Sidomos Komunat po e përdorin këtë formë të ndarjes së tenderëve në disa llote, sa për të
kënaqur të gjitha bizneset që aplikojnë duke kushtëzuar që një kompani mund të fitojë më së
shumti një llot”, ka thënë Zejna.
Ai thotë se KRPP-ja duhet të ndërpresë praktikën e ndarjes në llote, sepse e njëjta i ka të
paktën dy efekte negative.
“Kjo e dëmton vlerën për para të komunave dhe e bënë shumë më të vështirë mbikëqyrjen e
zbatimit të kontratave”, tha Zejna
Zejna tutje shtoi se kufizimi në vetëm një lot për një ofertues me çmim më të lirë, të ofertuara
pavarësisht se ai oferton me çmim më të lirë edhe në lotët tjera, rrezikon të shpërblej
operatorët ekonomik me çmim më të shtrenjtë.
“Sipas kësaj ndarje i bie që nëse në një aktivitet të prokurimit komuna dëshiron të shtrojë një
rrugë me kubza të betonit, dhe i njëjti aktivitet është ndarë në 15 llote e që secila prej tyre
përfshinë një kilometër gjatësi që në total i bie 15 kilometra. Kompania më e lirë mund të
ketë çmimin e 12 eurove për metër katror, mirëpo pavarësisht se është më e lira ajo mund
të fitoj vetëm një llot. 14 llotet e tjera do të zgjidhen me çmimet më të shtrenjta dhe kjo mund
të ketë dëme të konsiderueshme për buxhetin”, shtoi ai.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/gjnk/komuna-rrezikon-te-paguaj-me-shtrenjte-per-ndertimin-
e-rrugeve/
2. Komuna e Prishtinës i jep kuptim ‘kërkesës për rishqyrtim’
12/05/2018 - Komuna e Prishtinës është
ndër komunat e pakta që i ka dhënë
kuptim dyshkallshmërisë së ankesave në
prokurimit publik. Ajo në tenderin për
sigurimi fizik të objekteve të saja e ka
anuluar njoftimin për dhënie të kontratës
dhe e ka kthyer procesin në rivlerësim pas
kërkesës për rishqyrtim që kishte bërë
njëri nga operatorët që ishte në garë.
Siç ka shkruar KALLXO.com, në pjesën
më të madhe të komunave, përkundër shumë ankesave nga operatorët ekonomikë, në mbi
95% të rasteve vendimi në shkallën e parë të ankesës ishte negativ për këta operatorë.
Ndërkohë që pas ankesës në OSHP shumë nga vendimet ishin në favor të autoriteteve
kontraktuese.
Me ndryshimin e Ligjit të Prokurimit në vitin 2016 për herë të parë u mundësohet operatorëve
ekonomikë që të bëjnë kërkesë për rishqyrtim në autoritetin kontraktues. Kjo njihet si shkallë
e parë e ankesës, para se OE-të t’i drejtohen Organit Shqyrtues të Prokurimit që lëshon
vendime të plotfuqishme.
Tenderi që ishte objekt i shqyrtimit në shkallën e parë, siç e parasheh Ligji i Prokurimit Publik
kishte të bënte me sigurim fizik të objekteve. Tenderët e sigurimit fizik janë një ndër aktivitetet
e prokurimit ku ka më së shumti ankesa nga operatorët ekonomikë, por edhe paqartësi për
shkak të kërkesave që dalin nga Ligji i Prokurimit dhe ai i Punës.
Edhe në këtë tender, kompanitë kanë kërkuar disa herë sqarime nga Komuna e Prishtinës për
mënyrën e kalkulimit të orëve të punës, duke i inkorporuar edhe të gjitha obligimet që dalin
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nga Ligji i Punës. Komuna e Prishtinës i ka dhënë disa sqarime para se të pranonte ofertat nga
kompanitë e sigurimit sa i përket mënyrës së kalkulimit të orëve, pasi kjo është ankesa
kryesore nga operatorët ekonomikë nëpër tenderë të ngjashëm që ndikon në zvarritjen e
tyre.
Pas pranimit të ofertave, Komuna e Prishtinës e kishte publikuar njoftimin për dhënie të
kontratës më 2 mars të vitit 2018, ku grupi i operatorëve ekonomikë fitues ka qenë, “K.S.AS
– Security” dhe “Komtel Project Engineering”. “Komtel ProjectEngineering” është në pronësi
të Vegim Gashit, ish kandidat i AKR-së për kryetar të Prishtinës. Kjo parti aktualisht është në
bashkëqeverisje me kryetarin e Prishtinës, Shpend Ahmetin. Vlera e përgjithshme e kontratës
ishte 439 mijë e 401 euro.
Rishqyrtimi i parë i ankesave të operatorëve ekonomikë nga Komuna e Prishtinës
Pasi Komuna e Prishtinës bëri rekomandimin për dhënie të kontratës, operatori ekonomik
“Rojet e Nderit” dhe grupi i operatorëve ekonomikë “AlphaPrivate Security& “SAS” më 6
mars janë ankuar kundër këtij vendimi për të rekomanduar për kontratë operatorët
ekonomikë “AS – Security & Komtel Project Engineering”.
Zyrtari përgjegjës i Prokurimit të Komunës së Prishtinës, sipas kërkesës për rishqyrtim të dy
operatorëve ekonomikë ka vendosur që të aprovohet si pjesërisht e bazuar kërkesa për
rivlerësim kundër njoftimit për dhënie të kontratës më 2 mars.
Pretendimi i dy operatorëve ankues ka qenë se operatori ekonomik fitues nuk ka dhënë
dëshmi lidhur me kopjet e licencave për punëtorët e angazhuar (para njoftimit për dhënie të
kontratës).
“Autoriteti kontraktues vendos që Komisioni i Rivlerësimit të ri-ekzaminojë edhe një herë
ofertën e grupit të operatorit ekonomik të ‘AS – Security & Komtel Project Engineering’ lidhur
me aktivitetin e prokurimit ‘Sigurimi Fizik i Objekteve të Komunës së Prishtinës’ dhe të
kërkojë nga i njëjti dëshmitë për punëtorët e licencuar sipas kërkesave në Formularin e
Dosjeve të Tenderit (FTD)”, thuhet në vendimin e Komunës së Prishtinës.
Operatorët kanë pretenduar se “As & Komtel” nuk e ka sjellë vërtetimin tatimor dhe
vërtetimin nga gjykata. Komuna e Prishtinës e ka refuzuar kërkesën për këtë pretendim, pasi
sipas saj operatori ekonomik fitues ka sjellë dëshmitë e kërkuara dhe se ato janë në dosje.
Edhe për pretendimin e tretë të operatorit ekonomik ankues, Komuna e Prishtinës ka ardhur
në përfundim se nuk qëndron.
“Për sa i përket pretendimit të operatorëve ekonomik lidhur me pjesën C të formularit të
FDT-së se operatori ekonomik fitues nuk e ka plotësuar, autoriteti kontraktues thekson se
kjo nuk qëndron për shkak se operatori ekonomik fitues ka plotësuar pikën 6 të formularit të
tenderit së bashku me partnerin në konzorcium duke vënë identitetin e partnerit
konzorcionues”, potencohet në vendimin e Komunës së Prishtinës.
Me 20 mars është bërë njoftimi për anulimin e dhënies së kontratës. Ky anulim është bërë pas
rishqyrtimit të bërë nga Komuna e Prishtinës.
Pas rivlerësimit të bërë, Komuna e Prishtinës sërish e ka rekomanduar për kontratë
kompaninë e njëjtë, pasi i ka kërkuar dokumente shtesë kompanisë së rekomanduar për
kontratë.
Rishqyrtimi i dytë i ankesave
Data e planifikuar për nënshkrimin e kontratës për tenderin “Sigurimi Fizik i Objekteve të
Komunës së Prishtinës” ishte me 4 prill. Por kjo kontratë nuk u nënshkrua për shkak se me
29 mars u mor vendim për pezullim të këtij aktiviteti të prokurimit.
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Edhe kësaj here, grupi i operatorëve ekonomikë “Alpha Private Security”, “SAS” dhe “Rojet
e Nderit” janë ankuar kundër vendimit të autoritetit kontraktues- Komuna e Prishtinës për
dhënie të kontratës.
“Zyrtari përgjegjës i Prokurimit i Komunës së Prishtinës duke vendosur sipas kërkesës për
rishqyrtim të datës 28.03.2018 të parashtruar nga operatorët ekonomikë: grup i operatorëve
ekonomikë: Kompani e sigurimit Alpha Private Security “SAS” Sh.p.k. dhe Operatori
Ekonomik “Rojet e Nderit” sh.p.k., ka vendosur që të pezullohet aktiviteti i prokurimit
‘Sigurimi Fizik i Objekteve të Komunës së Prishtinës’, kundër njoftimit për dhënie të kontratës
të autoritetit kontraktues të datës 22.03.2018”, thuhet në vendimin e autoritetit kontraktues
– Komuna e Prishtinës.
Me 30 mars zyrtari përgjegjës i Prokurimit të Komunës së Prishtinës ka vendosur në lidhje me
kërkesën për rishqyrtim. Është vendosur që të refuzohet si e pabazuar kërkesa e dy
operatorëve ekonomikë ankues për rivlerësim e parashtruar kundër njoftimit për dhënie të
kontratës me 22 mars.
Të pakënaqur me vendimin e dytë të Komunës së Prishtinës, “Rojet e Nderit” janë ankuar në Organin Shqyrtues të Prokurimit, duke e detyruar komunën që sërish të pezullojë aktivitetin
e prokurimit më 10 prill.
“Zyrtari përgjegjës i Prokurimit të Komunës së Prishtinës sipas ankesës së datës 10.04.2018
të parashtruar nga operatori ekonomik ‘Rojet e Nderit’ sh.p.k., në Organin Shqyrtues të
Prokurimit (OSHP), lidhur me aktivitetin e prokurimit me titull: ‘Sigurimi Fizik i Objekteve të
Komunës së Prishtinës” ka pezulluar këtë aktivitet të prokurimit kundër njoftimit për dhënie
të kontratës të autoritetit kontraktues të datës 22.03.2018”, thuhet në vendimin e Komunës
së Prishtinës.
Seanca e OSHP-së
“Rojet e Nderit” në OSHP janë ankuar se oferta 1.52 euro për orë e ofruar nga kompania e
rekomanduar për kontratë nuk arrin të plotësojë kërkesën për pagën bazë prej 230 eurove
që e ka kërkuar Komuna e Prishtinës.
“Do doja të shtoj se me kërkesën tonë ATK ka bërë një modul online ku ndër to është
kalkulimi i pagës dhe përmes kësaj mund të shihet se me çmimin e ofertuar të operatorit
ekonomik fitues nuk arrihet paga 230€ bruto. Operatori ekonomik nuk plotëson as elementin
bazë- Trustin Pensional, e lëre më edhe TVSH-në. Ekspertit nuk di a i ka ikur ky detaj, por
çmimi online mund të analizohet dhe ky çmim është nën çdo kriter të autoritetit kontraktues”,
ka thënë Hasani në seancën e OSHP-së.
E përfaqësuesja i Komunës së Prishtinës, Verona Sekiraqa ka thënë se pajtohet me mendimin
e ekspertit shqyrtues për të vazhduar me procesin e prokurimit. Ajo ka thënë se pretendimet
e operatorit ekonomik “Rojet e Nderit” nuk janë të qëndrueshme.
“Komisioni vlerësues ka konstatuar se çmimi i ofruar nga operatori ekonomik i rekomanduar
për kontratë është në pajtim me kërkesat e autoritetit kontraktues, e të njëjtën gjë e ka
vërtetuar edhe eksperti shqyrtues”, tha Sekiraqa.
Ajo ia shpjegoi panelit të OSHP-së vendimin që e kishin marrë pas kërkesës së parë për
rishqyrtim.
“Sa i përket vërtetimit të ATK-së dhe certifikatës, ankesa e operatorit ekonomik është
aprovuar pjesërisht dhe është kthyer lënda në rivlerësim, me të cilin rast është kërkuar nga
operatori ekonomik sqarim, ku është plotësuar lënda me certifikatë dhe vërtetim nga gjykata”,
tha ajo.
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Organi Shqyrtues i Prokurimit ende nuk e ka publikuar vendimin për këtë proces të
prokurimit.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/gjnk/komuna-e-prishtines-i-jep-kuptim-kerkeses-per-
rishqyrtim/
3. Mitrovica e Veriut bën përmirësim të pjesshëm të gabimit në tenderë
13/05/2018 - Komuna e Mitrovicës së
Veriut i ka publikuar dy njoftime për
korrigjim të gabimeve, mirëpo gabimet
nuk i ka përmirësuar siç i është kërkuar.
E përmirësimin e gabimeve, të cilat
përbëjnë shkelje të Ligjit të Prokurimit, e ka kërkuar Agjencia Kundër
Korrupsionit.
Kjo e fundit e ka lëshuar një opinion për
dy aktivitete të prokurimit të iniciuara nga
Komuna e Mitrovicës së Veriut. Në të dy
aktivitetet kishte vërejtje të njëjta.
Përveç lartësisë së kontratave të realizuara si referencë, kjo Komunë ka përcaktuar edhe
numrin e kontratave. E kjo sipas Agjencisë Kundër Korrupsionit përbën shkelje ligjore.
“Komuna do të duhej të kërkonte listat e kontratave bashkangjitur si dëshmi referencat mbi
përfundimin e kontratave në vlerë totale të gjitha referencave të punëve të ngjashme të
realizuara në tri vitet e fundit para publikimit të njoftimit për kontratë e JO si në rastin konkret
të kufizohet numri i referencave në vlerat e caktuara”, thuhet në opinionin e Agjencisë Kundër
Korrupsionit.
Kërkesat për kapacitete teknike e profesionale lidhur me kontratat dhe referencat e
operatorëve ekonomikë të interesuar për të marrë pjesë në këta tenderë, Agjencia Kundër
Korrupsionit konstaton se nuk ishin në pajtim me ligji.
Këtë opinion Agjencia Kundër Korrupsion (AKK) e ka dërguar te Komuna e Mitrovicës
Veriore në muajin prill, lidhur me dy aktivitetet të prokurimit “Rindërtimi i trotuareve në
rrugën ‘Ivo Lola Ribar’ me numër të prokurimit 647-18-2470-521 dhe tenderin për Rregullimi
i ndriçimit publik në rrugën ‘Ivo Lola Ribar’ në Mitrovicën e Veriut”.
“Konsiderojmë se shkelje të tilla nuk duhet lejuar në aktivitete të prokurimit, andaj Agjencia
Kundër Korrupsion rekomandon që të evitohen këto shkelje, përmes njoftimit standard për
informata shtesë dhe për përmirësimin e gabimeve, duke i njoftuar operatorët të cilët i kanë
tërhequr dosjen e tenderit”, thuhet në rekomandimin e Agjencisë.
AKK ka dhënë sqarime për lëshimet e bëra nga Komuna.
“Autoriteti kontraktues tek tenderi ‘Rindërtimi i trotuareve në rrugën ‘Ivo Lola Ribar’ në
Mitrovicën e Veriut’ rubrika III.2.4. Kapaciteti teknik dhe profesional, autoriteti kontraktues
ka kërkuar nga operatorët ekonomikë që marrin pjesë duhet të përcaktojë se ka arritur me
sukses të paktën tri referenca ose një certifikatë si dëshmi e projekteve në fushën e ndërtimit,
të natyrës së njëjtë ose të ngjashme, në tri vitet e fundit me një vlerë minimale të kontratës
prej 495,000 euro”, thuhet në opinion.
AKK konstaton shkelje edhe tek tenderi tjetër i kësaj komune.
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“Ndërsa tek tenderi me titull “Rregullimi i ndriçimit publik në rrugën ‘Ivo Lola Ribar’ në
Mitrovicën e Veriut” tek rubrika e kapacitetit teknik profesional- autoriteti kontraktues ka
kërkuar nga operatorët ekonomikë që marrin pjesë duhet të përcaktojnë se kanë arritur me
sukses të paktën tri projekte në fushën e ndërtimit, të natyrës së njëjtë ose të ngjashme në tri
vitet e fundit (2015, 2016 dhe 2017), me një vlerë minimale të kontratës prej 150,000 euro”,
thuhet në opinionin e AKK-së.
Gazeta Jeta në Kosovë është interesuar të marrë vesh nga AKK se a ka marrë ndonjë veprim
dhe në përgjigjen e tyre thonë se Komuna i ka bërë përmirësimet.
Kontesti
“Komuna e Mitrovicës Veriore për opinionin në fjalë i cili është dërguar për këto dy aktivitetet
e prokurimit ka konfirmuar me shkrim se i ka bërë përmirësimet”, thuhet në përgjigjen e
AKK-së për Gazetën Jeta në Kosovë.
Në anën tjetër nga Komuna bëjnë të ditur se u janë drejtuar Komisionit Rregullativ për
Prokurim Publik lidhur me këta dy tenderë.
“Sipas rregullave dhe Udhëzimit Operativ për Prokurim Publik në faqen 58 është një paragraf që lejon, citojmë “Gjatë përcaktimit të shitjeve minimale, autoritetet përgjegjëse nuk duhet të
tejkalojnë dyfishin e vlerës së parashikuar të kontratës. Kërkesa për shitje duhet domosdo të
jetë e shprehur në shifra dhe të lidhet me vlerat më të larta në tre vjetët e fundit fiskalë. Atje
ku përveç shitjeve minimale është e nevojshme edhe shitje minimale e caktuar në fusha të
caktuara të mbuluar me kontratë, kjo shitje nuk duhet të kalojë një herë e gjysmë vlerën e
parashikuar të kontratës”, thuhet në përgjigjen e Komunës.
Më tej në përgjigjen e kësaj Komune thuhet e zbatuan këshillën e AKK-së edhe pse Komuna
kishte të drejtë.
“Pra, siç po e shihni, edhe në Ligj është i lejuar shfrytëzimi i mundësisë së 1,5 përqindëshit të
vlerës së paraparë të kontratës, kur kërkohet shitje në ndonjë fushë të caktuar për tre vjetët
e fundit. Por edhe pse është e lejuar dhe gati të gjitha institucionet e Kosovës e shfrytëzojnë
këtë mundësi gjatë publikimit të njoftimeve për kontratë, gjë të cilën mund ta vërtetoni, ne e
dëgjuam këshillën e Agjencisë Kundër Korrupsionit dhe zbatuam atë që u kërkua prej nesh”,
thuhet në përgjigjen e Komunës.
Sipas tyre, për të gjitha veprimet e ndërmarra është njoftuar Agjencia Kundër Korrupsion.
Por, AKK-ja nuk ia kishte kontestuar lartësinë e kontratave të realizuara në tri vitet e fundit,
mirëpo kishte thënë se është e kundërligjshme të përcaktohen numri i
kontratave/referencave. Shembull, një OE mund t’i ketë përfunduar 10 kontrata që së bashku
bëjnë 500 mijë euro, ndërsa një operator atë shumë e arrin me vetëm një kontratë.
Gazeta i ka kontrolluar dy njoftimet standarde për korrigjim të gabimeve. Njoftimet nuk janë
të publikuara siç e kërkon Ligji, pasi në njoftimin që është në gjuhën shqipe tek pjesa e
korrigjimeve është shkruar në gjuhen serbe. Pra, janë përdorur dy gjuhë në një njoftim. Për
më tepër, në të dy njoftimet nuk është hequr kufizimi i numrit të kontratave/referencave. Por,
Komuna e ka hequr vetëm vlerën e këtyre kontratave/referencave që duhet të dorëzohen.
Edhe pse ky përmirësim përbën një kufizim më të vogël, prapë mund të jetë kufizues për
ndonjë kompani që mund të ketë më pak se tri kontrata të realizuara, mirëpo që nga vlera
mund të jenë më të mëdha.
Sipas të dhënave të Komunës, ishin dy operatorë ekonomikë që morën pjesë në tenderin për
projektin “Rikonstruktimi i Rrugës dhe Trotuarit të Rrugës ‘Ivo Lolla Ribar’ në Mitrovicën
Veriore” dhe katër operatorë ekonomikë që morën pjesë në tenderin “Rikonstruktimi i
Ndriçimit Publik në Rrugën ‘Ivo Lolla Ribar’ në Mitrovicën Veriore.
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Paraja te Paraja
Kompania fituese e këtij tenderi është kompania “RAD” nga Zveçani e cila ka fituar miliona
euro nga komunat veriore të Kosovës dy vite më parë dhe po vazhdon të fitojë tenderë nga
këto komuna.
I pyetur për këta tenderë, dy vite më parë, pronari i kompanisë “Rad” citohet të ketë thënë
se kompania e tij nuk ka konkurrencë sa i përket cilësisë.
“Kompaninë RAD si kompani individuale e kam themeluar në vitin 2012, jam kompania më e
madhe për asfaltim dhe rindërtim në regjionin ku jetoj, nuk kam konkurrencë sa i përket
cilësive të punëve që i ofroj, kjo është një arsye që unë i fitoj tenderët”, kishte thënë Steviq
për gJNK.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/gjnk/mitrovica-e-veriut-ben-permiresim-te-pjesshem-te-
gabimit-ne-tendere/
4. Komunat nuk i ndërrojnë vendimet për tender
13/05/2018 - Në çerekun e parë të vitit 2018,
bizneset kanë paraqitur 27 kërkesa për
rishqyrtim të vendimeve në 7 komuna të
Kosovës përderisa edhe në 5 komuna të tjera
të përfshira në këtë analizë thuhet se nuk kanë
pranuar asnjë kërkesa për rishqyrtim të
vendimeve në këtë periudhë. Vetëm dy herë,
12 komunat e përfshira në analizë kanë pranuar
të rishqyrtojnë vendimin e tyre.
Njëra prej ndryshimeve ligjore të bëra në vitin
2016 ishte mundësia që u ishte dhënë bizneseve
për t’u ankuar në dy shkallë për pretendimet e tyre për shkelje të Ligjit të Prokurimit.
Për herë të parë në Kosovë autoritete kontraktuese mund t’i zgjidhnin mosmarrëveshjet e
tyre për të mos shkuar tutje rasti në Organin Shqyrtues të Prokurimit (OShP).
Në nenin 108/A të Ligjit të Prokurimit Publik, i cili flet për zgjidhjet preliminare të
mosmarrëveshjeve rregullohet kjo çështje.
Ky nen thotë se çdo palë që mendon që i janë shkelur të drejtat, siç i parasheh Ligji nga marrja
e një vendimi për ndonjë aktivitet të prokurimit nga autoriteti kontraktues, mund të paraqesë
kërkesën për rishqyrtim në Autoritetin Kontraktues.
“Çdo palë e interesuar e cila mendon se të drejtat e tij/saj, siç parashikohet me këtë ligj, janë
shkelur nga vendimi i një autoriteti kontraktues gjatë kryerjes së një aktiviteti të prokurimit
dhe i cili është dëmtuar apo rrezikon të dëmtohet nga një shkelje e pretenduar, mund të
paraqesë një kërkesë për rishqyrtim pranë atij autoriteti kontraktues. Kërkesat për rishqyrtim
mund të ndërlidhen me njoftimet për kontratë, dokumentet e tenderit, ose njoftimet dhe
vendimet tjera siç përcaktohet në këtë ligj, gjatë kryerjes së aktivitetit përkatës të prokurimit”,
thuhet në paragrafin e parë të këtij neni.
Tutje në paragrafët pasues tregohen edhe procedurat të cilat duhet ndjekur.
Me pretendimin se autoriteti kontraktuese nuk e ka dhënë vendimin e drejtë për tender të
caktuar, operatorët ekonomikë duke shfrytëzuar mundësitë që i jep ndryshim/plotësimi i Ligjit
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për Prokurimin Publik paraqitën kërkesat që autoritetet komunale t’i rishqyrtojnë vendimin e
tyre.
Gazeta Jeta në Kosovë ka dërguar pyetje tek komunat për të parë se sa kërkesa për rishqyrtim
kanë pranuar në tremujorin e parë të vitit 2018. Pjesa më e madhe e komunave nuk u janë
përgjigjur pyetjeve të Gazetës Jeta në Kosovë.
Deri më tani, përgjigje kanë kthyer 12 komuna. Ato kanë pranuar 27 kërkesa për rishqyrtim,
të cilat janë trajtuar dhe kanë marrë një epilog pas rishqyrtimit të tyre.
Nga 27 kërkesa të paraqitura për rishqyrtim, në 26 raste apo që i bie mbi 96 për qind të
kërkesave për paraqitura për rishqyrtim të vendimeve autoritet kontraktuese i kanë dhënë të
drejtë vetvetes. Në bazë të përgjigjeve të pranuara nga 12 komuna rezulton se vetëm në një
rast është aprovuar si e bazuar kërkesa e operatorit ekonomik.
Rasti për të cilën i dha të drejtë operatorit ekonomik pas rishqyrtimit të vendimit është ne
Komunën e Gjakovës. Është edhe një rast tjetër që është gjetur nga Gazeta JnK në sistemin e
prokurimit elektronik. Bëhet fjalë për Komunën e Prishtinës, e cila ka vendosur që të anulojë
njoftimin për dhënie të kontratës dhe rastin të kthejë në rivlerësim, në tenderin për sigurimin
fizik të objekteve.
Komuna që më së shumti kërkesa për rishqyrtim pranoi në këtë periudhë është Komuna e
Prishtinës, e cila numëron gjithsej 11 sosh. Kjo komunë ka dërguar të dhënat deri në fund të
muajit prill përkundër se pjesë e kësaj analize vetëm për tre muaj të parë të këtij viti.
Pastaj renditet Komuna e Gjakovës me 8 raste, Komuna e Lipjanit me 3 raste, ajo e Prizrenit
me 2 dhe komunat Mitrovicë, Rahovec dhe Suharekë me nga një rast të paraqitur.
Në anën tjetër, komunat Istog, Kamenicë, Mamushë, Junik thonë se nuk pranuar asnjë kërkesë
për rishqyrtim të vendimit përderisa Komuna e Drenasit ka trajtuar një kërkesë për rishqyrtim
e cila është bartur nga viti 2017.
Gazeta Jeta në Kosovë është duke mbledhur dhe analizuar të dhënat edhe nga komunat tjera
në ndërtimin e një pasqyrë analitike gjithëpërfshirëse sa i përket kërkesave për rishqyrtim të
tenderëve nga komunat e Kosovës, si mundësi ligjore që autoritete kontraktuese të
korrigjojnë vendimet e tyre në rast se pretendimet e operatorëve ekonomikë janë të bazuara.
Gazeta Jeta në Kosovë kishte kërkuar përgjigje sa u përket kërkesave për rishqyrtim edhe
gjatë vitit 2017. Në pjesën e parë të vitit 2017 pjesa më e madhe e komunave kishin kthyer
përgjigje në pyetje e dërguara nga Gazeta Jnk.
Bazuar në përgjigjet e pranuara, komunat kanë thënë se i kanë pranuar 153 kërkesa për
rishqyrtim. 126 herë komunat ia kanë refuzuar ankesat operatorëve ekonomikë duke i lënë
në fuqi vendimet e komisioneve vlerësuese. Vetëm në 18 raste komunat i kanë dhënë të drejtë
OE dhe kanë anuluar vendimet e komisioneve vlerësuese.
Gjatë vitit të kaluar, Gjakova kishte përqindjen më të mirë, pasi nga 3 herë i kishte dhënë të
drejtë operatorëve ekonomikë nga 6 ankesa sa i kishte pranuar. Komuna e Ferizajt i kishte
pranuar 16 kërkesa për rishqyrtim dhe të gjitha i kishte vendosur në favor të tyre. Ndërsa,
Komuna e Prishtinës i kishte pranuar plotësisht 38 kërkesa për rishqyrtim, duke u dhënë të
drejtë vetëm tri herë operatorëve ekonomikë.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/gjnk/komunat-nuk-i-nderrojne-vendimet-per-tender/
5. Komuna e ‘hendikepuar’ në Prokurimin Elektronik
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14/05/2018 - Platforma “e-prokurimi” ende në
mos harmonizim me ligjin, problemet teknike
evidente në komunat e Kosovës dhe kërkohet
nevoja për avancim të sistemit dhe trajnimit të
mëtutjeshëm të zyrtarëve në rritje të cilësisë.
Komuna e Klinës nuk ka asnjë punëtor me
njohuri se si funksionon prokurimi elektronik,
ndërkohë që është duke u diskutuar që së
shpejti dorëzimi i ofertave mund të bëhet vetëm elektronike.
“Sa i përket stafit të trajnuar për Prokurim publik dhe përdorimit të e-Prokurimit jemi të
hendikepuar. Zyra funksionon me vetëm dy punëtorë. Menaxheri i cili është i vetmi i licencuar
dhe një Zyrtare Administrative. Nuk ka asnjë zyrtar që ka ndonjë njohuri për e –prokurim”,
thuhet në përgjigjet e Abaz Foniqi, nga zyra e prokurimit të Komunës së Klinës.
Ai tutje ka dhënë shpjegime shtesë. Ka thënë se komuna e Klinës është duke publikuar
njoftime në sistemin e prokurimit elektronik. Madje deri më tani, sipas tij, janë publikuar 105
procedura në sistemin e “E-Prokurimit”.
Tutje, ai ka thënë se në tranimet e deritashme shumë pak janë bërë punë praktike, pasi fokusi
ishte më shumë në teori.
Komuna e Klinës nuk është e vetmja me telashe me sistemin e prokurimit elektronik. BIRN
është interesuar të kuptuar më tepër edhe sa i përket përgatitjes, së stafit për kryerjen e
procedurave të prokurimit në mënyrë elektronike dhe “e-prokurimit”.
Janë 17 komuna të përfshira në këtë analizë të cilat kanë dhënë vlerësimet e tyre sa i përket
arritshmerisë dhe përgatitjes së tyre nga trajnimet për të kryer prokurimeve në mënyrë
elektronike.
Nga nota më e ulët 1 si cilësi e dobët deri te ajo më e lartë e vlerësuar me 5, autoritetet
kontraktuese komunale kanë gjetur veten sa i përket kryerjes së prokurimeve elektronike.
Nga gjithsej 17 komuna, janë dy komuna të cilat janë vetëvlerësuar me notën 5-së, janë tri
komuna me notë 4 dhe një komunë me notën 3. Përderisa 5 komuna të tjera nuk kanë dhënë
një vetëvlerësim.
Nga këto të dhëna të grumbulluar rezulton se mesatarja e përgjithshme sipas vetëvlerësimeve
të komunave është shumë mirë 4, përderisa për komunat e tjera që nuk kanë ofruar të dhëna
nuk dihet se sa janë të mësuar me platformën që procedurat do të mund të kryheshin vetëm
në mënyrë elektronike.
Komunat e Kosovës ende vazhdojnë të ballafaqohen me probleme me prokurimin elektronik.
Vështirësi në ndarjen e projekteve kapitale në shuma të vogla, bllokimi i sistemit, puna e
ngadaltë e tij e deri tek ristartimi i shpeshtë që po ndikon në humbjen e të dhëna, janë disa
nga problemet e evidentuara. Përvec kësaj përmenden edhe mos harmonizimi me ligjin,
problemet me përgatitjen e dosjes së tenderit për shkak të mospranimit të shënimeve,
problemet me data në njoftime, janë sfidat të cilat janë identifikuar nga disa komunat e
përfshira në këtë analizë.
Pengesat e sistemit te prokurimit
Komuna e Deçanit thotë se kishte pengesa për shkak të mos harmonizimit të ligjit me
programin e KRPP-së.
“Komunikimi me stafin e KRPP-së është i shkëlqyeshëm, ata janë shumë transparent dhe
komunikativ. Pengesa ka në përpunimin e programit nga ana e KRPP-së dhe harmonizimin e
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tij me Ligjin e Prokurimit Publik të Kosovës”, thotë komuna e Decanit në përgjigjet dhënë
Gazetës Jeta në Kosovë.
Komunës së Gjakovës thotë se ka probleme të shumta, duke filluar nga përgatitja e dosjes së
tenderit.
“Si staf, ballafaqohem me probleme të shumta gjatë procesit të përgatitjes së dosje, bllokimit
të sistemi, të dhënat duhet kontrolluar në detale, pasi që në disa raste ka mundësi që në
njoftim për kontratë regjistrohen e në dosje JO. Me mundësit që i kemi mundohemi që në
maksimum të përcjellim platformën dhe sa më pak të kemi gabime teknike, të cilat kanë qenë
në disa raste”, thuhet në përgjigjen e komunës që udhëhiqet nga Ardian Gjini.
Kjo komunë thotë se 5 zyrtar të saj i kanë ndjekur trajnimin 2 ditor të prokurimit, por ata
kanë vlerësuar se i njëjti ka qenë shumë i shkurtër.
Ndarjen e projekteve kapitale përmes sistemin nga Komuna Drenasit thonë se e bënë me
vështirësi.
“Vështirësi tjetër është ndarja e projekteve kapitale nga Kuvendi i komunës në shuma të vogla.
Për vitin 2018 janë rreth 164 projekte kapitale për të cilat duhet të kryhen procedurat”, thotë
komuna e Drenasit.
Në anën tjetër në përgjigjen e Komunës së Istogut, thuhet se stafi është komplet i trajnuar
dhe profesionalisht i përgatitur për punë.
Në Mitrovicë thonë se kanë pas probleme me çelësa, por se me ndryshimin e rregullores,
është eliminuar. “Në fillim kemi pasur disa pengesa shumë të vogla ose minimale me dërgimin
e çelësave, por me hyrjen në fuqi të ndryshimit të rregullores për Prokurim Publik është
eliminue edhe pengesë e vogël dhe jemi në gjendje që edhe vetëm me oferta elektronike të
kryhet prokurimi”, thuhet në përgjigjen e komunës së Mitrovicës.
Në komunën e Lipjanit problemet janë shfaqur gjatë hapjes së ofertave, si dhe kishte telashe
me datën e publikimeve.
“Gjatë hapjes së ofertave paraqiten pengesa të herëpashershme: Sistemi ka nevojë për avancim
të mëtutjeshëm, në njoftimin për dhënien e kontratës data e mbylljes nuk është e saktë”,
thuhet në përgjigjen e zyrës së Prokurimit të Komunës së Lipjanit.
Ndërkohë, në komunën e Prizrenit thuhet se zyrtarët janë të certifikuar dhe kanë njohuri të
mjaftueshëm për prokurim elektronik. Por, ata thonë se ende ka mangësi sistemi i “e-
prokurimit”.
“Ka ende mangësi në programin e ‘e-prokurimit’, por ne në vazhdimësi i identifikojmë vërejtjet
e gjetura dhe të njëjtat i përcjellim në tavolinën ndihmëse në KRPP për të bërë përmirësimin
gjegjësisht korrigjimin e parregullsive eventuale”, thuhet në përgjigjet e Komunës së Prizrenit.
Nga komuna e Suharekës thonë se sistemi elektronik po i eliminon procedurat e vlerësimit të
dosjeve shumëfaqëshe apo dokumenteve që nuk janë kërkuar fare në dosje. Komuna kërkon
që të aplikohet ky sistem në tërësi.
“Sistemi elektronik duhet të aplikohet në tërësi. Edhe dorëzimi edhe të gjitha duhet të bëhen
në formë elektronike, sepse kjo po i heq apo i eliminon procedurat e deritanishëm të
vlerësimeve të dosjeve me qindra faqe pa pasur nevojë apo qindra dokumenteve që fare nuk
janë kërkuar në dosje. Përveç kësaj gjatë punës duhet të eliminohen pengesa/mangësitë në
sistem, e që janë paraqitu nga ne si autoritete kontraktuese, sepse ne saktë i shohim mangësitë
gjatë punës”, thotë komuna e Suharekës në përgjigjet për Gazetën Jnk.
Kërkohen trajnime shtesë
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Edhe Komuna e Vitisë është ankuar për trajnime të pamjaftueshme të zyrtarëve të prokurimit.
“Trajnimi jo i mjaftueshëm i stafit, mos njohuritë e operatorëve ekonomik lidhur me
procedurat elektronike dhe sistemin ne përgjithësi, si dhe mungesa e harmonizimit teë Ligjit
të prokurimit dhe sistemin elektronik, sepse është jokompaktibil me Ligjin”, thuhet në
përgjigjen e Komunës së Vitisë.
Nevojë për trajnime shtesë e ka ngritur edhe Komuna e Hanit të Elezit.
“Duhet të kemi stafin e trajnuar, sipas sistemit dhe mund të zhvillojmë procedurat e punës
sipas sistemit edhe pse çdo procedurë duhet të kalkulohet + 3 ditë më tepër për arsye të
platformës”, thotë komuna e Hanit të Elezit.
Përgjigje për përformancën e sistemit të prokurimit ka dhënë edhe Komuna e Mamushë. Ata
thonë se zyrtarë e kësaj komuna thonë se tashmë zyrtarët e trajnuar janë shëndërruar në
trajner.
“Trajnimin për prokurimin elektronik nga Komuna e Mamushës janë duke e ndjekur 15
(Pesëmbëdhjetë) zyrtar. Ne e kemi regjistruar Autoritetin Kontraktues në platformën e e-
prokurimit, ndërsa me zyrtarët tjerë të cilët nuk e kanë ndjekur trajnimin në fjalë jemi duke punuar në mënyrë që të jenë të përgatitur për kryerjen e funksioneve të tyre rreth prokurimit
elektronik”, vazhdon tutje përgjigja e komunës së Mamushës.
Ristartimi i shpeshtë i sistemit, puna e ngadalshme dhe humbja e shënimet janë pengesat që
kjo komunë po ballafaqohet.
“Pengesat më të shpeshta në sistemin elektronik janë sa i përket punës së ngadalshme, ri-
startimi i shpeshtë i sistemit me ç ‘rast duhet të fillohet futja e shënimeve nga fillimi, mos
përgjigjja e komandave etj”, thuhet në përgjigjen e komunës së Mamushës.
Edhe Komuna e Junikut është ankuar në bllokimin e sistemit të prokurimit.
“Konsideroj se pengesa më e madhe që po ballafaqohemi gjatë zhvillimit të procedurave të
prokurimit në sistem elektronik deri më tani, është bllokimi I sistemit gjatë hapjes së
tenderëve”, thotë komuna e Junikut.
Gazeta Jeta në Kosovë është duke grumbulluar dhe analizuar të dhënat edhe nga komunat
tjera për të ardhur deri tek një pasqyrë se si po funksionon puna me prokurimet elektronike,
dhe përgatitja e stafit lidhur me to.
Emisioni Jeta në Kosovë e ka trajtuar ‘ngecjet e e’prokurimit’. Agron Ibishi, zyrtar në KRPP,
në emisionin ‘Jeta në Kosovë’ tregoi arsyen e dualizimit të mënyrës së ofertimit në prokurimin
publik deri më tani, megjithëse e-prokurimi është implementuar.
“Është dashur kështu derisa të sigurohemi ne që ofrojmë shërbime të sigurta dhe që sistemi
është funksional tërë kohën. Objektivat janë që në shtator të këtij viti që të mos ketë oferta
fizike në prokurime qendrore dhe në janar të 2019 ofertat fizike të ndalohen”, tha Ibishi.
Kurse, Isuf Zejna nga Demokracia Plus vlerësoi se e-prokurimi nuk është stabil si softuer.
“Kjo platformë është ndërtuar keq. Nuk e di se sa kanë arritur KRPP ta stabilizojë. Ka pasur
një numër shumë të madh të ankesave të operatorëve ekonomikë që kanë dështuar të
ofertojnë”, tha Zejna.
Edhe në vitin e kaluar, Gazeta Jeta në Kosovë ka bërë një hulumtim sa i përket platformës
elektronike.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/gjnk/komuna-e-hendikepuar-ne-prokurimin-elektronik/
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Tenders Being Monitored:
6. Dragashi rizgjedh kompaninë e papërgjegjshme për shtrimin e ujësjellësit
04/05/2018 - Komuna e Dragashit, nuk po mund
ta përfundoj procedurën e tenderimit për
shtrimin e ujësjellësit. Kjo komunë serish ka bërë
shkelje ligjore, sipas Gjykatës së Tenderëve e cila
ka kërkuar që për të satën herë procesi të
kthehet në rivlerësim. Tenderi për Ujësjellësin
kryesor-vazhdimi i punimeve është nisur shumë
kohë më parë, për të cilin Gazeta Jeta në Kosovë
ka gjetur se kemi pasur shkelje të vazhdueshme të Ligjit të Prokurimit. I njëjti tender është
nëpër procedura të prokurimit, me disa ndryshime, që nga qershori i vitit 2016, e për pasojë
qytetarët e kësaj komune vazhdojnë të kenë telashe me furnizim me ujë të pijshëm.
Në vendimin e fundit, Gjykata e Tenderëve e ka aprovuar pjesërisht ankesën e operatorit
“PUNA SHPK & Infra Plus” e cila si palë e pa kënaqur ka dërguar ankesë në OSHP.
Eksperti shqyrtues, ka thënë se ky rast është gjykuar, janë përsëritur pretendimet ankimore
dhe vlerësimi ka qenë i njëjtë, “objekt konteksti është i njëjtë dhe palët janë të njëjta”.
Sipas vendimit të OSHP-s, OE i rekomanduar për kontratë është i papërgjegjshëm pasi që nuk
përmbush kërkesën kapaciteti teknik dhe profesional kontrata të realizuara jo më pak se
3.032,736.00 të lëmis së kërkuar në periudhën tre vjeçare (2014, 2015, 2016).
Gjykata e tenderëve të njëjtin vendim dhe me të njëjtat arsyetime e kishte marrë edhe në
shkurt të këtij viti duke thënë se operatori i rekomanduar për kontratë nuk e ka plotësuar
kërkesën në lidhje me kapacitetin teknik dhe profesional ku është kërkuar ‘kontrata të
realizuara jo më pak se 3,032,736.00 euro të lëmis të kërkuar në periudhën trevjeçare 2014,
2015, 2016’.
Komuna e Dragashit gjatë rivlerësimi përkundër vendimit të OSHP-s, ka rekomanduar për
kontratë OE të njëjtë dhe nuk e ka respektuar vendimin e OSHP-së. Kjo komunë nuk është
pajtuar as me mendimin e ekspertit shqyrtues.
Gjatë prezantimit në seancë përfaqësuesi i OE ankues kishte thënë se njëjtë si herën e kaluar
Komuna e Dragashit e ka rekomanduar për kontratë ‘Fana Engieneering Lala shpk’, i cili është
shpall i papërgjegjshëm dhe në të njëjtin vendim është shpall i pa përgjegjshëm ‘Alfa Ing & Al
Trade’.
“Pra nuk na rekomandon neve të renditur me radhë dhe që plotësojmë gjitha kërkesat”, është
thënë në seancë.
OE ankues i ka bërë me dije Komunës së Dragashit se refuzimi i vendimeve përfundimtare të
OSHP-s bartë përgjegjësi penale për personat përgjegjës e cila parashikohet me nenin 422
keqpërdorim i pozitës apo autoritetit zyrtar të Kodit Penal të Republikës së Kosovës, e cila
dënohet deri në 5 vite burg.
Kurse përfaqësuesi i Komunës nuk është pajtuar me mendimin e ekspertit duke u shprehur
të befasuar me këtë mendim dhe ka rekomanduar të vazhdohet tutje me këtë aktivitet.
“Ne nuk pajtojmë me mendimin e ekspertit dhe nuk do të hyjmë fare edhe një herë në
rivlerësim pasi që një herë e mirë kemi vendosur sipas LPP dhe rregullave që ka parapa KRPP.
Në raport të ekspertizës kontradiktore të ekspertit të datës 13.03.2018 dhe vendimi të panelit
që shpall të papërgjegjshëm tri oferta paraprake dhe shpallin të përgjegjshëm ofertën me
çmimin e katër që do të thotë po të zbatojmë këtë vendim ne si AK do të humbim rreth
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430,000 euro nga buxheti komunal vlerë të cilën nuk mund ta realizojmë nga të hyrat vetanake
as për dy vite rresht”, është thënë në seancë.
Paneli shqyrtues kishte konstatuar se konsorciumi i rekomanduar për kontratë nuk i plotëson
kërkesat e Autoritetit Kontraktues në lidhje me natyrën e kontratave të lëmis së kërkuar në
vlerë prej 3.032.736.00 euro, për faktin se Autoriteti Kontraktues edhe pas rivlerësimit të
këtij aktiviteti të prokurimit, e as në seancën e shqyrtimit kryesor nuk ka arritur të dëshmoj
para panelit shqyrtues që dëshmitë e ofruara nga koncorsiumi i rekomanduar për kontratë
janë në harmoni me kërkesën e AK.
Gazeta jeta në Kosovë, ka shkruar vazhdimisht për tenderit për shtrimin e ujësjellësit në këtë
komunë.
Komuna e Dragashit për disa herë me radhë është dashur ta mbrojë vendimin e saj para
panelit të Organit Shqyrtues të Prokurimit (OShP). Në dy tenderë të ndryshëm, por për punën
e njëjtë, Komuna e Dragashit ka bërë shkelje ligjore duke e zvarritur zgjerimin e rrjetit të
ujësjellësit në disa fshatra.
Që nga qershori i vitit 2017, ka filluar procedura e prokurimin për këtë tender dhe tri herë
OSHP ka marr vendim për anulim të dhënies së kontratës.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/gjnk/dragashi-rizgjedh-kompanine-e-papergjegjshme-per-
shtrimin-e-ujesjellesit/
Televised Debates:
7. Ngecja e prokurimit elektronik dhe fshehja e kontratave publike
10.05.2018 - Ngecja e prokurimit
elektronik dhe fshehja e kontratave
publike
Në emisionin ‘Jeta në Kosovë’ u
transmetua debati lidhur me
implementimin e E-prokurimit dhe
transparencën e kontratave publike.
Kur pritet të implementohet tërësisht
platforma online e prokurimit publik?
Si po funksionon ky sistem momentalisht dhe cilat janë ankesat e komunave për përdorimin e
këtij sistemi?
Në këtë debat përfaqësues të shoqërisë civile folën për përvojat me mos-funksionimin e E-
prokurimit si dhe vështirësitë e sigurimit të dokumenteve për kontratën për privatizimin e
distribucionit të energjisë me KEDS.
Përfaqësuesja e KOSID tregoi se si u zbuluan katër hidrocentrale ‘të falura’ në kontratën me
KEDS.
Lidhur me këtë temë, përballë Jeta Xharrës debatuan Agron Ibishi, shef i platformës së e-
prokurimit në KRPP, Agim Sheqiri, trajner për e-prokurim nga OShP, Driton Selmanaj, kryetar
i Komisionit parlamentar për mbikëqyrjen e financave publike, Isuf Zejna nga Demokracia Plus
dhe Rinora Gojani nga KOSID.
Emisionin “Jeta në Kosovë” transmetohet çdo të enjte në RTK në orën 20:15 dhe repriza të
premten në mesditë.
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Source link: https://kallxo.com/jnk/ngecja-e-prokurimit-elektronik-dhe-fshehja-e-kontratave-
publike/
Links of fact-checks by Krypometer:
8. Rrena për Arsyen e Ndërrimit të Gypit
18 Prill 2018 - Emisioni “Drejtësia në
Kosovë” kishte transmetuar hulumtimin që
tregoi se si kanë shkuar huq mijëra euro të
investuara nga Komuna e Rahovecit në
rrjetin e ujësjellësit për pesë fshatra: Çifllak,
Kramovik, Dobidol, Polluzhë dhe Guri i
Kuq.
Ky projekt i kishte kushtuar buxhetit të
Komunës mbi 412 mijë euro. Gypi i vendosur kishte plasaritje të vazhdueshme, gjë që
shkaktonte ndërprerje të vazhdueshme të ujit. Gypi i gjatë 3 kilometra është ndërruar.
Kryetari aktual i kKomunës, Smajl Latifi, ka qenë kryetar në vitin 2012 në kohën kur ishte
instaluar rrjeti. Por, i ka rastisur të jetë prapë kryetar, pas një pauze, në kohën kur po
ndërrohet një pjesë e gypit të instaluar në vitin 2012.
Siç transmetoi emisioni, kryetari Latifi e mohon se gypi është ndërruar për shkak të cilësisë
së dobët. Thotë se gypi është ndërruar pasi është dashur të zgjerohet rrjeti nga pesë në shtatë
fshatra.
“Arsyet e ndërrimit të gypit janë për t`i zgjeruar kapacitetet e furnizimit me ujë edhe në dy
vendbanime të tjera. Fjala është për ndryshim të projektit. Gypi ka pëlcitur për shkak se është
rritur kapaciteti furnizimit, ndërkohë që gypi nuk i ka përmbushur kërkesat e zgjerimit të
rrjetit, sepse po flasim është futur edhe Rakovina, njëkohësisht s`ka pasur ujë Polluzha, e deri
vonë s`ka pasur ujë as në Guri të Kuq”, ka deklaruar Latifi.
Arsyet e ndërrimit të gypit, fillimisht në vitin 2015 dy kilometra dhe në fillim të këtij viti 900
metra tjera, sipas zyrtarëve të K.R.U. “Gjakova”, ish “Radoniqi”, janë te gypi jocilësor i
instaluar në vitin 2012 nga Komuna e Rahovecit.
Ndërrimi i gypit është bërë në bashkëpunim me Kompaninë Rajonale të Ujësjellësit.
Shkodran Gaxherri, drejtor teknik në KRU Gjakova, thotë se zgjerimi i rrjetit nga pesë fshatra
në shtatë nuk është shkaktar i plasaritjeve të gypave të instaluar. Sipas tij, gypat që kanë qenë
të instaluar, sikur të ishin të cilësisë së duhur kanë një kapacitet të furnizimit për mijëra banorë,
apo së paku dhjetë fshatra.
“Vetëm në vitin 2017 i kemi pasur mbi 40 defekte në gypin kryesor në gjatësi 900 metra.
Vetëm në vitin 2017 i kemi mbi 45 mijë euro investime që i kemi bërë si pasojë gypit të keq
që është instaluar në atë rrjet të ujësjellësit”, ka thënë Gaxherri për “Drejtësia në Kosovë”.
Sipas tij, rreth 80 mijë euro i kanë investuar në ndërrimin e gypave të cilët nuk i kanë përballuar
shtypjes.
Gaxherri ka treguar se asnjëherë nuk ishin pyetur nga Komuna e Rahovecit gjatë ekzekutimit
të punimeve dhe as nuk e kanë pranuar teknikisht rrjetin që pati probleme dhe u desh të
investohej dy herë.
Mirëpo siç tregoi hulumtimi, gypi ishte plasaritur ende pa shkuar uji në fshatin e katërt dhe të
pestë, pasi edhe sot nuk ka shkuar uji në fshatin e shtatë siç pretendon kryetari Smajl Latifi.
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Hulumtimi i “Drejtësia në Kosovë” tregoi se gypi që ishte instaluar dhe pranuar teknikisht në
kohën e qeverisjes së kryetarit Smajl Latifi kishte filluar të plasaritej menjëherë pas lëshimit të
ujit dhe atë vetëm në tre fshatra, Kramovik, Çifllak, Dobidol.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/rrena-per-arsyen-e-nderrimit-te-gypit/
9. Rrenë apo Vepër Penale me Pranimin Teknik të Projektit në Rahovec
15 Prill 2018 - Në vitin 2012
kompania “Annex”, e përzgjedhur
nga Komuna e Rahovecit, kishte
vendosur gypa për ujësjellës, por
të njëjtit është dashur të
ndërrohen këtë dimër për shkak të
cilësisë së punimeve.
Siç transmetoi “Drejtësia në
Kosovë”, një pjesë e gypave është
ndërruar edhe në vitin 2015.
Projekti që pritej t`i furnizonte me ujë banorët e fshatrave Kramovik, Çifllak, Dobidol,
Polluzhë, Guri i Kuq, i kishte kushtuar buxhetit të Komunës së Rahovecit hiç më pak se 412
mijë euro.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/rrene-apo-veper-penale-me-pranimin-teknik-te-
projektit-ne-rahovec/
10. Rrena e Hazirit për Urën që Përbën Rrezik për Jetën e Qytetarëve
Gjatë fushatës zgjedhore në muajin tetor
qytetarët e fshatit Livoq i Epërm të komunës së
Gjilanit janë ankuar se ura që lidhte shtëpitë e
tyre me pjesën tjetër të qytetit të Gjilanit po
rrezikonte fëmijët e tyre për shkak se nuk kishte
mbrojtëse.
KALLXO.com e kishte vizituar këtë pjesë të
fshatit Livoq i Epërm.
Gjendjen e urës në muajin tetor mund ta shihni
në foton e mëposhtme.
Gjendja e Urës në Livoq të Epërm, në muajin
tetor 2017.
Kryetari i komunës së Gjilanit, Lutfi Haziri në
debatin për kryetar të komunës, gjatë fushatës
për zgjedhjet lokale të muajit tetor të vitit 2017
kishte premtuar që ura në fshatin Livoq të Epërm
do të bëhej me mbrojtëse brenda një jave.
“Definitivisht duhet me u rregullu brenda një jave”, kishte premtuar Haziri në Debat Pernime.
Lutfi Haziri në raundin e dytë të zgjedhjeve lokale më 19 nëntor kishte fituar me 63.9 për qind
të votave kundrejt kundërkandidatit të tij nga Vetëvendosje, Sami Kurteshi i cili kishte marrë
36 për qind të votave.
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Me 22 dhjetor, një muaj pasi doli fitues i zgjedhjeve lokale ai bëri betimin në Kuvendin Komunal
si kryetar i Komunës së Gjilanit për mandatin e dytë me radhë.
Edhe pse kanë kaluar më shumë se tre muaj që
kur Lutfi Haziri ka bërë betimin e tij si kryetar i
Gjilanit ai nuk e ka mbajtur premtimin për
vendosjen e mbrojtëseve në urën e fshatit Livoq i
Epërm edhe pse kishte premtuar që kjo gjë do të
rregullohej brenda një jave.
Gjendja e Urës në Livoq të Epërm në muajin mars
2018. || Foto: kallxo.com
Më poshtë mund të shihni gjendjen e urës në
Livoq të Epërm në muajin mars.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/rrena-e-hazirit-per-uren-qe-perben-rrezik-per-
jeten-e-qytetareve/
11. Qeveria e ndihmon komunën e varfër në ndërtimin e urës
11 Maj 2018 - Ndërtimi i Urës në fshatin
Topanicë të Komunës së Kamenicës ka qenë
shpesh pjesë e debateve parazgjedhore për
kryetar të komunës. Janë dhënë shpesh
premtime për realizimin e saj, mirëpo komuna
asnjëherë nuk ka pasur mundësi financiare për
të ndërtuar një urë të re që pritet të ketë një
kosto prej 250 mijë eurove.
Komuna e Kamenicës ka nivelin më të ulët të buxhetit për investime kapitale, për shkak të
rritjes së shpenzimeve për paga të mësimdhënësve dhe shpenzime të tjera.
Më 27 shkurt 2018, Komuna e Kamenicës dhe Ministria e Infrastrukturës kanë nënshkruar
një memorandum mirëkuptimi për financimin e rregullimit të kësaj ure. Ministria e ka marrë
gjithë barrën për ndërtimin e kësaj ure. Ajo i ka ndarë 250 mijë euro për ndërtimin e kësaj
ure, prej të cilave 150 mijë do të ndahen këtë vit, ndërsa edhe 100 mijë të tjera në vitin pasues.
Drejtoresha për Urbanizëm dhe Planifikim Hapësinor në Kamenicë, Arta Gashi ka thënë për
KALLXO.com, se janë në fazën e përgatitjes së dosjes së tenderimit dhe procedurave për
lëshimin e lejes së ndërtimit.
“Bazuar në memorandumin e bashkëpunimit të nënshkruar nga ana jonë dhe MI-ja punimet
duhet të fillojnë brenda vitit 2018. Së shpejti do të iniciojmë fazën e shpalljes së njoftimit për
kontratë”, tha Gashi.
Ajo ka folur për rendësin e ndërtimit të kësaj ure e cila shfrytëzohet nga fshatrat: Hodonovc,
Karaçevë, Muqivërc, Rogaçicë si lidhje më e shkurtër me qytetin e Kamenicës. Ura aktuale
është me një krosi dhe nuk ka fare trotuar për këmbësor. Me projektin e ri, sipas saj, do të
rritet edhe siguria e banorëve në rrugë.
“Me projektin e ri ura do të jetë dydrejtimëshe dhe do të ketë trotuarin e këmbësorëve, ku
deri më tani këmbësorët kanë qenë të rrezikuar nga mjetet motorike, sepse nuk ka trotuar
në urën e tanishme”, theksoi ajo.
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Drejtoresha Gashi ka thënë se për shkak të terrenit kodrinoro-malor të Komunës së
Kamenicës dhe mungesës së infrastrukturës shumë nga këto zona kanë pësuar shpërngulje të
mëdha të popullsisë.
Sipas saj, komuna e Kamenicës me buxhetin aktual nuk mundet t’i mbulojë të gjitha kërkesat
dhe nevojat e qytetarëve për infrastrukturë.
“Shumica e fshatrave të komunës nuk janë të kyçura në rrjetin e kanalizimit, shtrirja e rrjetit
të ujësjellësit nuk është në të gjitha fshatrat. Kemi zona të caktuara ku nxënësve u rrezikohet
jeta shkaku se nuk kanë trotuar dhe ndriçim përgjatë rrugës për në shkollë”, tha Gashi për
KALLXO.com,
Premtimi për realizimin e projektit të urës së Topanicës është premtuar vazhdimisht për
dhjetë vjet me radhë. Ish- kryetarët e kësaj komune, Shaip Surdulli nga LDK i cili ka qenë në
krye të Kamenicës për 11 vjet dhe Begzad Sinani nga PDK i cili ka qeverisur me Kamenicën
për gjashtë vjet, nuk e kanë realizuar këtë projekt pavarësisht premtimeve të tyre nëpër
fushata zgjedhore. Ata të dy nuk kanë arritur të sigurojnë financim nga Qeveria e Kosovës,
përkundër që PDK dhe LDK kanë qeverisur vendin.
Gjatë debatit zgjedhor “Debat Përnime” për kryetar të Komunës së Kamenicës nën
moderimin e Jeta Xharrës, kryetari i tanishëm Qëndron Kastrati, nuk ka dhënë premtim për
realizimin e urës në Topanicë, por ka thënë se përzgjedhja e projekteve që do të realizohen
do jenë në dorën e banorëve të fshatit.
“Ne nuk bëjmë tregti me votë, ne si qeverisje e Lëvizjes Vetëvendosje kemi me iu ofru
fshatarëve, ata kanë me përzgjedhë se cilat projekte duhet me u zgjidhë këtë vit, cilat vitin
tjetër, e cilat më tutje”, kishte thënë Kastrati.
KALLXO.com kishte raportuar edhe më herët rreth kësaj ure.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/qeveria-e-ndihmon-komunen-e-varfer-ne-
ndertimin-e-ures/
12. Gjakova nuk publikon kontratat me operatorët ekonomikë
09 Maj 2018 - Kontratat që bizneset e
ndryshme i nënshkruajnë me Komunën e
Gjakovës pas procedurave të tenderimit, nuk
mund të gjinden në faqen online të kësaj
komune.
Kryetari i Komunës së Gjakovës, Ardian Gjini
nuk ka përmbushur premtimin e tij se do të
bëjë publikimin e kontratave që komuna lidh
me operatorët ekonomikë.
Në debatin parazgjedhor të moderuar nga Jeta Xharra, Gjini ishte zotuar se publikimi i këtyre
të dhënave do të bëhej menjëherë.
“Listën e bizneseve që marrin tender nga komuna, sapo ta marrin. Të gjitha kontratat që
komuna i lidhë me operatorë ekonomikë, sapo ta marrin”, kishte thënë Gjini.
Në fakt, në faqen e komunës gjendet njoftime të ndryshme për proceset e prokurimit, siç janë
‘njoftimet për kontratë’, ‘njoftimi për dhënie të kontratës’ dhe anulimin e saj, por jo kontratat
si dokumente të nënshkruara.
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KALLXO.com ka kërkuar informacione nga Zyra për Informim në Gjakovë se kur do të bëhet
publikimi i këtyre të dhënave dhe ata kanë thënë se të dhënat janë publikuar duke ju referuar
rubrikës ku janë publikuar rekomandimet për kontratë (njoftimet për dhënie të kontratës).
Gjatë organizimit të debateve kryetar të komunave, të gjitha kandidatëve duke e përfshirë
edhe Gjinin i janë dërguar pyetjet 48 orë më herët. Në mesin e pyetjeve të dërguara ka qenë
edhe ‘kur do të filloni t’i publikoni kontratat që komuna i lidh me operatorët ekonomik’? E
njëjta pyetje i është lexuar edhe njëherë Gjinit, ndërsa ai ishte përgjigjur qartë se kontratat do
të publikohen sapo të nënshkruhen.
Spurce link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/gjakova-nuk-publikon-kontratat-me-operatoret-
ekonomike/
13. Kaçaniku në pritje të ujit
09 Maj 2018 - Komuna e Kaçanikut
është njëra ndër komunat me shtrirjen
më të vogël të rrjetit të ujësjellësit.
Në debatin për kryetar të komunave
“DebatPernime”, kryetari aktual i
Kaçanikut, Besim Ilazi, ka thënë se
brenda vitit 2018 do të shtrihet rrjeti i
kanalizimit në 40 % të vendbanimeve
të kësaj komune. Projekti është
financuar në bashkëpunim me Ministrinë e Mjedisit dhe Planifikimit Hapësinor.
“Sa i përket çështjet së ujësjellësit mund të them se këtë vit (2018) do të përfundojë një
projekt madhor i financuar nga Ministria e Ambientit ku përfshihen këto 9 fshatrat që përbën
diku 40 për qind të popullatës së Komunës së Kaçanikut, duke përfshirë edhe pjesën tjetër që
40 për qind janë në sistemin e ujësjellësit mendoj që Komuna e Kaçanikut tani diku mbi 70
për qind do të jetë e furnizuar me sistem të ujësjellësit”, ka thënë Ilazi.
Ai ka premtuar edhe zëvendësimin e gypave të asbestit.
“Do të mbeten edhe disa fshatra që kanë qenë me vetiniciativë siç është fshati Biçevc. Pastaj
kemi fshatin që është një sfidë sepse kemi ende një pjesë të ujësjellësit me gypat e asbestit”,
ka thënë ai.
Kallxo.com gjatë hulumtimit për debatet komunale ka gjetur se një prej problemeve kryesore
për qytetarët e kësaj komune është mungesa e ujit dhe kanalizimit.
Në Komunën e Kaçanikut thonë se projekti do të finalizohet brenda këtij viti.
“Projekti në fjalë është në fazën përfundimtare, është duke u punuar rrjeti sekondar, në fshatra
do të vendosen orematësit dhe pritet që brenda këtij viti të finalizohet në tërësi. Ky projekt
financohet dhe mbikëqyret nga MMPH-ja”, ka thënë Ramadan Osmani, drejtor i Drejtorisë së
Emergjencave dhe Shërbimeve Publike në Komunën e Kaçanikut.
Krypometri konsideron se ky është njëri prej projekteve të rëndësishme për qytetarët e
Kaçanikut, prandaj do të vazhdojë të monitorojë nëse do të përfundohet me kohë, si dhe nëse
pas funksionalizimit këto fshatra do të kenë ujë të mjaftueshëm.
Rëndësia e furnizimit me ujë si dhe rreziku i keqpërdorimit dhe vendosjes së gypave jocilësorë,
siç ishte rasti i Rahovecit, na bëjnë që në të kemi fokusin në këtë projekt më rëndësi për
qytetarët e Kaçanikut.
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Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/kacaniku-ne-pritje-te-ujit/
14. Transparenca e pjesshme e Gjinit për publikimin e vendimeve
08 Maj 2018 - Kryetari i Komunës së
Gjakovës, Ardian Gjini ka
përmbushur premtimin parazgjedhor
për transparencë në vendimet që i
merr.
Ai në debatin para zgjedhjeve
komunale të udhëhequr nga Jeta
Xharra kishte premtuar se do të bëjë
publikimin e vendimeve të Kryetarit
të Komunës posa të zgjedhet Kryetar.
“Vendimet e Kryetarit do të publikohen menjëherë”, kishte thënë Gjini. Në webfaqen e
komunës gjenden të renditura vendimet e Kryetarit të Komunës
Por, Komuna e Gjakovës nuk po i publikon vendimet e drejtorive, siç ka premtuar kryetari
Gjini.
Ai në debatin para zgjedhjeve komunale të udhëhequr nga Jeta Xharra kishte premtuar se do
të bëjë publikimin e vendimeve të drejtorive komunale.
“Vendimet e drejtorive [publikohen] menjëherë”, kishte thënë Gjini. Komuna e Gjakovës nuk
ka bërë publikimin e vendimeve të drejtorive komunale.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/transparenca-e-pjesshme-e-gjinit-per-publikimin-
e-vendimeve/
15. Rrena për funksionalizimin e objektit të Zjarrfikësve në Deçan
02 Maj 2018 - Kryetari i Deçanit, Bashkim
Ramosaj, nuk e ka mbajtur fjalën për
funksionalizimin e plotë të objektit të ri të
njësitit të Zjarrfikësve. Për pasojë,
zjarrfikësit e kësaj komune po vazhdojnë
të qëndrojnë në Pallatin e Kulturës, i cili
gjendet në oborrin e objektit të Komunës.
Ata, që nga viti 2015 janë në pritje që të
vendosen në objektin e ri.
Gjatë fushatës zgjedhore, në emisionin “Jeta në Komunë” të zhvilluar për të parin e Komunës,
ish-udhëheqësi i Njësitit të Zjarrfikësve në Deçan, Bashkim Ramosaj, u pyet nga Jeta Xharra,
se kur do t’i vendosë ish-kolegët e tij në objektin e ri.
Ramosaj kishte premtuar që ish-kolegët e tij zjarrfikës do vendosen në objektin e ri gjatë
muajit mars të vitit 2018.
“Objekti i ri është ndërtuar, por për shkaqe teknike të disa mangësive që ka pasë në ndërtim
e sipër nuk është i gatshëm ende për pranim teknik të atij objekti. Po besoj që së shpejti do
jetë në funksion të tyre. Unë po mendoj që deri kah muaji mars ata do jenë të alokum në atë
objekt”, tha Ramosaj (Shih KËTU nga min 1:17:14).
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I kontaktuar nga KALLXO.com, drejtori i Shërbimeve Publike në Deçan, Izet Zenuni, tha se
Njësiti i Zjarrfikësve ende nuk është vendosur në objektin e ri.
Sipas tij, gjatë dimrit ka pasur plasaritje të disa gypave dhe është dashur të intervenohet sërish
për riparimin e tyre.
Zenuni bëri të ditur se deri në fund të muajit maj, zjarrfikësit e Deçanit do vendosen në
objektin e tyre.
Nga viti 2005 gjerë në vitin 2008, kryetari aktual i Deçanit, Bashkim Ramosaj, mbante pozitën
e udhëheqësit të Njësitit të Zjarrfikësve në Deçan.
Njëjtë sikurse Ramosaj, KRYPOMETRI kishte zënë në rrenë edhe ish kryetarin e Deçanit,
Rasim Selmanajn për çështjen e objektit të zjarrfikësve.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/rrena-per-funksionalizimin-e-objektit-te-
zjarrfikesve-ne-decan/
16. Zvarritja e Emërtimit të Rrugëve në Prizren
01 Maj 2018 - Duke qenë një ndër
vendet më atraktivë për turistët në
Kosovë, qyteti i Prizrenit ende nuk
ofron orientim adekuat në rrugë.
Emërtimi dhe sinjalizimi i rrugëve në
Prizren ende nuk është bërë. Komuna
po arsyetohet se zvarritja po bëhet për
shkak të problemeve me tenderim të
këtij shërbimi.
Kryetari i Komunës, Mytaher Haskuka në debatin e balotazhit kishte premtuar se kjo çështje
do të zgjidhej brenda katër muajve të qeverisjes së tij.
“Për tabelat për emërtimin e rrugëve, tri herë është anuluar tenderi për shkak të problemeve
se kush e ka marrë tenderin, në momentin që hiqet kjo besoj që duhet të vazhdojmë. Besoj
që 3-4 muajt e parë e gjitha është gati veç është anuluar tenderi”, kishte thënë Haskuka.
Ai u betua si Kryetar më 22 dhjetor të vitit 2017, që do të thotë se kanë kaluar më shumë se
katër muaj të qeverisjes së tij.
Sipas Haskukës, edhe në këtë kohë komuna po vazhdon të përballet me problem në procedura
të prokurimit dhe sinjalizimi dhe emërtimi i rrugëve ende nuk është bërë.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/zvarritja-e-emertimit-te-rrugeve-ne-prizren/
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17. Rrena e kryetarit rreth funksionalizimit të sallës sportive në Shtime
29 Prill 2018 - Kryetari i Komunës së
Shtimes Naim Ismajli, në Debat
Pernime në balotazh pati premtuar se
salla e sporteve do të finalizohet në
fillim të vitit 2018.
Kjo pasi që data e skadimit të
investimeve për sallën e sportit ishte
në fund të dhjetorit që shkoi.
I pyetur se kur do të funksionojë salla e sporteve?
Naim Ismajli pati thënë kështu: “Në
fund të dhjetorit të vitit 2017, është
data e skadimit të investimeve të sallës
së sportit dhe në fillim të vitit 2018
salla do të jetë funksionale”.
Ndërkohë, në Komunën e Shtimes
thonë se funksionalizimi i sallës së
sporteve mund të bëhet vetëm ka fundi
i këtij vit.
E garancinë se punimet do të
përfundohen në fund të vitit, kjo
Komunë e ka marrë nga Ministria e
Kulturës.
“Punimet në sallën e sportit po vazhdojnë sipas planifikimit dhe
kontratës aktuale, por për përfundimin
e punimeve ne kemi arritur
marrëveshje me datën 17.4.2018 me
Ministrinë e Kulturës për mbështetjen
financiare për përfundimin e fazës së
fundit të punimeve të cilat parashihen
të kryhen në vjeshtën e vitit aktual”,
thuhet në përgjigjen e Komunës së
Shtimes.
Kallxo.com kishte bërë foto në sallën e sporteve, të cilat shpërfaqin dëmin e shkaktuar ndaj
investimeve të bëra me para të shtetit.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/rrena-e-kryetarit-rreth-funksionalizimit-te-salles-
sportive-ne-shtime/
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18. Kryetari i Lipjanit mban premtimin për ujin në Janjevë
12 Maj 2018 - Banorët e fshatit Janjevë të
Komunës së Lipjanit, para rreth 7 muajve
janë përballur me reduktime të shpeshta të
ujit.
Ky problem është ngritur nga emisioni Jeta
në Komunë, në tetor të vitit të kaluar në
kohën e fushatës zgjedhore.
Kryetari Imri Ahmeti që kishte udhëhequr mandatin e kaluar këtë komunë, e kishte pranuar
që banorët e Janjevës përballeshin me mungesë të ujit, por sipas tij çështjen e ujit e kishin
zgjidhur.
Jeta në Komunë, pas raportimeve të qytetarëve kishte dëshmuar se banorët bartnin ujë me
kova, ndërsa Ahmeti në ditën që u mbajt debati tha se çështja e ujit është përmirësuar.
“Me datën 19 shtator nuk ka pas ujë, mirëpo tashmë është zgjidhur problemi i ujit në Janjevë.
Gjithë Janjeva ka ujë”, tha ai.
Gjatë muajit maj 2018, KALLXO.com ka vizituar banorët e fshatit Janjevë, të cilët kanë thënë
se më nuk kanë probleme me ujin.
KALLXO.com, ka kontaktuar Zyrën për Informim të Komunës së Lipjanit, për ta konfirmuar
përmirësimin e gjendjes së ujit në këtë fshat.
Bukurije Zejnullahu- Jashari, zëdhënëse e Komunës së Lipjanit tha se para 6 muajve Komuna
e Lipjanit ka intervenuar në ndërtimin e rrjetit të ujësjellësit përmes gypit kryesor nga burimet
e ujit në Lipjan për në Janjevë.
“Gjithashtu në Janjevë ekziston edhe rrjeti sekondar, i cili është shpërndarë për çdo ekonomi
familjare që rezulton furnizimin me ujë 24 orësh”, tha Zejnullahu- Jashari.
Sipas saj, më herët ka pasur reduktime të konsiderueshme dhe pas intervenimeve të
herëpashershme nga Komuna e Lipjanit edhe në mandatin e kaluar, pas vendosjes së gypit
kryesor ky problem tani është zgjedhur.
Brengë tjetër, sipas saj, mbetet moskryerja e obligimeve të konsumatorëve ndaj kompanisë së
ujësjellësit.
“Nga informatat që kemi nga Ujësjellësi Rajonal në Lipjan, është shqetësues numri i vogël i
banorëve që kryejnë obligimet në cilësinë e konsumatorëve të ujit”, shprehet Jashari-
Zejnullahu.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/kryetari-i-lipjanit-mban-premtimin-per-ujin-ne-
janjeve/
19. Projekti ambicioz për rregullimin e lumit
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13 Maj 2018 - Në debatet komunale të cilat
janë mbajtur gjatë vitit të kaluar,
moderatorja Jeta Xharra përmes
fotografive ka shprehur ankesat e
banorëve dhe ka kërkuar nga kandidatët të
të gjitha komunave që të ketë premtime se
kur do të përmbushin kërkesat e
qytetarëve për problemet që ata i hasin.
Në Komunën e Shtimes, një ndër problemet kryesore të cilët banorët e kanë shprehur është
ndotja e lumit Shtimjanja dhe sasia e madhe e bërllokut të hedhur aty.
Gjatë debatit për të parin e Komunës së Shtimes, para kandidatëve për kryetar janë paraqitur
disa fotografi të cilat tregonin gjendjen e lumit Shtimjanja.
Kryetari i Shtimes, Naim Ismajli pati ardhur i përgatitur në ‘DebatPernime’ me premtime se
lumi Shtimjanja do të rregullohet, duke e paraqitur atë si një ndër projektet kryesore të tij
për mandatin e radhës.
Me anë të disa fotografive, ai shpjegoi se si do të duket lumi Shtimjanja në fund të mandatit të
tij.
“Do të rregullojmë kolektorin përmes një kredie që kemi marrë. Kemi bërë një marrëveshje
me Qeverinë austriake. Pas rregullimit të kolektorit do të fillojmë të ndërtojmë shtratin e
lumit, e kemi filluar fazën e parë të betonimit të tij dhe më pas rregullimin dhe estetikën e
shtratit të lumit me trajtimin e dy brigjeve të shtratit të lumit përmes shëtitoreve dhe pjesa e
parkut që do të jetë shëtitorja bazike e qytetit, e cila do të përshkojë të gjithë pjesën e shtratit
të lumit. Njëkohësisht shtratit të lumit, edhe një pjesë e qendrës do t’i bashkëngjitet një
hapësirë e cila sipas nevojës do të ketë mundësi që të mbyllet qoftë për festa, ndërsa pjesën
tjetër gjatë ditës kur aktivitetet e bizneseve kanë nevojë ne nuk do t’i paralizojmë”, ishin këto
fjalët për projektin i cili që nga fillimi i saj do të mbikëqyret edhe nga KALLXO.com.
I pyetur se kur do të përfundojë i gjithë ky projekt, Ismajli ka thënë se do të jetë në vitin 2021.
“Kjo do të jetë 2019 do të jetë trajtimi i lumit, ndërsa kështu do të jetë në vitin 2020, 2021
do të përfundojë i gjithë projekti”, ka premtuar Ismajli.
KALLXO.com do të vëzhgojë realizimin e këtij projekti dhe do të shikojë nëse kryetari Naim
Ismajli do ta mbajë fjalën që t’u krijojë banorëve të Shtimes një park gjelbërues dhe një lum të
pastër ashtu siç ka premtuar.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/projekti-ambicioz-per-rregullimin-e-lumit/
20. Impianti i fjetur i Junikut
14 Maj 2018 - Kryetari i komunës së
Junikut, Agron Kuçi, në debatin për
kryetar të komunës së Junikut ka
premtuar që në pranverën e vitit 2018
do të funksionalizohet impianti për
trajtimin e ujërave të zeza.
“Po, pranverën e vitit të ardhshëm
(2018) do të funskionalizohet impianti”, kishte thënë Kuçi në debatin
për komunën e Junikut.
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Në komunën e Junikut ujërat e zeza janë derdhur në lumin “Trava” edhe pse impianti për
trajtimin e tyre është ndërtuar.
Në përgjigjen e komunës së Junikut thuhet se impianti për trajtimin e ujërave të zeza është
funksionalizuar pjesërisht.
“Ai për momentin funksionon si kolektor i thjeshtë”, thuhet në përgjigjen e komunës së
Junikut.
Pra, në bazë të përgjigjes së kësaj komune, uji vazhdon të mos pastrohet dhe si i tillë të
shkarkohet në lumin “Trava”.
Në përgjigjen e komunës thuhet se janë duke pritur nga investitori (Bashkimi Europian)
sigurimin e fondeve për finalizimin e projektit.
Me këtë projekt parashihet sjellja dhe montimi i aparaturës për pastrimin e ujit. Arsyeja që e
ka penguar funksionalizimin e këtij impianti, sipas komunës së Junikut, është kontesti i
kontratës në mes të investitorit (BE) dhe operatorit që do të realizoj këtë projekt.
Agron Kuçi është zgjedhur në krye të komunës së Junikut me rreth 7 mijë banorë për të
tretën herë.
Në zgjedhjet lokale të vitit 2017, Agron Kuçi është zgjedhur kryetar i Junikut qysh në raundin
e parë të zgjedhjeve të zhvilluar me 22 tetor. Kandidati Agron Kuçi ka fituar me 1 mijë e 499
ose 57.88 për qind kundrejt tre kandidatëve të tjerë nga LDK, Vetëvendosje dhe PDK që
synonin pozitën e të parit të Junikut.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/impianti-i-fjetur-i-junikut/
21. Tahiri e mban fjalën për publikim të shpenzimeve
14 Maj 2018 - Kryetari i komunës së
Vushtrrisë Xhafer Tahiri, gjatë debatit në
balotazh, në Debat Pernime ka premtuar
se do të publikojë të gjitha shpenzimet e
tij si kryetar i komunës.
Tahiri kishte premtuar se shpenzimet do
të bëhen publike në raportim javor dhe
mujor.
“Shpenzime e mia si kryetar i komunës do të jenë gjithmonë publike dhe transparente në
raportim javor dhe mujor”, kishte thënë Tahiri.
Që nga marrja e mandatit si kryetar komune, Xhafer Tahiri ka bërë publike shpenzimet e tij
për çdo javë.
Në njoftimet e komunës të cilat bëhen për çdo javë, thuhet se shpenzimet janë bërë në
kategorinë mallra dhe shërbime, por asnjëherë nuk shpjegohet specifikisht se ku janë harxhuar
ato para.
KALLXO.com ka dërguar kërkesë në zyrën e kryetarit për të pasur qasje në shpenzimet e
detajuara të kryetarit, pra për të kuptuar se qysh i ka shpenzuar paratë publike. Komuna e
Vushtrrisë nuk na ka dhënë qasje.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/tahiri-e-mban-fjalen-per-publikim-te-
shpenzimeve/
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22. Istogu nuk i publikon vendimet e Rugovës
14 Maj 2018 - Kryetari i Komunës se Istogut,
Haki Rugova, nuk e ka mbajtur premtimin e
dhënë gjatë fushatës zgjedhore për
publikimin e vendimeve të tij dhe të
drejtorëve komunale.
Haki Rugova, gjatë fushatës zgjedhore në
emisionin Debat Pernime për Istogut, të
moderuar nga Jeta Xharra kishte dhënë
premtime të shumta, pasi kishte më shumë kohë në mungesë të kundër kandidatit të tij, Gani
Dreshaj.
“Po, menjëherë. Gjitha duhet mu qit menjëherë, çdo vendim që merret pas zgjedhjeve”, kishte
premtuar Rugova, kur ishte pyetur për publikimin e vendimeve të kryetarit dhe drejtorive në
ueb-faqen zyrtare të komunës. (Shih KËTU nga min 10:54)
Përkundër paralajmërimit nga autorja e emisionit, Jeta Xharra se të gjitha këto premtime do
vlerësohen me krypometër, Rugova ishte përgjigjur se është i vetëdijshëm për premtimet e
tij.
Vendimet e kryetarit nuk janë publikuar në ueb-faqen e Komunës së Istogut.
KALLXO.com ka kontaktuar me zyrtaren për informim në komunën e Istogut, Jeta Balaj, për
të kërkuar sqarime se pse nuk janë publikuar në ueb-faqe të komunës, ndërsa ajo është
arsyetuar se komuna i ka kryetar obligimet e saja, mirëpo janë arsyetuar se ministrisë se
Pushtetit Lokal.
“Ne i kemi vendosur, mirëpo problemi qëndron tek kompania e cila menaxhon ueb-faqet dhe
ministrisë”, tha ajo.
Por, ne ueb-faqen e Komunës është publikuar profili i kryetarit, si dhe shumë lajme nga
aktivitetet e tij si kryetar i komunës.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/istogu-nuk-i-publikon-vendimet-e-rugoves/
23. Haskuka e hap Komunën e Prizrenit
14 Maj 2018 - Komuna e Prizrenit ka
avancuar në transparencën e qeverisjes
komunale me në krye Mytaher
Haskukën.
Në debatin parazgjedhor në garë për të
parin e Prizrenit të moderuar nga Jeta
Xharra, Haskuka ishte zotuar se do të
bëjë publike vendimet e tij, së bashku
me dokumente të rëndësishme të kësaj
komune.
“Në pikën e parë e kemi pas: Prizreni, komunë e hapur. Menjëherë mbas marrjes së detyrës
do të mundohemi që të mundohemi që të nxjerrim të gjitha dokumentet që kanë të bëjnë me
vendimmarrjen në komunë, në mënyrë radikale. Tre muajt e parë apo gjashtë muajt e parë.
Më se voni gjashtë muaj sepse mundet me pas vonesa”, kishte thënë ai.
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Haskuka u betua si Kryetar më 22 dhjetor të vitit 2017, që do të thotë se kanë kaluar më
shumë se katër muaj të qeverisjes së tij.
Deri në këtë kohë, në faqen zyrtare të Komunës së Prizrenit janë publikuar të gjitha vendimet
e Kryetarit të Komunës.
Përveq kësaj, Haskuka ka bërë publik raportin e 100 ditëve të para të punës në këtë komunë.
Shpenzimet e bëra nga ekzekutivi po ashtu janë bërë publike brenda raportit të punës së
Drejtorisë për Ekonomi dhe Financa.
Kryetari i Prizrenit ishte angazhuar edhe në publikimin e gjetjeve të inspektoratit të komunës,
veçanërisht lidhur me kontrollet ushqimore.
Ai disa herë postoi në Facebook-un e tij gjetjet e mishit dhe produkteve të mishit të prishura
nëpër pika të shitjes në Prizren.
Pas skandalit me mishin e prishur në nivel vendi, Haskuka themeloi edhe një qendër të
thirrjeve të hapur për raportimet e qytetarëve.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/haskuka-e-hap-komunen-e-prizrenit/
24. Malisheva fajëson Ministrin për zvarritjen e punëve në Stadium
15 Maj 2018 - Kryetari i Komunës së
Malishevës, Ragip Begaj gjatë debateve
parazgjedhore, kishte premtuar se
stadiumi i këtij qyteti do të përfundohet
në gjysmën e parë të vitit 2018.
“Stadiumi ka me u kry në gjysmën e
parë të vitit të ardhshëm (2018)”, ka
premtuar Begaj në emisionin
“DebatPernime”
Në përgjigjet e kësaj komune, thuhet se ka ende punë për t’u përfunduar siç është: Ngjitja e
tepihut dhe mbulimi i shkallëve me ulëse, si dhe disa punë tjera teknike.
Të gjitha këto punë janë pjesë e përgjegjësisë së ministrisë së Kulturës dhe Sportit.
“Pjesa e komunës në rregullimin e stadiumit është e kryer, ka mbetur pjesa e Ministrisë për
Kulturë, Rini dhe Sport, andaj duheni që ti drejtoheni ministrisë përkatëse lidhur me
përfundimin e punimeve në stadium”, thuhet në përgjigjet e kësaj komune.
Premtimi i Begajt për funksionalizim të plotë të stadiumit nuk do të mund të mbahet.
“Këtë vit, besojmë që ekipet e futbollit, do t’i zhvillojnë ndeshjet në stadium”, thuhet në
përgjigjen e Komunës së Malishevës.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/malisheva-fajeson-ministrin-per-zvarritjen-e-
puneve-ne-stadium/
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25. Rrena e Hazirit për rrugën e Livoçit
16 Maj 2018 - Kryetari i Komunës së
Gjilanit, Lutfi Haziri nuk e ka mbajtur fjalën
e tij kur gjatë kohës së zgjedhjeve në
DebatPernime në Jeta në Kosovë kishte
deklaruar se me rishikim të buxhetit,
qytetarët e Livoçit të Poshtëm dhe
Cernicës do ta kenë më të shkurtë dhe më
të mirë rrugën për në qytetin e Gjilanit.
Këto komente, Haziri i ka dhënë në debatin Jeta në Kosovë për komunën e Gjilanit që është
mbajtur më 11 tetor të vitit të kaluar.
Ai kishte deklaruar se nëse rishikimi i buxhetit nga ana e Qeverisë bëhet atë muaj, atëherë
punimet do të fillojnë menjëherë dhe nuk do të zgjasin më shumë se 1 muaj.
“Muhaxherët e Livoqit, ajo që ne i themi Blinaja në drejtim të Cernicës është në projekt dhe
mundet të filloj edhe gjatë këtij viti në momentin e rishikimit të buxhetit nga ana e Qeverisë.
Nuk është rrugë që kushton shumë, aty ka nevojë që kanalizmin edhe ujësjellësin me ia rregullu
paralelisht. Nëse rishikimi I buxhetit fillon tash, fillojnë punimet në këtë muaj, nëse nuk
rishikohet buxheti, atëherë në Pranverë, rruga për të cilën po flasim, nuk merr më shumë se
1 muaj kohë”, kishte thënë kryetari i Komunës së Gjilanit, Lutfi Haziri në atë kohë.
Kuvendi i Republikës së Kosovës po atë muaj, më 31 tetor 2017 e kishte miratuar ndryshimin
e buxhetit, mirëpo qytetarët e asaj ane ende nuk e kanë rrugën e asfaltuar. Ajo vazhdon të
jetë siç ka qenë para zgjedhjeve. http://kallxo.com/kuvendi-miraton-rishikimin-e-buxhetit/
Gjithashtu jemi në stinën e Pranverës që afër 2 muaj dhe punimet gjithashtu nuk kanë filluar,
ani pse Haziri deklaronte se nëse jo në 2017, në Pranverë të këtij viti do të asfaltohet kjo
rrugë.
Ndërkohë, në buxhetin e Republikës së Kosovës për vitin 2018, Komuna e Gjilanit ka paraparë
722 mijë euro t’i shpenzojë në ndërtimin e rrugëve në këtë komunë. Linja buxhetore është e
përgjithshme dhe nuk dihet nëse është në plan për këtë vit sanimi i kësaj rruge.
Ndërkohë, në ueb-faqen e Prokurimit Elektronik është publikuar një tender për ndërtimin
dhe sanimin e rrugëve në Gjilan. Projekti është paraparë të kushtojë 1.2 milionë euro. Por, në
listën e rrugëve nuk figuron kjo rrugë.
Në ueb-faqen e KRPP-së nuk ka tender të iniciuar që nga koha e mbajtjes së debatit për
asfaltimin e kësaj rruge.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/rrena-e-hazirit-per-rrugen-e-livocit/
26. Zvarritja e transportit për nxënësit e Vushtrrisë
17 Maj 2018 - Që nga shtatori i vitit
2016, komuna e Vushtrrisë ka
ndërprerë transportin publik për
nxënësit në të gjithë komunën. Kjo
ndërprerje, sipas qeverisjes së kaluar,
kishte ndodhur për shkak të mungesës
së buxhetit.
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Kryetari i komunës së Vushtrrisë, Xhafer Tahiri gjatë kohës së zgjedhjeve komunale në
‘DebatPernime’ kishte premtuar se vendimi i tij i parë si kryetar komune do të jetë
rifunksionalizimi i transportit publik për nxënësit e shkollave fillore.
“Vendimi im i parë, natyrisht pas asaj administrative të caktimit të drejtorëve të drejtorive do
të jetë urdhërimi i drejtorit të arsimit që të rifunksionalizoj transportin publik për nxënësit e
shkollave fillore”, kishte thënë Tahiri në ‘Debat Pernime’ gjatë balotazhit në komunën e
Vushtrrisë (shih KËTU nga min 3:38).
Komuna e Vushtrrisë në fund të muajit janar e ka hapur tenderin për kontraktimin e
shërbimeve të transportit për nxënësit e kësaj komune që janë obliguar të ecin me kilometra
për të vijuar mësimet në shkollën fillore.
Tenderi është hapur me datën 29 janar 2018. Tenderi është ndarë në 35 llote. Jo të gjitha
llotet kanë përfunduar me nënshkrim të kontratës, pasi Komuna është obliguar se disa nga
pjesët e kontratës t’i anulojë dhe të rishpall tenderin.
Meqë, jemi në përfundim të vitit shkollor, disa nga linjat do të jenë aktive vetëm për vitin tjetër
akademik.
Drejtori për Arsim në komunën e Vushtrrisë Afrim Namani ka thënë për KALLXO.com se
deri më tani 20 linja të transportit publik për nxënësit në komunën e Vushtrrisë janë
funksionale.
“20 janë funksionale, ndërsa për 13 linja të transportit publik nuk ka përfunduar ende procesi
i tenderimit”, tha Namani.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/zvarritja-e-transportit-per-nxenesit-e-vushtrrise/
27. Frika nga diga e dëmtuar në lumin Mirusha
16 Maj 2018 - Diga e lumit Mirusha
është dëmtuar. Betoni i vendosur në
këtë digë është dëmtuar nga
vërshimet e vitit 2016 që kanë ndodh
në këtë anë. Nga fotot e prezantuara
nga emisionin ‘Jeta në Kosovë’ shihet
se trashësia e betonit të vendosur ka
qenë shumë e hollë.
Kryetari i Komunës së Malishevës, Ragip Begaj e kishte pranuar në Debatin për kryetar të
Komunave para Jeta Xharrës së nga kjo digë rrezikohet jeta e qytetarëve të asaj ane, pasi e
njëjta nuk është e sigurt.
“Kjo ka ndodhur vitin e kaluar, ka pasur vërshime të jashtëzakonshme në komunën e
Malishevës, megjithatë jemi edhe ne të brengosur, kemi kërkuar nga ministria me na ndihmu,
e kemi paraqitur projektin, e kemi bërë vetë komuna projektin, kushton diku 170 mijë euro
sanimi i saj, ne nuk kemi pasur të parapamë buxhet, vitin e ardhshëm sigurisht do të riparohet
por megjithatë ai është një projekt i ndërtuar pa leje dhe nuk e di se si do të veprohet”, kishte
thënë Begaj. “Diga e lumit Mirusha kryhet në vitin 2018”.
Tash në Komunën e Malishevës po thonë se përgjegjës për sanimin e dëmeve në këtë urë
është Ministria e Mjedisit dhe Planifikim Hapësinor.
“Rregullimi i digës në liqenin në Mirushë, është një problematikë që duhet të merret Ministria
e Mjedisit, e cila menaxhon me ujërat në territorin e Republikës. Deri më tani nuk ka asnjë
lëvizje nga ana e ministrisë”, thuhet në përgjigjen e Komunës së Malishevës. “Ujërat
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menaxhohen nga ana e Ministrisë së Mjedisit dhe Planifikimit Hapësinor. Në këtë rast, komuna
merret vetëm me menaxhim të situatës në rast rreziku për banorët poshtë digës.”
KALLXO.com ka dërguar pyetje në ministrin e Mjedisit dhe Planifikimit Hapësinor për të
kuptuar pse nuk është trajtuar ende kërkesa e Komunës për sanimin e digës në lumin e kësaj
komune. Kjo ministri, përkundër premtimit, nuk ka kthyer përgjigje.
Ndërkohë, rreziku nga vërshimet në Malishevë nuk është tejkaluar. Për më tepër në fshatin
“Mirushë” jetohet me frikën se një ditë Diga e vendosur nga Komuna mund të shpërthej për
shkak të dëmtimit që ka pësuar.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/frika-nga-diga-e-demtuar-ne-lumin-mirusha/
28. Agim Aliu publikon uzurpatorët dhe vendimet e tij
17 Maj 2018 - Lista e personave që kanë uzurpuar prona publike,
gjegjësisht prona të Komunës së
Ferizajt tani më janë bërë publike në
faqen e kësaj komune.
Publikimi i këtyre listave ishte
premtim i Kryetarit të kësaj komune,
Agim Aliu në fushatën zgjedhore të
zgjedhjeve lokale në vitin 2017.
Në debatin parazgjedhor të moderuar nga Jeta Xharra, Aliu kishte premtuar që listën e
uzurpatorëve të pronave komunale ta publikojë brenda gjashtë muajsh.
“Qysh në gjashtë mujorin e parë të gjitha këto të dhëna do të jenë publike. Listën e
uzurpatorëve në momentin që ne e konstatojmë gjendjen në bazë të të dhënave, në gjashtë
mujorin e pare”, kishte thënë Aliu.
Ende pa u arritur ky afat kohor, në faqen e kësaj komune ekziston lista e uzurpatorëve të
Ferizajt.
Përveç kësaj, Komuna e Ferizajt ka filluar t’i publikojë edhe vendimet e kryetarit. Vendimet e
një muaji janë të grumbulluara në një dokument dhe ato nuk po publikohen veçmas.
Komuna e Ferizajt ka filluar t’i publikojë edhe vendimet e drejtorëve të drejtorive komunale,
por aty nuk janë të publikuara të gjitha vendimet.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/agim-aliu-publikon-uzurpatoret-dhe-vendimet/
29. Klina nuk i publikon kontratat e lidhura me Operatorët Ekonomik
17 Maj 2018 - Kryetari i Komunës së
Kinës, Zenun Elezaj kishte dhënë premtim
të madh në debatin për kryetar të
komunave. Ai kishte premtuar se të gjitha
kontratat që do t’i lidh Komuna me operatorët ekonomik do të publikohen në
ueb-faqen e kësaj komune.
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“Publikimin e kontratave që Komuna lidh me operatoret ekonomik publikohen brenda 3
muajve”, ka thënë Elezaj në debatin për kryetar të komunës së Klinës përball Sokol Bashotës.
Por, Elezaj nuk e ka mbajtur këtë premtim. Në ueb-faqen e kësaj komune ende nuk kanë filluar
të publikohen kontratat e lidhura nga komuna me operatorët ekonomik. Aty publikohen të
gjitha njoftimet sa i përket procesit të prokurimit, por jo edhe kontratat. As komunat tjera
ende nuk kanë filluar me publikimin e kontratave të lidhura me operatorët ekonomik për
kryerje të shërbimeve, furnizme apo kryerjen e punëve.
Elezaj kishte premtuar edhe publikimin e vendimeve të kryetarit dhe të drejtorëve të
drejtorive.
“Publikimin e Vendimeve të kryetarit dhe drejtorive brenda 3 muajve”, kishte thënë Elezaj.
Elezaj e ka mbajtur këtë premtim. Vendimet e kryetarit Elezaj kanë filluar të publikohen në
ueb-faqen e re të Komunës së Klinës.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/klina-nuk-i-publikon-kontratat-e-lidhura-me-
operatoret-ekonomik/
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Annex C - Grantee BIRN Articles (English)
Articles & Tenders for Monitoring:
1. Municipality risks paying more for road construction
04/05/2018 - 08:01 - 356 thousand
Euros planned by Suhareka Municipality
for construction of local roads. The
tender for the construction of these
roads has been divided into 12 lots by
the municipality, while operators can
only be awarded one lot. The
municipality says that the division into
many lots is aimed at expediting the
process of road paving, and to 'award'
contracts to the many companies
operating in the area.
On the other hand, civil society considers the division into lots as a legal practice, but that has
been abused by municipalities and should be terminated. It is also claimed that it undermines
the value for money of the municipalities.
12 lot tender
The Suhareka Municipality has planned the construction of local roads. The municipality has
planned to spend up to 356 thousand Euros for the construction of these roads.
According to the contract notice, a total of 12 roads sections will be paved, which is why the
municipality has divided this procurement activity into 12 lots.
"There are altogether 12 locations in the territory of the Suhareka Municipality, including the
villages and town of Suhareka,” states the notice.
Based on the call for bids, the locations where the roads are planned to be built are the
villages: Dragaqine, Javor, Krushice e Eperme, Krushice e Poshtme, Nishor, Semetisht,
Samaraxhe, Sllapuzhan, Sopije, Vershec, and in the town of Suhareka.
For this tender, the Suhareka Municipality has used the open procurement procedure with
the lowest price criterion.
But the municipality in question has decided to award only one lot to accountable economic
operators that meet the criteria for this tender at the lowest price.
"The maximum number of lots that can be awarded to a Bidder is: 1", states the notice.
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The “Gazeta Jeta në Kosovë” (Life in Kosovo Journal) inquired to learn more about the
division of this tender into 12 lots. The Municipality claims that the tender is rightfully divided
under the law and with the aim of involving small and medium enterprises.
"In this instruction, item B gives the contracting authority the right to divide a procurement
procedure into Lots, and this is done with the purpose, as stated in the Instruction, to
encourage the involvement of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the national market of
public procurement; limiting the number of lots is preferable when there are many EOs and
many SMEs", is stated on the municipality's response.
The undermining of the "cheapest price” criterion
The rules and operating instructions allow for the division of tenders into lots, but the
minimum and maximum number of lots is not specified and there are no other restrictions.
"In order to encourage SME involvement in the national public procurement market; limiting
the number of lots is preferable when there are many EOs and many SMEs," is stated the
Operational Instruction for Public Procurement.
The same instruction makes no mention that the limitation should be to a single contract. When it comes to limiting the number of lots that can be awarded to an operator, this
instruction uses the plural form, meaning more than one lot.
Despite the limitation of only one contract per operator, the Suhareka Municipality says the
contracts will be awarded to the cheapest bidders.
It is claimed that delays in adopting the municipal budget have affected the quick delivery of
the works.
"The maximum number is limited to 1 because in our Municipality Operate many EOs that
deal with this activity, and given the delay caused in the adoption of the Municipal budget,
these projects would be delivered for a shorter period if we have 12 economic operators
who deliver this project, also considering that the projects are in 12 different locations", says
the municipality's response.
But the municipality provides different answers to the possible case when an economic
operator bids the cheapest price in three lots.
"If an EO has the cheapest price in three LOTS, neither the EO nor the CA have the right to
determine which LOT will be awarded, but the criterion is defined in advance in the contract
notice and in the bid dossier, as required by the PPL", is stated in the response of this
Municipality, citing the criterion referred to.
"In cases when the application of award criteria would result in awarding a bidder with more
than the maximum number of lots, the Contracting Authority shall take into account the
assessment process, in order to secure value for money to the Contracting Authority.”
According to them, this means that the assessment will be done by selecting the combination
that the Municipality pays the cheapest price for all lots. Such a thing is impossible if a
responsible EO has offered the cheapest price in three lots, while the municipality is obliged
to award a contract for only one lot, while in the other two lots it should recommend for
contract the more expensive EO
Isuf Zejna, from the Democracy Plus Organization, claims that the purpose of division of the
project into lots is related to the joining of certain requirements into a single procedure or
the avoidance of monopolies. However, he raises the concern that the way bids are divided
into lots is being misused by contracting authorities.
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"Especially Municipalities are using this form of tendering in lots to satisfy all the businesses
they are applying, stipulating that a company can only be awarded one lot," Zejna said.
He says the PPRC should terminate the practice of division into lots, because it has at least
two negative effects.
"This undermines the value for money of municipalities and makes it much more difficult to
oversee the implementation of contracts,” Zejna said.
Zejna further added that the limitation to only one lot for a cheaper bidder, despite offering
cheaper prices in other lots too, presents the risk of awarding economic operators with more
expensive prices.
"According to this division, if in a procurement activity the municipality wants to pave a road
with concrete setts, and the same activity is divided into 15 lots, each of which includes one
kilometer of length, which in total make 15 kilometers. The cheapest company may have the
price of 12 Euros per square meter, but despite being cheaper it can only be awarded with
one lot. 14 other lots will be awarded at more expensive prices and this may have cause
significant damages to the budget,” he added.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/gjnk/komuna-rrezikon-te-paguaj-me-shtrenjte-per-ndertimin-
e-rrugeve/
2. Prishtina Municipality gives meaning to 'reassessment claims’
12/05/2018 - The Prishtina Municipality is
among the few municipalities that has given
meaning to the two-instance setup for
public procurement claims. The
Municipality has canceled the contract
award notice of its tender for physical
security of its facilities, resetting the
process to the reassessment stage after
the reassessment claim made by one of the
operators in the bidding.
As published by KALLXO.com, in most municipalities, despite many complaints from
economic operators, first instance decisions on such complaints have been negative for these
operators in over 95% of cases. Meanwhile, in the claims filed with the PRB many of the
decisions have been in favor of the contracting authorities.
By amending the Procurement Law in 2016, for the first time it was possible for economic
operators to file a reassessment claim with the contracting authority. This is known as the
first instance of the appeal, before the EOs address the Procurement Review Body that issues
final decisions.
The tender that was the subject of the first instance review, as foreseen by the Public
Procurement Law, was related to the physical security of the facilities. Physical security
tenders constitute one of the procurement activities with most complaints from economic
operators, but also with ambiguity due to the requirements arising from the Procurement
Law and the Labor Law.
Even in this tender, companies have several times requested clarifications from the Prishtina
Municipality on how to calculate working hours, incorporating all the obligations arising from
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the Labor Law. The Prishtina Municipality provided some clarification, before receiving bids
from security companies, regarding the manner of calculating hours, as this is the main
complaint by economic operators in similar tenders and also a cause for delays.
Upon receipt of bids, the Prishtina Municipality published the contract award notice, on March
2nd, 2018, awarding the contract to the group of economic operators composed of "K.S.AS-
Security" and "Komtel Project Engineering”. "Komtel Project Engineering" is owned by Vegim
Gashi, former AKR candidate for mayor of Prishtina. This party is currently in a local
government coalition with the mayor of Prishtina, Shpend Ahmeti. The total value of the
contract was 439,000.401 Euros.
First review of economic operators’ claims by the Prishtina Municipality
After the Prishtina Municipality issued the contract award recommendation, the “Rojet e
Nderit” (Honor Guards) economic operator and the group of economic operators
"AlphaPrivate Security & "SAS", on March 6 appealed against this decision to recommend
awarding the contract to the "AS - Security & Komtel Project Engineering” economic
operators.
Upon review, the Procurement Officer of the Prishtina Municipality, decided to approve as
partly grounded the reassessment claim of the two economic operators against the contract
award notice of March 2nd.
The two complaining operators claimed that the winning economic operator did not provide
evidence regarding copies of licenses for engaged employees (prior to the contract award
notice).
"The contracting authority decides that the Re-assessment Committee shall re-examine once
again the offer of the group of AS-Security & Komtel Project Engineering economic operators
regarding the procurement activity "Physical security of the facilities of the Prishtina
Municipality”, and shall request from them the evidence on licensed employees as required in
the Tender Dossiers Form (TDF)", reads the decision of the Prishtina Municipality.
The operators claimed that "As & Komtel" did not provide the tax certificate and court
attestation. The Prishtina Municipality rejected this allegation of the claim, as according to the
municipality the winning economic operator has provided the required evidence, which have
been included in the dossier.
Even with regards to the third allegation of the complaining economic operator, the Prishtina
Municipality has concluded that it is ungrounded.
"Regarding the allegation of the economic operators that the winning economic operator did
not fill out Section C of the TDS form, the contracting authority states that this is ungrounded,
because the winning economic operator has filled out item 6 of the tender form together with
the partner in the consortium, entering the identity of the consortium partner", is emphasized
in the decision of the Prishtina Municipality.
On March 20th, the contract cancellation notice was issued. This cancellation was made after
the review by the Prishtina Municipality.
After the review, the Prishtina Municipality again recommended awarding the contract to the
same company, after requesting additional documents from the company recommended for
contract award.
Second review of claims
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The planned date for the signing of the contract for the "Physical Security of the Facilities of
the Prishtina Municipality" tender, was April 4th. But this contract was not signed, because on
March 29th a decision to suspend this procurement activity was made.
Even this time, the group of "Alpha Private Security", "SAS" and "Rojet e Nderit" economic
operators appealed against the contract award decision of the contracting authority, the
Prishtina Municipality.
"The responsible Procurement Officer of the Prishtina Municipality, deciding with regards to
the reassessment claim of 28.03.2018, submitted by the economic operators: group of
economic operators: “Alpha Private Security” Security Company, "SAS" Sh.p.k. and "Rojet e
Nderit" sh.p.k. against the contract award notice of the contracting authority of 22.03.2018,
has decided to suspend the procurement activity Physical Security of Facilities of the Prishtina
Municipality” reads the decision of the contracting authority - Prishtina Municipality.
On March 30th, the Procurement Officer of the Prishtina Municipality decided on the
reassessment claim. It was decided to reject as ungrounded the reassessment claim of the two
complaining economic, filed against the contract award notice of March 22nd.
Unhappy with the second decision of the Prishtina Municipality, "Rojet e Nderit" appealed to
the Procurement Review Body, forcing the municipality to again suspend the procurement
activity on April 10th.
"The responsible Procurement Officer of the Prishtina Municipality, according to the claim of
10.04.2018, filed by the "Rojet e Nderit” sh.p.k. economic operator with the Procurement
Review Body (PRB), against the contract award notice of the contracting authority of
22.03.2018, regarding the procurement activity denominated: "Physical Security of Facilities of
the Prishtina Municipality", has suspended this procurement activity", reads the decision of
the Prishtina Municipality.
PRB hearing
At the PRB, the "Rojet e Nderit" EO complained that the bid of 1.52 Euros per hour offered
by the company recommended for contract award fails to meet the request for the basic
salary of 230 Euros requested by the Prishtina Municipality.
"I would like to add that upon our request, the TAK has provided an online module where
among other functions is the calculation of the salary, and it shows that the bid of the winning
economic operator does not amount to the gross salary of 230 Euros. The economic operator
doesn’t meet even the basic element - the Pension Trust, let alone the VAT. I don’t know if
the expert missed this detail, but the price can be analyzed online, and this price is below any
criterion of the contracting authority,” stated Hasani at the PRB hearing.
The representative of the Prishtina Municipality, Verona Sekiraqa said that she agrees with
the opinion of the review expert to proceed with the procurement process. She said that the
claims of the "Rojet e Nderit" economic operator are baseless.
"The Assessment Committee has ascertained that the price offered by the EO recommended
for contract award is in accordance with the requirements of the contracting authority, and
this has been validated by the review expert," Sekiraqa said.
She explained to the PRB panel the decision made after the first reassessment claim.
"Regarding the TAK attestation and the certificate, the complaint of the economic operator
was partially approved and the case was sent back for reassessment, requesting clarifications
on the time of submitting the certificate and court certificate by the economic operator", she
said.
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The Procurement Review Body has not yet published its decision on this procurement
process.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/gjnk/komuna-e-prishtines-i-jep-kuptim-kerkeses-per-
rishqyrtim/
3. Mitrovica North makes partial improvement of tender error
05/13/2018 - The Mitrovica North
Municipality has published two error
correction notices, but the errors have
not been improved as requested.
The improvement of the errors, which
constitute a violation of the Procurement Law, has been requested by the Anti-
Corruption Agency.
The latter issued an opinion on two
procurement activities initiated by the
Mitrovica North Municipality. The same
objections were issued for both activities.
In addition to using the number of awarded contracts as a reference, this municipality has also
determined the number of contracts. And according to the Anti-Corruption Agency, this
constitutes a legal violation.
“The Municipality should request the list of contracts, and attached as evidence the references
on the completion of contracts, in total value, of all similar works carried out in the last three
years prior to the publication of the contract notice and NOT as in the present case limiting
the number of references to certain values,” reads in the opinion of the Anti-Corruption
Agency.
The requirements for technical and professional capacities related to contracts and references
of economic operators interested in participating in these tenders were found not in
compliance with the law by the Anti-Corruption Agency.
This opinion was sent by the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) to the Mitrovica North
Municipality in April, regarding two procurement activities, "Reconstruction of sidewalks on
Ivo Lola Ribar street" with procurement number 647-18-2470-521, and the tender for Fixing
Public Lighting on Ivo Lola Ribar street in Mitrovica North".
“We consider that such violations should not be allowed in procurement activities, therefore
the Anti-Corruption Agency recommends that these violations be avoided through the
standard notification of additional information and correction of errors by notifying the
operators who have withdrawn the tender dossier", reads the Agency's recommendation.
The ACA has provided clarification on the omissions of the Municipality.
“In the tender "Reconstruction of sidewalks on Ivo Lola Ribar street in Mitrovica North",
section III.2.4. Technical and Professional Capacity, the Contracting Authority has requested
from the participating economic operators to provide references or at least one certificate
that they have successfully carried out at least three construction projects of the same or similar nature over the last three years, with a minimum contract value of 495,000 Euros,”
reads the opinion.
The ACA found violations in another tender of this municipality as well.
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“Meanwhile, in the tender "Fixing public lighting on Ivo Lola Ribar street in Mitrovica North",
in the section of professional and technical capacities, the Contracting Authority has
requested from the participating economic operators to demonstrate that have successfully
carried out at least three construction projects of the same or similar nature over the last
three years (2015, 2016 and 2017), with a minimum contract value of 150,000 Euros,” reads
the ACA opinion.
The “Gazeta Jeta në Kosovë” (Life in Kosovo Journal) asked the ACA whether they have
taken any action, and in their response the Agency states that the municipality has made the
improvements.
The dispute
“The Mitrovica North Municipality, with regards to the opinion issued on these two
procurement activities, has confirmed in writing that they have made the improvements,"
reads the ACA's reply to the “Gazeta Jeta në Kosovë” (Life in Kosovo Journal).
On the other hand, the Municipality reports that they have addressed the Public Procurement
Regulatory Commission regarding these two tenders.
“According to the rules and the Operational Instruction on Public Procurement, on page 58
is a paragraph that allows, quote, "In determining minimum sales, the responsible authorities
shall not exceed twice the estimated contract value. The request for sale must necessarily be
expressed in figures and correlated to the highest valuesin the last three fiscal years. When
designated minimum sales are required in certain areas covered by the contract, in addition
to minimum sales, this sale must not exceed one and a half of the estimated value of the
contract,” reads the Municipality's response.
Further on, in the response of this municipality it is claimed that they implemented the ACA’s
advice, although the Municipality was right.
“So, as you can see, the Law also permits the use of 1.5 percent of the contract's estimated
value when a sale is required in a particular area for the last three years. And although it is
allowed and nearly all Kosovo institutions use this opportunity when publishing their contract
notices, which you can verify, we listened to the advice of the Anti-Corruption Agency and
implemented what was requested from us,” reads the Municipality's response.
According to them, the Anti-Corruption Agency was notified of all actions taken. However,
the ACA did not dispute the amounts of the contracts in the last three years, but stated that
it is illegal to determine the number of contracts/references. For example, one EO may have
completed 10 contracts that together make 500,000 Euros, while one operator may reach
that amount with only one contract.
The Journal checked the two standard error correction notifications. The notifications were
not published as required by the Law, as in the notification in Albanian the corrections are in
Serbian. That is, two languages are used in one notification. Furthermore, in both contract
notices has not been removed the limit number of contracts/references. However, the
Municipality has only removed the value of these contracts/references to be submitted.
Although this improvement provides for a smaller restriction, it may still be restrictive for any
company that may have less than three executed contracts, but still of big values.
According to the Municipality's data, two economic operators participated in the tender for
the project "Reconstruction of street and pavement of Ivo Lolla Ribar street" in Mitrovica
North", and four economic operators participated in the tender "Reconstruction of Public
Lighting in the Ivo Lolla Ribar street in Mitrovica North.
Money attracts money
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The winning company of this tender is the company "RAD" from Zvečan, which earned
millions of Euros from the northern municipalities of Kosovo two years ago and is continuing
to win tenders in these municipalities.
Asked about these tenders two years ago, the "Rad” company owner is quoted as saying that
his company has no competition in terms of quality.
“I set up RAD company as an individual company in 2012. I am the largest company for
asphalting and reconstruction in the region I live in, I have no competition in terms of the
qualities of the works I offer, which is why I win the tenders", Stevic told the gJNK (Life in
Kosovo Journal).
Source link: https://kallxo.com/gjnk/mitrovica-e-veriut-ben-permiresim-te-pjesshem-te-
gabimit-ne-tendere/
4. Municipalities don’t change their tender decisions
05/13/2018 - In the first quarter of 2018,
businesses submitted 27 decision reassessment
claims in 7 Kosovo municipalities, while the
other 5 municipalities included in this analysis
reported that they did not receive any decision
reassessment claims over this period. Of the 12
municipalities involved in the analysis there are
only two cases when they have agreed to
reassess their decisions.
One of the legal amendments made in 2016 was
the establishment of the two-instance appeal
system for business claims for violations of the Procurement Law.
For the first time in Kosovo, contracting authorities could resolve their disputes prior to
proceeding to the Procurement Review Body (PRB).
Article 108/A of the Public Procurement Law, which deals with the preliminary solutions to
disputes, regulates this issue.
This Article states that any party who thinks that his rights have been violated, as the Law
provides for a decision on a procurement activity by the contracting authority, may submit a
reassessment claim to the Contracting Authority.
“Any interested party who considers that his/her rights, as provided for by this law, have been
violated by a contracting authority's decision during the performance of a procurement
activity, and who are damaged or threatened to be harmed by an alleged violation, may file a
reassessment claim with that contracting authority. Reassessment claims may relate to
contract notices, tender documents, or other notices and decisions as defined in this law,
during the conduct of the concerned procurement activity,” reads the first paragraph of this
article.
The following paragraphs provide the procedures to be followed.
Claiming that the contracting authority did not make the right decision on a particular tender,
economic operators have utilized the opportunities provided by the amending of the Public
Procurement Law to file reassessment claims for the municipal authorities to review their
decisions.
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The “Gazeta Jeta në Kosovë” (Life in Kosovo Journal) asked the municipalities about the
number of reassessment claims they have received in the first quarter of 2018. Most
municipalities did not respond to the questions of the “Gazeta Jeta në Kosovë” (Life in Kosovo
Journal).
To date, 12 municipalities have responded. They have received 27 reassessment claims, which
have been addressed and concluded after their reassessment.
Of the 27 filed reassessment claims, in 26 cases or in over 96 per cent of the decision
reassessment claims, contracting authorities have ruled in their favor. Based on the responses
received from 12 municipalities, in only one case was the request of the economic operator
approved as grounded.
The case of ruling in favor of the economic operator’s claim after the review of the decision
comes from the Gjakova Municipality. There is yet another case that was found by Gazeta JnK
(LiK Journal) in the e-Procurement system. It concerns the Prishtina Municipality, which with
regards to the tender for the physical security of the premises has decided to cancel the
contract award notice and to send the case back for re-assessment.
The municipality that received most reassessment claims over this period is the Prishtina
Municipality, which counts a total of 11 claims. This municipality has sent the data until the
end of April, despite the fact that this analysis covers only the first three months of this year.
Then there is the Gjakova Municipality with 8 cases, Lipjan Municipality with 3 cases, Prizren
with 2 and the Mitrovica, Rahovec and Suhareka Municipalities with one case each.
On the other hand, the Istog, Kamenica, Mamusha and Junik Municipalities say that they did
not receive any decision reassessment claims, while the Drenas Municipality has addressed
one reassessment claim pending since 2017.
The “Gazeta Jeta në Kosovë” (Life in Kosovo Journal) is collecting and analyzing data from
other municipalities to build a comprehensive analytical overview on tender reassessment
claims in Kosovo municipalities, which constitute a legal opportunity for contracting
authorities to correct their decisions in cases of rightful claims of economic operators.
The “Gazeta Jeta në Kosovë” (Life in Kosovo Journal) had also inquired about reassessment
claims in 2017. In the first part of 2017, most of the municipalities had replied to questions
sent by Gazeta JnK.
Based on the received responses, municipalities have received 153 reassessment claims. 126
times the municipalities have rejected the claims from economic operators leaving the
decisions of assessment committees in force. Only in 18 cases the municipalities have
approved EO claims and have annulled the decisions of the assessment committees.
During the last year, Gjakova had the best percentage, since in 3 cases it approved the
economic operator claims, out of 6 received claims. The Ferizaj Municipality received 16
reassessment claims, and all were approved. Whereas, the Prishtina Municipality received a
total of 38 reassessment claims, approving only three economic operator claims.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/gjnk/komunat-nuk-i-nderrojne-vendimet-per-tender/
5. Municipality faces e-Procurement handicap
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05/14/2018 - The "e-Procurement" platform is
still not harmonized with the law, displaying
evident technical problems in Kosovo
municipalities and the need for system
upgrades and further training of officials to
increase the quality.
The Klina Municipality does not have any
employees familiar with how e-Procurement
works, while the idea that soon the submission of bids can only be done electronically is being
discussed.
“When it comes to trained staff in Public Procurement and the use of e-Procurement, we are
handicapped. The office operates with only two employees, the Manager, the only one who
is licensed, and one Administrative Officer. There is no official who has any knowledge of e-
Procurement,” said Abaz Foniqi, from the procurement office of the Klina Municipality.
He provided further explanations. He said that the Klina Municipality is publishing notices on the e-Procurement system. So far, according to him, 105 procedures have been published on
the "e-Procurement" system.
Next, he said that the trainings provided so far have contained little practical work, since they
were rather focused on theory.
The Klina Municipality is not alone in having trouble with the e-Procurement system. BIRN
sought to learn more about the preparation of staff for e-procurement procedures and "e-
Procurement” platform.
17 municipalities were involved in this analysis, providing their assessments regarding their
ability and preparation from trainings to carry out e-procurements.
Municipal contracting authorities could rate themselves on a range from 1 to 5, from the
poorest quality to highest rating, in terms of conducting e-Procurement activities.
Out of a total of 17 municipalities, two municipalities rated themselves with 5, three
municipalities with 4 and one municipality with 3. Meanwhile, 5 other municipalities have not
provided any self-assessment.
These collected data show that the overall average of municipal self-assessments is very good
at 4, while with regards to the other municipalities that did not provide data it is not known
how much they are familiar with the platform and capable to carry out only electronic
procedures.
Kosovo municipalities still continue to face e-Procurement problems. Various difficulties, from
the splitting of capital projects into small values, system blocks, slow operation and frequent
restarts that cause data losses, are some of the problems that have been identified. In addition,
the lack of harmonization with the law, the problems with the preparation of the tender
dossier due to the inability to enter records, the problems with dates in notices, are the
challenges identified by some of the municipalities involved in this analysis.
Obstacles to the procurement system
The Decan Municipality says that there were obstacles due to the lack of harmonization of
the law with the PPRC's program.
“Communication with the PPRC staff is excellent, they are very transparent and accessible.
There are obstacles in the elaboration of the program by the PPRC and its harmonization
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with the Public Procurement Law of Kosovo,” reads the Decan Municipality response given
to the Gazeta Jeta në Kosovë (Life in Kosovo Journal).
The Gjakova municipality says there are numerous problems, starting with the preparation of
the tender dossier.
“Our staff encounter numerous problems during the process of dossier preparation, like
system blocks, the data need to be checked in detail, as in some cases they get recorded on
the contract notice but not in the dossier. We do what we can to keep with the platform and
to have few technical errors, which have occurred in some cases,” reads the response of the
municipality led by Ardian Gjini.
This municipality says that 5 of its officials have attended the 2-day procurement training, but
they estimate that it was too short.
The Drenas Municipality says the splitting of capital projects through the system creates more
difficulties.
“Another difficulty is the splitting of capital projects by the Municipal Assembly into small
values. For 2018 there are about 164 capital projects for which procedures must be
conducted,” says the Drenas Municipality.
On the other hand, in its response the Istog Municipality states that the staff is fully trained
and professionally prepared for their work.
In Mitrovica, they say they have been having trouble with keys, but once the regulation was
amended the issue has been eliminated. “At first, we had some very small or minimal obstacles
regarding the sending of the keys, but with the entry into force of the amendment to the
Public Procurement Regulation this small issue was eliminated and we are capable to carry
out all procurement needs by electronic bidding," reads the response of the Mitrovica
Municipality.
In the Lipjan Municipality the problems appeared during the opening of bids, and there were
problems with the date of publications.
“During the opening of the bids there are occasional obstacles: The system needs further
advancement, in the contract award notice the closing date is not correct,” reads the response
of the Procurement Office of the Lipjan Municipality.
Meanwhile, the Prizren Municipality states that officials are certified and have sufficient
knowledge of e-Procurement. But they say there are still issues with the e-Procurement
system.
“There are still issues with the e-Procurement program, but we continuously identify our
remarks and forward them to the assistance desk at the PPRC, to improve and correct
eventual irregularities," reads the responses of the Prizren Municipality.
The Suhareka Municipality states that the electronic system is eliminating the assessment
procedures of voluminous files or documents that are not even required in the dossier. The
municipality is for full-scale application of this system.
“The electronic system should be applied in its entirety. All submissions should be done
electronically, because it is removing or eliminating the current assessment procedures of
hundreds of pages, eliminating the need for hundreds of documents that are not even required
in the dossier. In addition, the system obstacles/deficiencies that we have presented as
contracting authorities should be eliminated during its operation, because we clearly see the
shortcomings during operations,” reads the Suhareka Municipality responses to the Gazeta
JnK.
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Additional training is required
The Viti Municipality also complained of insufficient training of procurement officers.
“Insufficient staff training, lack of knowledge of economic operators regarding electronic
procedures and the system as a whole, and the lack of harmonization of the procurement law
and the electronic system, which is incompatible with the Law," says the Municipality of Vitia.
The Hani i Elezit Municipality has also spoken of the need for additional training.
“We should have the staff trained according to the system and we can conduct business
procedures according to the system, although every procedure should be calculated + 3 days
for platform reasons," says the Hani i Elezit Municipality.
The Mamusha Municipality also reported on the performance of the procurement system.
They say officials of this municipality are already trained and have become trainers.
“The e-Procurement training by the Mamusha Municipality is being followed by 15 (fifteen)
officers. We have registered the Contracting Authority in the e-Procurement platform, while
we are working with the other officers who did not attend the training, in order to be
prepared to perform their functions on e-Procurement,” reads the response of the Mamusha
Municipality.
Frequent system restarts, slow operation and loss of records are the obstacles faced by that
this municipality.
“The most common obstacles in the electronic system are its slow operation, the frequent
restarts that force us to re-enter the records from the beginning, the failure to respond to
commands, etc.", reads the response of Mamusha Municipality.
Even the Junik Municipality complained about procurement system blocks.
“We consider that the biggest obstacle we face while conducting procurement procedures in
the electronic system is the system block when opening tenders," says the Junik Municipality.
The “Gazeta Jeta në Kosovë” (Life in Kosovo Journal) is collecting and analyzing data from
other municipalities to obtain an overview of how e-Procurement works and how well-
prepared staff are to use it.
The Jeta në Kosovë (Life in Kosovo) TV Show has addressed the 'procurement system’s
grinding halt’. Agron Ibishi, PPRC official, on the 'Life in Kosovo' Show explained the reason
for the dual nature of bidding in public procurement so far, despite the implementation of the
e-Procurement system.
“It took time to make sure we provide secure services and that the system is functional all
the time. The objective is that by September this year there will be no hard-copy bids in
central procurements and by January 2019 hard-copy bids will be banned,” Ibishi said.
Whereas, Isuf Zejna from Democracy Plus considered this e-Procurement software as
unstable.
“This platform is poorly built. I do not know the extent to which the PPRC has stabilized it.
There have been a huge number of complaints from economic operators that have failed to
bid,” Zejna said.
Even last year, the Gazeta Jeta në Kosovë (Life in Kosovo Journal) has conducted a research
on the electronic platform.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/gjnk/komuna-e-hendikepuar-ne-prokurimin-elektronik/
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Tenders Being Monitored:
6. Dragash awards irresponsible company with aqueduct works contract, again
05/04/2018 - The Dragash Municipality is unable
to complete the tendering procedure for
aqueduct works. This municipality has again
violated the law, according to the Tender Court,
which has again requested the reassessment of
the process. The Tender for the Main Aqueduct
- continuation of the works, started long time
ago, and the Gazeta Jeta në Kosovë (Life in
Kosovo) has found constant violations of the Procurement Law in this procedure. The same
tender is in procurement procedures, with some changes since June 2016, and consequently
the citizens of this municipality continue to have trouble with drinking water supply.
In its last decision, the Tender Court partially approved the claim of the "PUNA SHPK & Infra
Plus” operator, which had filed a complaint with the PRB.
The review expert said that this case was adjudicated, the claims were repeated and the
assessment was the same, "the subject matter is the same and the parties are the same."
According to the decision of the PRB, the EO recommended for contract is not responsible,
because it does not meet the technical and professional capacity requirements, performed
contracts of no smaller value than 3,032,736.00 Euros in the required area and over the three-
year period (2014, 2015, 2016).
The Tender Court had made the same decision and with the same reasoning in February of
this year, saying that the operator recommended for contract award did not meet the
requirement regarding the technical and professional capacity, which required 'performed contracts of no smaller value than 3,032,736.00 Euros in the required area and over the three-
year period 2014, 2015, 2016'.
The Dragash Municipality, during the re-assessment and despite the decision of the PRB, has
recommended the same EO for contract award and did not respect the decision of the PRB.
This municipality did not agree with the opinion of the review expert.
During the presentation at the hearing, the representative of the complaining EO said that
same as last time the Dragash Municipality has recommended that the contract be awarded
to 'Fana Engieneering Lala shpk', which was declared irresponsible, and in the same decision
'Alfa Ing & Al Trade’ was declared irresponsible.
“That is, they do not recommend us, who are next in ranking and meet all the requirements,"
he said at the hearing.
The complaining EO has informed the Dragash Municipality that the refusal of PRB’s final
decisions carries criminal liability for the responsible persons, as provided for by Article 422
misuse of the official position or authority of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kosovo,
which is punishable up to 5 years in prison.
The representative of the Municipality disagreed with the opinion of the expert, expressing
their surprise at the opinion and recommending to proceed further with this activity.
“We do not agree with the opinion of the expert and will not engage in yet another re-
assessment, since we already decided according to the PPL and the rules established by the
PPRC. The report of the expert's contradictory expertise of 13.03.2018 and the decision of
the panel declare as irresponsible the three preliminary bids, declaring that the fourth bid is
responsible, which means that if we implement this decision, as a CA we will lose about
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430,000 Euros from the municipal budget, a value that we cannot collect from own source
revenues for two consecutive years", they stated in the hearing.
The Review Panel ascertained that the consortium recommended for contract does not meet
the requirements of the contracting authority regarding the nature of the contracts of the
requested area in the amount of 3.032.736,00 Euros, since after the re-assessment of this
procurement activity and during the main review hearing the Contracting Authority failed to
show before the review panel that the evidence provided by the recommended consortium
for contract are in harmony with the request of the CA.
The Gazeta Jeta në Kosovë (Life in Kosovo Journal) has repeatedly written about the tender
for this municipality’s aqueduct.
The Dragash Municipality has repeatedly had to defend its decision before the Procurement
Review Body (PRB) panel. In two different tenders, but for the same works, the Dragash
Municipality has committed legal violation by delaying the expansion of the water supply
network in some villages.
The procurement procedure for this tender has begun in June 2017, and three times the PRB
has decided to cancel the award of the contract.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/gjnk/dragashi-rizgjedh-kompanine-e-papergjegjshme-per-
shtrimin-e-ujesjellesit/
Televised Debates:
7. e-Procurement muddle and concealment of public contracts
10.05.2018 - e-Procurement muddle
and concealment of public contracts
The debate on the implementation of e-
Procurement and the transparency of
public contracts was broadcast on the
'Jeta në Kosovë’ (Life in Kosovo) show.
When is the online public procurement
platform expected to be fully
implemented?
How is this system currently operating and what are the complaints of municipalities on using
this system?
In this debate, civil society representatives talked about experiences with the dysfunctional e-
Procurement system as well as the difficulties of securing documents for the contract for the
privatization of energy distribution with KEDS.
KOSID's representative showed how four "donated" hydropower plants were discovered in
the contract with KEDS.
Regarding this topic, Jeta Xharra hosted a debate with Agron Ibishi, head of the e-
Procurement platform at the PPRC, Agim Sheqiri, e-Procurement Trainer from the PRB,
Driton Selmanaj, chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Public Finance Oversight, Isuf
Zejna from Democracy Plus and Rinora Gojani from KOSID.
The show 'Jeta në Kosovë’ (Life in Kosovo) show is broadcast by the RTK every Thursday at
20:15 and replayed on Friday at noon.
To open video:
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Source link: https://kallxo.com/jnk/ngecja-e-prokurimit-elektronik-dhe-fshehja-e-kontratave-
publike/
Links of fact-checks by Krypometer:
8. Lies about reasons for changing the pipe
April 18, 2018 - The “Drejtësia në Kosovë”
(Justice in Kosovo) show broadcasted a
report showing how thousands of Euros,
invested by the Rahovec Municipality on the
water supply network of five villages,
Çifllak, Kramovik, Dobidol, Polluzhë and
Guri i Kuq, have been wasted.
This project cost over 412 thousand Euros
to the Municipality budget. The existing pipe had constant cracking, causing constant
interruptions of the water supply. The 3-kilometer long pipe has been changed.
The current Mayor of the Municipality, Smajl Latifi, was also Mayor in 2012 when the network
was installed. After a pause, he is again the Mayor, at a time when part of the pipe installed in
2012 is being replaced.
As reported on the show, Mayor Latifi denies that the pipe has been changed due to its poor
quality. He says the pipe was changed since the network had to expand from five to seven
villages.
“The reasons for the replacement of the pipeline are to extend the water supply capacities to
two other settlements. The project has changed. The pipe cracked because the supply capacity
has increased, while the pipeline did not meet the requirements of network expansion,
because we are talking about covering Rakovina too, while Polluzha was without water, and
until recently there was no water at Guri i Kuq either", declared Latifi.
The reasons for the replacement of the pipe, initially two kilometers in 2015 and 900 meters
at the beginning of this year, according to officials of the RWC “Gjakova", formerly "Radoniqi",
are in the poor quality of the pipeline installed in 2012 by the Rahovec Municipality.
The pipe was replaced in cooperation with the Regional Water Company.
Shkodran Gaxherri, technical director at RWC Gjakova, says the extension of the network
from five villages to seven is not the cracks in the installed pipes. According to him, if the
installed pipes had the right quality, they have a supply capacity for thousands of inhabitants,
or at least ten villages.
“Only in 2017 we had over 40 malfunctions in the main pipe, in the length of 900 meters.
Only in 2017 we have made over 45 thousand Euros of investments because of the poor-
quality pipe installed in that water supply network,” Gaxherri told "Drejtësia në Kosovë”
(Justice in Kosovo).
According to him, about 80 thousand Euros have been invested in the replacement of pipes
that did not withstand the pressure.
Gaxherri revealed that they were never consulted by the Rahovec Municipality during the
execution of the works, nor did they issue the technical acceptance of the network that
displayed problems and required two more investments.
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However, as the report showed, the pipe cracked even before supplying the fourth and fifth
villages, while even today there is no water supply to the seventh village, as Mayor Smajl Latifi
claims.
The "Drejtësia në Kosovë” (Justice in Kosovo) report showed that the pipeline that was
installed and technically accepted at the time of Mayor Smajl Latifi's administration started
cracking shortly after it began supplying water to three villages, Kramovik, Çifllak, Dobidol.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/rrena-per-arsyen-e-nderrimit-te-gypit/
9. Technical Acceptance of Rahovec Project, Lie or Criminal Offense
15 April 2018 - In 2012, selected
by the Rahovec Municipality the
"Annex" company installed a water
supply pipeline, but it had to be replaced this winter due to the
quality of the works.
As reported by "Drejtësia në
Kosovë (Justice in Kosovo)", part
of the pipeline was been replaced
in 2015.
The project that was expected to supply water to the villagers of Kramovik, Çifllak, Dobidol,
Polluzhë, Guri i Kuq, cost the Rahovec Municipality budget no less than 412 thousand Euros.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/rrene-apo-veper-penale-me-pranimin-teknik-te-
projektit-ne-rahovec/
10. Haziri's Lie about the Hazardous Bridge
During the election campaign in October,
residents of the village of Livoq i Epërm of the
Gjilan Municipality complained that the bridge
linking their homes to the town of Gjilan was
putting their children’s life in danger, because it
had no guardrails.
KALLXO.com visited this part of the village of
Livoq i Epërm.
You can see the state of the bridge in October
in the picture below.
The state of the Bridge in Livoq i Epërm, in
October 2017.
The Gjilan Mayor Lutfi Haziri, in the mayoral
debate during the campaign for local elections in
October 2017, promised that the bridge in the village of Livoq i Epërm would be provided with
guardrails within one week.
“Definitely, it must be done within a week," Haziri promised in the Debat Pernime (Hard
Debate) show.
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In the second round of local elections on November 19, Lutfi Haziri won 63.9 percent of the
vote, against the 36 percent won by the VV candidate Sami Kurteshi.
On December 22, one month after emerging as the winner of the local elections, he took the
oath of office in the Municipal Assembly as mayor of Gjilan, for his second consecutive term.
Although more than three months have passed
since Lutfi Haziri was sworn in as mayor of Gjilan,
he has not kept the promise to install guardrails
on the bridge of Livoq i Epërm village, despite
promising that it would be fixed within a week.
The state of the Bridge in Livoq i Epërm in March
2018. || Photo: kallxo.com
Below you can see the state of the bridge in Livoq
i Epërm in March.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/rrena-e-hazirit-per-uren-qe-perben-rrezik-per-
jeten-e-qytetareve/
11. Government assists broke municipality in building bridge
11 May 2018 - The construction of the bridge
in the Topanica village of the Kamenica
Municipality has often been part of local
electoral debates. Its construction was often
promised, but the municipality has never had
the financial opportunity to build a new bridge
that is expected to cost 250,000 Euros.
The Kamenica Municipality has the lowest capital investments budget, due to increased
spending on teacher salaries and other expenses.
On 27 February 2018, the Kamenica Municipality and the Ministry of Infrastructure signed a
Memorandum of Understanding on financing the construction of this bridge. The Ministry has
taken all the burden of building this bridge. It has allocated 250 thousand Euros for the
construction of this bridge, of which 150 thousand will be allocated this year, and 100
thousand more in the following year.
Arta Gashi, Director of Urban and Spatial Planning in Kamenica, told KALLXO.com that they
are in the stage of preparing the tender dossier and the procedures for issuing the
construction permit.
“Based on the memorandum of cooperation signed by us and the MI, the works should begin
within 2018. Soon we will initiate the phase of announcing the contract notice,” said Gashi.
She spoke about the importance of building this bridge which is used by the villages of
Hodonovc, Karaçeva, Muqivërc, Rogaçica as the shortest link to the town of Kamenica. The
current bridge provides a single lane and no pedestrian sidewalks. The new project, according
to her, will also increase the safety of pedestrians.
“The new project will build a two-way bridge with pedestrian sidewalks, since pedestrians are
currently endangered by motor vehicles, because there are no sidewalks on the bridge," she
said.
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Director Gashi said that due to the hilly and mountainous terrain of the Kamenica Municipality
and the lack of infrastructure, many of these areas have suffered from large displacements of
the population.
According to her, with its current budget the Kamenica Municipality cannot cover all the
infrastructure requirements and needs of residents.
“Most of the villages of the municipality are not connected to the sewerage network, and the
water supply network does not cover all villages. We have certain areas where pupils face
dangerous conditions, because they have no sidewalks and lighting along the way to school,”
Gashi told KALLXO.com,
The promise to implement the Topanica bridge project has been made ten years in a row.
Former mayors of this municipality, Shaip Surdulli from the LDK, who has been in charge of
Kamenica for 11 years, and Begzad Sinani from the PDK, who governed Kamenica for six
years, did not accomplish this project, despite their promises in election campaigns. Both of
them failed to secure funding from the Kosovo government, despite the fact that the PDK
and LDK governed the country.
During the electoral "Debat Përnime" (Hard Debate) for mayor of Kamenica, hosted by Jeta
Xharra, the current mayor, Qëndron Kastrati, did not promise to build the bridge in Topanica,
but said that the selection of projects to be carried out will be up to of the villagers.
“We do not trade in votes. We, as the governance of the Vetevendosje Movement, will
present the projects and the villagers will select which projects will be carried out this year,
which next year, which in the future," said Kastrati.
KALLXO.com has made earlier reports this bridge.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/qeveria-e-ndihmon-komunen-e-varfer-ne-
ndertimin-e-ures/
12. Gjakova does not publish contracts with economic operators
09 May 2018 - Contracts signed by different
business organizations with the Gjakova
Municipality after tendering procedures
cannot be found on the municipality’s site.
The Mayor of Gjakova, Ardian Gjini, has not
fulfilled his promise to publish the contracts
that the municipality enters into with
economic operators.
In the pre-election debate hosted by Jeta Xharra, Gjini pledged that these data would be
immediately published.
“List of businesses awarded tenders from the municipality, as soon as they get them. All
contracts that the municipality enters into with economic operators, as soon as they get
them,” said Gjini.
As a matter of fact, on the municipal site there are various announcements about procurement
processes, such as 'contract notices', 'contract award notices' and cancellations, but no signed
contracts.
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KALLXO.com has requested information from the Information Office in Gjakova on the
publication of these data, and they said that the data were published, referring to the section
where the contract recommendations were published (contract award notices).
During the hosting of municipal electoral debates, all candidates, including Gjini, were sent
questions 48 hours earlier. Among the sent questions was also 'when will you start publishing
the contracts that the municipality enters into with the economic operators'? The same
question was again put to Gjini, who clearly replying that the contracts will be published as
soon as they are signed.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/gjakova-nuk-publikon-kontratat-me-operatoret-
ekonomike/
13. Kaçanik, waiting for water
09 May 2018 - The Kaçanik
Municipality is one of the
municipalities with the smallest
coverage of the water supply network.
In the local elections “Debat Pernime”
(Hard Debate), the current Mayor of
Kaçanik, Besim Ilazi, said that within
2018 the sewage network will extend
to 40% of the settlements of this
municipality. The project is funded in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment and Spatial
Planning.
“Regarding water supply issues, I can say that this year (2018) will be completed a major
project funded by the Ministry of Environment, which includes 9 villages that account for
around 40 percent of the population of the Kaçanik Municipality, and including the existing 40
percent coverage of the water supply system I think that Kaçanik Municipality will supply
water to over 70 percent of residents,” said Ilazi.
He has also promised the replacement of asbestos pipes.
“There will also be some villages that have built their own supply, such as the village of Bicevc.
Then we have the village that is quite a challenge, because part of the water supply system is
still with asbestos pipes,” he said.
Kallxo.com, during the municipal debates research, found that one of the main problems for
the citizens of this municipality is the lack of water and sewage systems.
In the Kaçanik Municipality they say that the project will be finalized within this year.
“The project in question is in the final phase, working on the secondary network, meters will
be installed at villages, and it is expected to be finalized within this year. This project is funded
and supervised by MESP,” said Ramadan Osmani, director of the Directorate of Emergencies
and Public Services in the Kaçanik Municipality.
Krypometri (Salt Meter) considers that this is one of the important projects for the residents
of Kacanik, so it will continue to monitor whether it will be completed on time, and whether
these villages will have enough water once it is operational.
The importance of water supply as well as the risk of abuses and use of poor quality pipes,
such as the Rahovec case, make us focus on this project of great importance for Kacanik
residents.
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Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/kacaniku-ne-pritje-te-ujit/
14. Gjini's partial transparency in publishing decisions
08 May 2018 - The Mayor of
Gjakova, Ardian Gjini, has fulfilled
the pre-election promise of
transparency in the decisions he
makes.
In the debate before the municipal
elections, hosted by Jeta Xharra, he
had promised to publish the Mayor's
decisions as soon as he was elected
to the office.
“The Mayor's decisions will be published immediately," said Gjini. The Mayor's decisions are
listed on the municipal website.
But, the Gjakova Municipality is not publishing the decisions of the directorates, as promised
by the Mayor Gjini.
In the debate before the municipal elections, hosted by Jeta Xharra, he had promised to
publish the decisions of municipal directorates.
“The decisions of the directories [are published] immediately," said Gjini. The Gjakova
Municipality has not published the decisions of municipal directorates.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/transparenca-e-pjesshme-e-gjinit-per-publikimin-
e-vendimeve/
15. Lies about the operationalization of the Firefighters’ Facility in Deçan
02 May 2018 - The Mayor of Deçan,
Bashkim Ramosaj, did not maintain his
promise to render fully operational the
new facility of the firefighting unit.
Consequently, the firefighters of this
municipality are still using the Palace of
Culture, which is located in the yard of the
municipal building. They are waiting since
2015 to be accommodated in the new
facility.
During the election campaign, on the "Jeta në Komunë” (Life in the Municipality) show, the
former leader of the Deçan Fire Fighting Unit, Bashkim Ramosaj, was asked by Jeta Xharra
when would he accommodate his former colleagues in the new facility.
Ramosaj promised that his former firefighter colleagues would be deployed to the new facility
in March 2018.
“The new facility was built, but due to technical reasons and deficiencies in the facility’s
construction, it is not yet ready for technical acceptance. I believe that it will soon be
operational. I think that by March they will be deployed in that facility,” said Ramosaj (See
HERE from min 1:17:14).
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Contacted by KALLXO.com, the Director of Public Services in Deçan, Izet Zenuni, said the
Firefighter Unit has not yet been deployed in the new facility.
According to him, some pipes cracked during the winter and it was necessary to intervene
again for their repair.
Zenuni announced that by the end of May, Deçan firefighters will be deployed in their facility.
From 2005 to 2008, the current Deçan Mayor, Bashkim Ramosaj, held the position of the
leader of the Fire Fighting Unit in Deçan.
Same as with Ramosaj, the KRYPOMETRI (Salt Meter) had also alerted bout the lies of the
former Decan mayor Rasim Selmanaj on the issue of the firefighters’ facility.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/rrena-per-funksionalizimin-e-objektit-te-
zjarrfikesve-ne-decan/
16. Naming streets in Prizren; such a drag
01 May 2018 - Despite being one of
the most attractive places for tourists
in Kosovo, the city of Prizren still does
not provide adequate street signs.
There are still no street names and
signage in Prizren. The municipality is
justifying the delay with the tendering
problems of this service.
Mayor Mytaher Haskuka promised, in the runoff debate, that this issue would be resolved
within four months of his government.
“The tender for street name signs has been canceled three times due to the problems related
to who was awarded the contract. Once this is solved, I believe that we must continue. I
believe that in the first 3-4 months all will be done. The tender was just cancelled,” said
Haskuka.
He was sworn in as Mayor on December 22, 2017, which means he spent more than four
months in governance.
According to Haskuka, even at this time the municipality continues to face problems in
procurement procedures and street names and signage remain to be set.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/zvarritja-e-emertimit-te-rrugeve-ne-prizren/
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17. Mayor lies about the operation of sports hall in Shtime
April 29, 2018 - The Mayor of Shtime,
Naim Ismajli promised, in the runoff
Pernime Debate (Hard Debate), that
the sports hall will be finalized in early
2018.
That's because the investment
expiration date for the sports hall was
in late December.
Naim Ismajli was asked when would the sports hall be functional.
He said: “At the end of December
2017 is the expiry date of the sports
hall's investments and in early 2018 the
hall will be functional".
Meanwhile, in the Shtime Municipality
they say the sports hall can only be
operational by the end of this year.
The municipality received guarantees
from the Ministry of Culture that the
works will be completed by the end of
the year.
“Works in the sports hall are
continuing according to the current
planning and contract, but for the completion of the works we have
reached an agreement on the
17.4.2018 with the Ministry of Culture
for financial support for the
completion of the final phase of the
works, expected to be carried out in
the autumn of the current year", reads
the response of the Shtime
Municipality.
Kallxo.com had taken pictures of the sports hall, which revealed the damage caused to public
investments.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/rrena-e-kryetarit-rreth-funksionalizimit-te-salles-
sportive-ne-shtime/
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18. Mayor of Lipjan keeps promise for water supply to Janjeva
12 May 2018 - About 7 months ago, the
inhabitants of the village of Janjeva of the
Lipljan Municipality faced frequent water
cuts.
This problem was raised by the Jeta në
Komunë (Life in the Municipality) show, last
October during the election campaign.
Mayor Imri Ahmeti, who held office over the previous mandate, admitted that the inhabitants
of Janjeva faced water shortages, but according to him the water issue had been solved.
After receiving citizen reports, the Jeta në Komunë (Life in the Municipality) show, played
footage of residents carrying buckets of water, while Ahmeti on the day the debate stated
that the water issue was improved.
“There was no water on September 19, but the water problem has already been solved in
Janjeva. All Janjeva is supplied with water,” he said.
During May 2018, KALLXO.com visited residents of the village of Janjeva, who said they no
longer have problems with their water supply.
KALLXO.com has contacted the Information Office of the Lipjan Municipality to confirm the
improvement of the water supply situation in this village.
Bukurije Zejnullahu-Jashari, spokeswoman of the Lipjan Municipality, said that 6 months ago
the Lipjan Municipality has intervened in the construction of the water supply network’s main
pipe from the water springs in Lipjan to Janjeva.
“Also, in Janjeva there is a secondary network of distribution to every household, supplying
water 24/7," Zejnullahu-Jashari said.
According to her, earlier there have been significant reductions and after repeated
interventions by the Lipjan Municipality even in the previous mandate, this problem has now
been solved after the construction of the main pipeline.
Another concern, according to her, is represented by the unfulfilled customer obligations
towards the water company.
“From the information we have from the Lipjan Regional Water Supply Company, we have a
disturbingly small number of residents who fulfill their obligations as water consumers", says
Jashari-Zejnullahu.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/kryetari-i-lipjanit-mban-premtimin-per-ujin-ne-
janjeve/
19. Ambitious river rehabilitation project
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13 May 2018 - In the municipal debates
that were held last year, the host Jeta
Xharra has expressed through photos the
complaints of residents and has asked the
candidates of all municipalities to promise
when will they meet citizens' demands for
the problems they face.
In the Shtime Municipality, one of the main
problems that the inhabitants have expressed is the pollution of the Shtimjanja River and the
large amounts of dumped waste.
During the debate for the mayor of Shtime, several photographs showing the state of the
Shtimjanja River were presented to the mayoral candidates.
The mayor of Shtime, Naim Ismajli, had come prepared to the 'DebatPernime’ (Hard Debate),
promising that the Shtimjanja River will be rehabilitated, presenting it as one of his key projects
for the next mandate.
With some pictures, he explained how the River Shtimjanja would look like at the end of his
term.
“We will fix the collector through a loan we have received. We have made an agreement with
the Austrian Government. After fixing the collector, we will begin building the river bed. We
started the first phase of concrete works, and then we will take care of the aesthetics of the
river bed, by building walkways and part of the park on the two banks of the river, and that
will be the city's main promenade, following the river bed. At the same time with the river
bed, part of the center will be attached to a space that we will be able to close if needed for
festivities, but will be open during the day, when business activities need it", was how he
described the project which, from its inception, will be monitored by KALLXO.com.
Asked when the whole project will be completed, Ismajli said it would be in 2021.
“2019 will the year of the river, continuing in 2020, and in 2021 we will complete the whole
project," promised Ismajli.
KALLXO.com will monitor the implementation of this project and will observe whether
Mayor Naim Ismajli will keep his promise to create a green park and a clean river.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/projekti-ambicioz-per-rregullimin-e-lumit/
20. Junik's sleeping facility
May 14, 2018 - The Mayor of Junik,
Agron Kuçi, in the electoral debate
promised that the sewage treatment
plant would be operational by the
spring of 2018.
“Yes, next spring (2018), the facility
will be operational," Kuci said in the
debate for the Junik Municipality.
In the Junik Municipality wastewater has been shed in the Trava river, although the wastewater
treatment facility has been built.
The response of the Junik Municipality said that the sewage treatment plant was partially
operational.
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“It is currently working as a simple collector," reads the Junik Municipality response.
Therefore, according to the response of this municipality, the water continues to remain
untreated and shed in the Trava river.
The response of the municipality states that they are waiting for the investor (European
Union) to provide funds to finalize the project.
The project is expected to supply and install the water purification equipment. The reason
preventing the operation of this plant, according to the Junik Municipality is the contract
dispute between the investor (EU) and the operator that will implement this project.
Agron Kuci was elected to lead the Junik Municipality with about 7 thousand inhabitants for
the third time.
In the local elections of 2017, Agron Kuci was elected Mayor of Junik in the first round of
elections held on October 22nd. Agron Kuci won with 1, 499 votes or 57.88 percent, against
three other candidates from the LDK, Vetevendosje and PDK aiming for the seat of Mayor of
Junik.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/impianti-i-fjetur-i-junikut/
21. Tahiri keeps promise to publish expenses
14 May 2018 - The Mayor of Vushtrri
Xhafer Tahiri, during the run-off Debat
Pernime (Hard Debate) promised to
publish all his expenses as Mayor.
Tahiri promised that such expense
would be made public in weekly and
monthly reporting.
“My expenses as mayor will always be
public and transparent in weekly and monthly reporting," Tahiri said.
Since taking office as mayor, Xhafer Tahiri has published his spending every week.
The weekly municipal reports show expenditures in the category of goods and services, but
there is no specific explanation on what the money was spent for.
KALLXO.com has sent a request to the mayor's office to have access to the mayor's detailed
expenses, in order to understand how he spends public money. The Municipality of Vushtrri
did not provide us with such access.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/tahiri-e-mban-fjalen-per-publikim-te-
shpenzimeve/
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22. Istog does not publish Rugova's decisions
14 May 2018 - The Mayor of Istog, Haki
Rugova, did not keep the promise made
during the election campaign for the
publication of his decisions and those of
municipal directors.
Haki Rugova many promises, during the
electoral campaign on the electoral Debat
Pernime (Hard Debate) on Istog, hosted by
Jeta Xharra, as he had more available time do to the absence of his opponent Gani Dreshaj.
“Yes, right away. Everything must be published immediately, any decision made after the
elections,” Rugova promised when he was asked regarding the publication of the decisions of
the mayor and of the directorates on the municipal official website. (See HERE from min
10:54)
Despite the warning by the author of the show, Jeta Xharra, that all of these promises will be
evaluated by the Krypometri (Salt Meter), Rugova replied that he was aware of his promises.
The Mayor's decisions are not published on the website of the Istog Municipality.
KALLXO.com has contacted the Information Officer of the Istog Municipality, Jeta Balaj,
asking for clarification on why they were not published on the municipal website, while she
claimed the municipality has fulfilled its obligations, but it was up to the Ministry of Local
Government.
“We have loaded them, but the problem lies with the company that manages the websites
and the ministry," she said.
However, on the municipal website are published the Mayor's Profile, as well as many news
from his activities as Mayor.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/istogu-nuk-i-publikon-vendimet-e-rugoves/
23. Haskuka opens up the Prizren Municipality
14 May 2018 - The Prizren Municipality
has advanced in the transparency of
municipal governance under Mytaher
Haskuka.
In the pre-election debate hosted by
Jeta Xharra in Prizren, Haskuka
pledged to publish his decisions, along
with important documents of this
municipality.
“Our first point is: Prizren, an open municipality. Immediately after taking office, we will try
to try to publish all the documents that have to do with the decision-making in the
municipality, in radical manner. The first three months or the first six months. Six months at
most, because there may be some delays,” he said.
Haskuka was sworn in as Mayor on December 22, 2017, which means he spent more than
four months in governance.
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So far, all decisions of the Mayor have been published on the official website of the Prizren
Municipality.
In addition, Haskuka has published the report on the first 100 days of work in this municipality.
Expenditures made by the executive were also made public within the work report of the
Directorate of Economy and Finance.
The Mayor of Prizren was also engaged in the publication of the findings of the municipal
inspectorate, especially regarding food controls.
He posted several times on his Facebook profile their findings of spoiled meat and meat
products at points of sale in Prizren.
After the country-wide spoiled meat scandal, Haskuka also established an open call center for
citizen reporting.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/haskuka-e-hap-komunen-e-prizrenit/
24. Malisheva blames Minister for delaying Stadium works
15 May 2018 - The Mayor of Malisheva,
Ragip Begaj, during the pre-election
debates promised that the town
stadium would be completed in the first
half of 2018.
“The stadium will be completed in the
first half of next year (2018)," promised
Begaj on the "Debat Pernime” (Hard
Debate) show.
The response of this municipality states that there are still works to be completed, such as:
Carpet gluing and staircase coverage as well as some other technical works.
All of these works are part of the responsibility of the Ministry of Culture and Sport.
“The part of the municipality in fixing the stadium is complete, the part of the Ministry of
Culture, Youth and Sports is pending, so you should contact the respective ministry regarding
the completion of the works at the stadium", reads the responses of this municipality.
Begaj's promise for full operations of the stadium will not be kept.
“This year, we believe that football teams will play their matches in the stadium," reads the
Malisheva Municipality response.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/malisheva-fajeson-ministrin-per-zvarritjen-e-
puneve-ne-stadium/
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25. Haziri's lie about the Livoç road
May 16, 2018 - The Mayor of Gjilan, Lutfi
Haziri did not keep the promise he made
at the electoral Debat Pernime (Hard
Debate) on Jeta në Kosovë (Life in
Kosovo), when he stated that with the
revision of the budget, the citizens of Livoç
i Poshtëm and Cernica will have a shorter
and better road to Gjilan.
Haziri made such comments in the debate of Jeta në Kosovë (Life in Kosovo) for the Gjilan
Municipality, which was held on 11 October last year.
He stated that if the budget review by the Government were to take place that month, the
works would begin immediately and would not last longer than 1 month.
“The Livoc road in the direction of Cernica is in the project and we can start this year even,
once the budget is revised by the Government. It is not a costly road, but we need to fix the
drainage and water supply in parallel. If the budget revision starts now, work will begin this
month, but if the budget is not revised, then in the Spring. The road we're talking about does
not require more than 1 month,” said Mayor of Gjilan, Lutfi Haziri at that time.
On the same month, on 31 October 2017 the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo adopted
the revised budget, but the residents of the area have yet to see any asphalt on their road. It
continues to be in the same conditions as before the elections. http://kallxo.com/kuvendi-
miraton-rishikimin-e-buxhetit/
We are now 2 months into spring and the works have not started, although Haziri stated that
if not in 2017, by spring of this year the road would be paved.
Meanwhile, in the budget of the Republic of Kosovo for 2018, the Gjilan Municipality has
foreseen 722 thousand Euros on municipal road construction. The budget line is general and
it is not known whether the rehabilitation of this road is planned for this year.
Meanwhile, on the e-Procurement website is published a tender for the construction and
renovation of roads in Gjilan. The project is foreseen to cost 1.2 million Euros. But, this road
does not appear in the list of roads.
On the PPRC's website there is no tender initiated since the debate on the paving of this road.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/rrena-e-hazirit-per-rrugen-e-livocit/
26. Delays in student transport in Vushtrri
17 May 2018 - Since September 2016,
the Vushtrri Municipality has
interrupted public transportation for
students throughout the municipality.
This interruption, according to the
previous government, occurred due to
the lack of budget.
The Mayor of Vushtrri, Xhafer Tahiri
during the municipal elections, at 'Debat Pernime’ (Hard Debate) had promised that his first
decision as mayor would be to relaunch public transportation for elementary school students.
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“My first decision, obviously after the administrative assignment of directors, will be to order
the director of education to re-launch public transportation services for elementary school
students," Tahiri told the 'Debate Pernime' (Hard Debate) during the run-off in the Vushtrri
Municipality (see HERE from min 3:38).
The Vushtrri Municipality, at the end of January, opened the tender for contracting
transportation services for students of this municipality, who were obliged to walk for
kilometers to attend elementary school.
The tender was opened on 29 January 2018. The tender is divided into 35 lots. Not all lots
have been completed with awarded contracts, as the Municipality was obliged to cancel some
of the parts of the contract and to re-issue the tender.
As we are at the end of the academic year, some of the lines will be active only for the next
academic year.
The Director of Education in the Vushtrri Municipality, Afrim Namani, told KALLXO.com
that so far there are 20 operational public transport lines for students in the municipality of
Vushtrri.
“20 are operational, while the bidding process has not yet been completed for 13 public
transport lines," Namani said.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/zvarritja-e-transportit-per-nxenesit-e-vushtrrise/
27. Fear from Damaged Dam on Mirusha River
16 May 2018 - The Mirusha river dam
is damaged. The concrete poured on
this dam has been damaged by the
2016 floods. The photos presented by
the Jeta në Kosovë (Life in Kosovo)
show reveal that layer of concrete was
too thin.
The Mayor of Malisheva, Ragip Begaj
acknowledged at the electoral debate, in front of Jeta Xharra, that this dam was dangerous
for the lives of residents of that area.
“This happened last year, we had extraordinary floods in the Malisheva Municipality. However,
we are concerned, and we have asked the ministry to assist us. We have presented the
project, which we designed, and the rehabilitation of the dam costs around 170 thousand
Euros. We had no foreseen budget, and next year it will certainly be repaired, but nevertheless
it is a project built without permission and I do not know how to act,” Begaj said. “The Mirusha
river dam will be completed in 2018".
Now, at the Malisheva Municipality they are saying that the Ministry of Environment and Spatial
Planning is responsible for repairing the damages on this dam.
“The rehabilitation of the dam on the lake in Mirusha is a problem that the Ministry of
Environment, which manages the waters in the territory of the Republic, must deal with. So
far, the Ministry has made no moves,” reads the Malisheva Municipality response. “Waters
are managed by the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning. In this case, the municipality
only deals with situation management in case of danger to residents below the dam."
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KALLXO.com has sent questions to the Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning to
understand why the Municipality's request for dam repairs has not been addressed yet. This
ministry, despite the promise, has not responded.
Meanwhile, the risk from flood in Malisheva is still present. Furthermore, in the Mirusha village
people live with the fear that one day the dam built by the Municipality may erupt due to the
damage it has sustained.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/frika-nga-diga-e-demtuar-ne-lumin-mirusha/
28. Agim Aliu publishes names of squatters and his decisions
17 May 2018 - The list of persons who
have occupied public property, namely
the property of the Ferizaj Municipality, has now been made
public on the website of this
municipality.
The publication of these lists was a
promise of the Mayor of this
municipality, Agim Aliu, made in the
election campaign of the 2017 local elections.
In the pre-election debate hosted by Jeta Xharra, Ali had promised to publish the list of
municipal property squatters within six months.
“All this information will be public within the first six months. The list of squatters, at the
moment we ascertain the situation based on the data, within the first six months,” Ali said.
The list of squatters was loaded on the Ferizaj Municipality website even before this deadline.
In addition, the Ferizaj Municipality has started to publish the Mayor's decisions. The decisions
of a month are collected in a document and they are not being published separately.
The Ferizaj Municipality has started to publish the decisions of the directors of the municipal
directorates, but not all the decisions are published.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/agim-aliu-publikon-uzurpatoret-dhe-vendimet/
29. Klina does not publish contracts with Economic Operators
May 17, 2018 - The Mayor of Klina, Zenun
Elezaj, made a big promise in the electoral
debate. He promised that all contracts the
Municipality will enter into with economic
operators will be published on the
website of this municipality.
“The contracts the municipality enters
into with economic operators will be
published within 3 months," Elezaj said in the electoral debate for Klina, facing Sokol Bashota.
But, Elezaj has not kept this promise. The municipality website still does not publish contracts
signed by the municipality with economic operators. It publishes all notices regarding the
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procurement process, but not the contracts. No municipalities have started publishing
contracts related to economic operators for the provision of services, supplies or works.
Elezaj also promised the publication of the decisions of the mayor and of the directors of the
directorates.
“Publication of the decisions of the mayor and of the directorates within 3 months," said
Elezaj.
Elezaj has kept this promise. Elezaj's decisions are being published on the new website of the
Klina Municipality.
Source link: https://kallxo.com/krypometer/klina-nuk-i-publikon-kontratat-e-lidhura-me-
operatoret-ekonomik/