INDEPENDENCE OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY
INDEPENDENCE OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY

Author(s): Mária Patakyová
Subject(s): Economy, Supranational / Global Economy
Published by: Udruženje ekonomista i menadžera Balkana
Keywords: Public procurement;Office for Public Procurement;Independence;De facto independence;
Summary/Abstract: Nowadays, many countries suffer from loss of confidence of their citizens. Huge protests are spread throughout many states even in the EU. The time has come to analyze the principles of good governance in order to make states trustworthy organizations again. This paper aims to contribute to the discussion by focusing on independence of state authorities. As public spending is often a cause of citizens’ dissatisfaction with governments, the independence of public procurement authorities shall be analyzed in particular. This paper deals with requirements for independence and applies them to a chosen public procurement authority, the Office for Public Procurement, which is the central authority for administration of public procurements in the Slovak Republic. Since there have been many affairs related to misspending of public resources, the de facto independence of the Office for Public Procurement can be questioned. Therefore, the paper puts forward the legal framework in which the Office for Public Procurement operates, and discusses its functioning in practice.

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