{"id":20053,"date":"2023-10-11T07:51:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T07:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/?p=20053"},"modified":"2023-10-25T10:28:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T10:28:18","slug":"the-need-to-improve-the-public-procurement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/?p=20053&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"The Need to improve the Public Procurement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As part of CI-EU-NPA &#8220;Improving the Debate on Policies and Accountability to fulfill basic rights through the creation of the Platform for Negotiations of Cluster I Albania&#8221;, AIS held a roundtable on the Needs for Change in Public Procurement Legislation. Member s of the Parliament, Mrs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jorida.tabaku?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZXKQ7OGVZyp9qd8ISVikLbFw4olw68PyWZJWf_DDaBm67M4YwbuBmgDBxirPLa6YT0qFkUmNg-cK6pCJXVYUHBrMwc74NnUOZMMP7lgg7Fu3XR6rg_64gttuHdnQX3iwtX9lvgIT_j4wor38IzmC3iqfOeibioS4JpatrDjWbSgvRcQNweRKF3ICllBvZAHWKk&amp;__tn__=-%5dK-R\">Jorida Tabaku<\/a> and Mr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EduardShalsi?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZXKQ7OGVZyp9qd8ISVikLbFw4olw68PyWZJWf_DDaBm67M4YwbuBmgDBxirPLa6YT0qFkUmNg-cK6pCJXVYUHBrMwc74NnUOZMMP7lgg7Fu3XR6rg_64gttuHdnQX3iwtX9lvgIT_j4wor38IzmC3iqfOeibioS4JpatrDjWbSgvRcQNweRKF3ICllBvZAHWKk&amp;__tn__=-%5dK-R\">Eduard Shalsi<\/a> and representatives from the Public Procurement Agency, Mrs. Xhoana Ristani was part of this roundtable. This document comes within the framework of the Consultation process that the Albanian Government has announced for its Legal Initiative with Amendments to this Law. AIS has annylized this draft law taking into consieration EU Accession process where Public Procurement is cpart of Cluster 1. The three important aspects proposed by the Council of Ministers in the Draft are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See the agenda&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Agenda-The-Need-for-Improvements-in-Public-Procurement-Legislation.pdf\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See the document <a href=\"http:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/POSITION-PAPER-AIS-PUBLIC-PROCUREMENT.pdf\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a) Bringing the procurement process out of the public domain, that is, the inclusion of private-non-public entities that will play the role of Contracting Authorities in the public procurement process;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>b) The establishment of another SPE Electronic Procurement System which in the draft is presented to us with the first two innovations SPE harmonized and integrated with other electronic systems and the second SPE which is accessed by paid users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>c) Defining Artificial Intelligence as a mechanism that will serve for the development of the SPE for the standardization of technical specifications, as well as the development of the dynamic purchase and electronic auction system using advanced Artificial Intelligence technology and robotic processes, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"790\" height=\"527\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-20069\" data-id=\"20069\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/ndiqparate.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3713.jpg?resize=790%2C527\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"790\" height=\"527\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-20077\" data-id=\"20077\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/ndiqparate.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3704.jpg?resize=790%2C527\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"790\" height=\"527\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-20071\" data-id=\"20071\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ndiqparate.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3724.jpg?resize=790%2C527\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"790\" height=\"661\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-20198\" data-id=\"20198\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ndiqparate.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-10-24-at-19.00.29-2-2.jpeg?resize=790%2C661\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"790\" height=\"527\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-20070\" data-id=\"20070\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/ndiqparate.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3715.jpg?resize=790%2C527\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"790\" height=\"527\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-20072\" data-id=\"20072\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/ndiqparate.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3733.jpg?resize=790%2C527\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"790\" height=\"527\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-20073\" data-id=\"20073\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/ndiqparate.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3750.jpg?resize=790%2C527\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"790\" height=\"527\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-20074\" data-id=\"20074\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/ndiqparate.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3755.jpg?resize=790%2C527\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"790\" height=\"527\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-20076\" data-id=\"20076\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/ndiqparate.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3768-1.jpg?resize=790%2C527\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"790\" height=\"527\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-20078\" data-id=\"20078\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/ndiqparate.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3771.jpg?resize=790%2C527\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>AIS \/ Open Data Albania presented its position and analysis regarding these three aspects of the Legal Initiative of the Council of Ministers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This event takes place in the framework of C1-EU-NPA &#8220;Improving the Debate on Policies and Accountability to fulfill basic rights through the creation of the Platform for Negotiations of Cluster I Albania&#8221;, a project implemented by four Albanian organizations: CSDG, ISP, AHC and AIS, with the support of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DutchEmbassyAlbania?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZXKQ7OGVZyp9qd8ISVikLbFw4olw68PyWZJWf_DDaBm67M4YwbuBmgDBxirPLa6YT0qFkUmNg-cK6pCJXVYUHBrMwc74NnUOZMMP7lgg7Fu3XR6rg_64gttuHdnQX3iwtX9lvgIT_j4wor38IzmC3iqfOeibioS4JpatrDjWbSgvRcQNweRKF3ICllBvZAHWKk&amp;__tn__=-%5dK-R\">Embassy of the Netherlands in Albania<\/a> in Tirana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of CI-EU-NPA &#8220;Improving the Debate on Policies and Accountability to fulfill basic rights through the creation of the Platform for Negotiations of Cluster I Albania&#8221;, AIS held a roundtable on the Needs for Change in Public Procurement Legislation. Member s of the Parliament, Mrs. Jorida Tabaku and Mr. Eduard Shalsi and representatives from the Public Procurement Agency, Mrs. Xhoana Ristani was part of&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20080,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/ndiqparate.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IMG_3701-1.jpg?fit=4898%2C3265&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24783,"url":"https:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/?p=24783&lang=en","url_meta":{"origin":20053,"position":0},"title":"Strengthening Women\u2019s Participation in Public Procurement: AIS Convenes High-Level Roundtable","date":"December 20, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Empowering Women Entrepreneurs to successfully bid in Public Tendering for Local Government Units - this was the title of the roundtable held on 19 December, organized by AIS. 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