{"id":24046,"date":"2025-04-17T15:08:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T15:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/?p=24046"},"modified":"2025-04-17T15:10:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T15:10:58","slug":"public-property-auctioned-without-competition-by-passing-off-the-electronic-procurement-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/?p=24046&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Public Property Auctioned Without Competition By-Passing off the Electronic Procurement System"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Over the past ten years, <strong>41 municipalities<\/strong> in the country have auctioned or leased <strong>6 350 hectares<\/strong> of public land, pastures and forests for use by private businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These auctions have been conducted <strong>by passing off the transparent competitive procedures<\/strong>, without being carried out through the <strong>Electronic Procurement System<\/strong> of the Public Procurement Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Approximately <strong>750 public properties<\/strong> have been transferred for private use through the <strong>&#8220;Envelope Offer&#8221;<\/strong> method \u2014 a <strong>closed and non-transparent<\/strong> practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <strong>2024 alone<\/strong>, <strong>2,355 hectares<\/strong> were allocated for private use \u2014 a figure <strong>two to three times higher<\/strong> compared to previous years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The declared purposes for leasing these public assets include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Renewable energy production (photovoltaic and wind),<\/li><li>Agroforestry,<\/li><li>Livestock farming,<\/li><li>Tourism, etc.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Businesses that secure the right to use these assets through municipal auctions gain the status of <strong>\u201cnon-owner possessor,\u201d<\/strong> which gives them priority in <strong>cost-free privatization<\/strong>, based on the <strong>\u201cMountain Package\u201d Law<\/strong> \u2014 a law contested by non-governmental organizations as <strong>clientelist and Tailor-Made Law. <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/citizens.al\/2025\/02\/11\/paketa-e-maleve-drejt-kuvendit-ekspertet-listojne-parregullsite-e-projektligjit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/citizens.al\/2025\/02\/11\/paketa-e-maleve-drejt-kuvendit-ekspertet-listojne-parregullsite-e-projektligjit\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The full evidence and the article on <strong>state-owned assets under municipal ownership leased during 2015\u20132024<\/strong> can be found on the <strong>Open Data Albania<\/strong> platform (data.al).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br><center>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-open-data-albania\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"IbcVFaHlQH\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/?p=23926\">Pasuri Shtet\u00ebrore n\u00eb Pron\u00ebsi t\u00eb Bashkive t\u00eb Dh\u00ebna me Qira p\u00ebr periudh\u00ebn 2015 &#8211; 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Pasuri Shtet\u00ebrore n\u00eb Pron\u00ebsi t\u00eb Bashkive t\u00eb Dh\u00ebna me Qira p\u00ebr periudh\u00ebn 2015 &#8211; 2024&#8221; &#8212; Open Data Albania\" src=\"https:\/\/ndiqparate.al\/?p=23926&#038;embed=true#?secret=IbcVFaHlQH\" data-secret=\"IbcVFaHlQH\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<br><\/center>\n\n\n\n<p>All procedures are published on the <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/openprocurement.al\/\" target=\"_blank\">Open Procurement Albania<\/a><\/strong> platform, while businesses that benefit from such contracts have a <strong>\u201cpassport\u201d with data on ownership and activity<\/strong> available on <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/opencorporates.al\/\" target=\"_blank\">Open Corporates Albania<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<br><b>#PublicAssets, #MountainPackage, #ClientelistLaw, #OpenDataAlbania, #OpenProcurementAlbania, #OpenCorporatesAlbania, #OpenDataForJustice, #DataForCitizens<\/b><br><br>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past ten years, 41 municipalities in the country have auctioned or leased 6 350 hectares of public land, pastures and forests for use by private businesses. These auctions have been conducted by passing off the transparent competitive procedures, without being carried out through the Electronic Procurement System of the Public Procurement Agency. 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