COMPETITION AND INTEGRITY IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

COMPETITION AND INTEGRITY IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

The book examines the issues and challenges raised by anticompetitive practice in public procurement and lack of integrity. This is the first book to highlight the role of integrity and competition in public procurement and its influence on the entire public procurement process.

The aim of this book is to promote integrity in public procurement as a precondition for fair competition and sustainable public procurement. It will help the reader to solve its problems concerning lack of knowledge, information and experience in the area of competition and public procurement. Furthermore, it will help with appropriate measures for the prevention of corruption, as well as measures aimed at fighting bid rigging in public procurement and enhancing competition.

Considering the wide impact of public procurement on the whole economy, and the harmful consequences of anticompetitive practice to public resources, this book reviews some public procurement rules in the EU Directive on Public Procurement and the Law on Public Procurement in Serbia, intended to foster competition.

This book can be used as an useful manual for public procurement practitioners and officials working in the area of competition. It is of great value not only for lawyers, economists, specialists in purchasing practice, researchers and students but to a much wider audience that recognizes the strong potential of public procurement to stimulate investment and new technologies, as well as to boost the whole economy.

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"Slavica Jokovi's business guide examines a critical topic and offers valuable information on how the public procurement system can be used as a tool to boost investment and grow an economy. The topics are examined in detail and the book uses straightforward language, making it accessible to any reader. The information it offers is also universal and can be applied to any economy. I loved the work's use of real processes and practices in Serbia to explain its discussions. It also lists numerous other sources that can be used for further research. Competition and Integrity in Public Procurement offers essential, applicable techniques for ensuring transparency and fair competition within the public procurement system. Readers will appreciate its clear, effective discussions."

"It also examines how the EU public procurement legislative framework could be modified to facilitate the participation of SMEs in the public procurement market."

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