“Citizens will be informed” – Minister Ibrahimaj: Public procurement will be tracked from the fund to fiscalisation!

The Minister of Economy and Innovation, Delina Ibrahimaj, has announced that the government is preparing a new model for public procurement, aimed at increasing the transparency, control and traceability of funds.

After the government meeting ended, Ibrahimaj said that within the autumn, procedures are expected to begin for the use of artificial intelligence in public procurement. According to her, the process will also be accompanied by changes in how procurement is conducted, so that citizens have more information and access.

“Since we expect that very soon, within this autumn, we will begin the procedures for artificial intelligence in public procurement, we wanted to review the way they are done, so that they are more tangible for the citizen. In the Pasqyrë Albania process, we should have detailed information on public procurement, where citizens have access to which procurements are carried out and to the implementation of procurement contracts,” Ibrahimaj declared.

The minister said a new model was also presented today, in which the Centralised Purchasing Operator will have a greater role in public procurement processes.

“Today a model has been presented in which the Centralised Purchasing Operator will take more weight in carrying out public procurement processes, but all the systems of the Ministry of Finance, the Public Procurement Agency and the Centralised Purchasing Operator, contract implementation and the final point of the fiscalisation systems will be synchronised,” the minister said.

According to Ibrahimaj, integrating these systems will make it possible to follow public funds throughout the whole process, from procurement to contract implementation and fiscalisation.

“At every moment, public funds will be traceable, controllable and transparent for everyone who is interested,” Ibrahimaj stressed.