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, aiming to increase transparency, control and traceability of funds.

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

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

The minister said that 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 process, from procurement to contract implementation and fiscalisation.

"At every moment public funds should be traceable, controllable and transparent for all those who will be interested", Ibrahimaj stressed.