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BCCI supports the intention of the Center for Prevention of Corruption and Organized Crime to focus on public procurements
Obviously public procurements pose a problem if, within one week only, two major events have discussed their integrity and measures for prevention of corruption in the award of public contracts. The conception for the Center for Prevention of Corruption and Organized Crime (BORKOR) now has clearly defined goals, one of which is combating unfair public procurements. The society seems to acquire a clearer idea of what it could expect from the work of this institution, the President of BCCI Tsvetan Simeonov said in an interview for the Bulgarian National Radio on 28 March.
Advanced technologies and methods will be used to effectively battle and prevent corruption in this area. Bulgaria cannot prosper without the introduction of e-Government. Unless we introduce electronic tools and restrict as much as possible the discretion of officials in determining the winners of public tenders, the goal will be hard to achieve. In view of this, the intention for BORKOR to learn from Germany’s experience in risk assessment and monitoring the compliance with the usual practice is quite encouraging, the President of the Chamber pointed out.
As far as preservation of trade secrets in public procurements is concerned, BCCI reckons that when public money is spent and everyone strives for transparency and accountability in its spending, it is normal for trade secrets to be disclosed. If companies wish to preserve their trade secrets, they may do so in their relations with other companies, which is a common practice. However, when public funds are concerned the society must be aware of how much is spent, what it is spent for and what the results are.
Commenting on the proposed amendment to the Criminal Assets Forfeiture Act which would allow launching a forfeiture procedure in cases of breach of public contracts, Mr. Simeonov said that this is normal and he believes efforts should be made in this area, because the results of the work of the Criminal Assets Forfeiture Committee remain unclear. No significant results have been achieved yet, or at least no visible results have become known to the general public.
28.03.2012
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