Following the first “Benchmarking Public Procurement” report published by Democracy Plus (D+) in May 2018 for five targeted municipalities in Kosovo, D+ has since been measuring the performance of municipal procurement officials. After considerable review of the indicators, D+ updated the second cycle of the ‘’Benchmarking Report’’ to better assess the performance of Pristina, Gjakova/Djakovica, Vushtrri/Vućitrn, Gjilan/Gnjilane and Peja/Peć in public procurement. This report covers the period January 2018 – July 2018, highlighting best practices, irregularities, and violations and focusing on the main developments in public procurement at the local level. The aim is to assess the extent to which the municipalities are operating according to the law, as well as to encourage officials to share good practices in public procurement.
