A procurement planning is a plan developed by a municipality which translates expenditure approved by the budget for the coming year into a categorization of procurement activities, including the dates foreseen for conducting these procurements and the estimated prices. These plans will, in addition to assisting municipalities with internal preparation and coordination between the involved stakeholders, assist central authorities with identifying joint procurements,1 and also assist businesses in planning and preparing their bids. With the purpose of analyzing the procurement planning process, and its compliance to legal requirements, the Coalition of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), consisting of the Youth
Association for Human Rights (YAHR), Institute for Sustainability and Development of Youth (ISDY), Syri i Vizionit, Ekovizioni (EV), and the Kosovo Democratic Institute (KDI), monitored this process in six Kosovo municipalities. This undertaking is implemented under USAID’s activity Transparent, Effective and Accountable Municipalities, which aims to improve public financial management, upgrade quality of services for citizens and reduce corruption risks through active monitoring of all procurement phases. Moreover, the purpose of this project is to empower citizens to hold to account, and partner with, local governments in matters related to public funds spending. This report covers the process and analyzes procurement
plannings for the municipalities of Prizren, Suhareka/ Suva Reka, Ferizaj/Uroše
