Dear Mr/Ms,

We invite you to attend,

Conference:

“Protection of bidders' right"

Belgrade, Medija center, hall I, 20. Jun 2008.

Agenda:

10.30 – 11.00 Registration

11.00 – 11.20 Opening session

Mr. Stefano Donati, Economic Transparency Adviser, Rule of Law

and Human Rights Department, the OSCE Mission to Serbia

11.20. – 11.40 Mr. Saša Varinac, President of the Commission for Protection of Rights

Functioning of the area of protection of rights in Serbia

11.40– 11.55 Mr. Danilo Pejović, Project Manager, Transparency Serbia

How much do bidders know about protection of rights and how much do they

trust the system?

11.55– 12.15 Mr. Nemanja Nenadić, Program Director, Transparency Serbia

Protection of bidders rights and protection of public interest

12.15– 12.30 Mr. Rade Đurić, Transparency Serbia

Experiences from Bidders Advices Center 's cases

12.30– 13.00 Discussion and conclusions

13.00 Cocktail

For any additional information you can contact Miss Bojana Medenica on the phone number 303-38-27 or by e-mail ts@transparentnost.org.yu

Main reasons for organizing this press conference

Transparency – Serbia in cooperation with Mission of OSCE to Serbia from October 2007. implements project „Bidders Advice Support". Primary idea is that protection of bidders rights is one of the most important supports of public procurement regularities, Transparency-Serbia in past ten months provided to bidders free advisory help in the area of protection of rights. On the occasion of finishing of the project, at the conference will be presented main findings from the period of the implementation of project, problems noticed, possibilities of their overcoming as well as representative cases from the counseling which will be published in special publication.

Conference has for goal to gather representatives of relevant state institutions (State Audit Institution, Commission for Protection of Rights, Public Procurement Office, Ministry of Finance, Public Councilor), bidders and expert public, as well as the chance to exchange experiences and open discussion on most important subjects in the area of protection of rights.