In the first week of January 2007, the European Commission signed an agreement to fund a 24 month research project ELLECTRA-WeB (European Electronic Public Procurement Application Framework in the Western Balkans Region). The overall aim of the project is to: “specify, develop and test an Open Source Application Framework for electronic Public Procurement and a set of Supporting Guidelines that will enable, on the one hand, Western Balkan ICT developers to cost-effectively develop, and, on the other hand, Western Balkan Public Administrations and Suppliers to easily adopt and use interoperable, user-friendly, secure and EU compliant electronic Public Procurement solutions”.

The ELLECTRA-WeB project brings together a team of experienced partners dedicated to contributing, each in their respective area of expertise, to the successful implementation of the project objectives. The consortium consists of a leading European software development company (INTRASOFT), a management consulting company (PLANET), a leading European independent non-profit research foundation (SINTEF) Four Western Balkan ICT companies / research organisations (CCENTER, EXIT-IT, EON, ECCF), three central Public Procurement Agencies (PPA-BiH, PPB, PPO) from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Republic of Serbia respectively.

Project name: European Electronic Public Procurement Application Framework in the
                        Western Balkan Region

Project acronym:  ELLECTRA-WEB           Total cost:                   1.866.514,88 €
Contract Number:  045153                      Commission funding:   1.000.000,00 €