STATE INSTITUTIONS WITH HIGH LEVELS OF TRANSPARENCY IN 2025

11.12.2025

The annual monitoring of proactive transparency of state administration bodies for 2025 shows significant improvement in the publication of public information, in accordance with Article 10 of the Law on FAPI. According to the analysis, institutions demonstrate a high level of active transparency, with an average score of 37 out of a possible 51 points, representing an achievement of 72.5%.

The monitoring covered 99 institutions— the Government, ministries, subordinate bodies, agencies, directorates, funds, and regulatory bodies— to determine whether they regularly, timely, and systematically publish legally required information on their websites.

The most transparent institutions for 2025 are:

State Audit Office (51 points)
Health Insurance Fund of the Republic of North Macedonia (51 points)
State Commission for Prevention of Corruption – SCPC (50.5 points)
Agency for Supervision of Capital Funded Pension Insurance – MAPAS (50 points)
Ministry of Defense (50 points)

Particular attention is drawn to the dramatic progress of the Health Insurance Fund, which improved its result by 108% in one year, rising from 26.5 to a maximum of 51 points. This improvement is due to the initiative of the Health Insurance Fund itself and its collaboration with the Agency for website regulation, in accordance with Article 10 of the Law.

The institutions with the lowest levels of information disclosure are again:

Film Agency (15 points)
Bureau of Metrology (16 points)
Directorate for Technological Industrial Development Zones – TIRZ (17 points)
Hydrometeorological Directorate (17.5 points)
Republican Council for Road Safety (17.5 points)

These institutions have consistently had low levels of proactive transparency and are identified by the Agency as a priority for support in 2026.

Despite the positive results, the monitoring also revealed serious systemic shortcomings:

Only 63 out of 99 institutions have a clearly visible “Public Information” link on their homepage.
33 institutions place this information under links like “Contact,” “Information,” or “Public Relations,” making access to information more complicated for citizens.
A large number of institutions still publish the request form for access to information under the 2006 law, which is no longer in force.
41 institutions do not provide clarification on how citizens can submit requests for information.
Only 57 institutions have published their 2025 budgets.
Only 25 institutions publish quarterly financial reports— significantly below expectations.
The Agency recommends that budgets be published in an open format (Excel), but most institutions continue to upload them only in PDF format.
66 institutions have published their annual procurement plans, but 30 institutions have not published such a plan at all.
52 institutions have published their internal procurement procedures, although all are legally required to do so.

A small progress has been noted in implementing the Conclusions from the 101st Government Session (August 19, 2025), regarding institutions covered by the Transparency Strategy (2023–2026):

Only 20 institutions have published anonymized requests and responses for public access.
Only 8 institutions have adopted internal procedures for handling requests.
Only 3 institutions have published internal procedures for proactive information disclosure.
21 institutions have complied with the obligation to publish procurement procedures.

According to the Agency, these results show that some institutions do not understand the importance of active transparency as a legal and democratic obligation.

In the Report, the Agency recommends:

A unified, clearly visible banner “Public Information” on each website.
Regular updating of documents, including annual and quarterly financial data.
Publishing budgets in an open format.
Publishing all documents in accordance with Article 10 of the Law on FAPI.
Training for officials in institutions.

“Well-informed citizens – satisfied citizens” remains the Agency’s motto, and it will continue its intensive activities to improve institutional transparency and facilitate access to public information for citizens.