Abstract

The modern economy focuses on the state and the functions it has to perform, with the public sector being the most important element of the leading position of the state, as it ensures the continuity of relations between the state and its citizens. Without clearly defined strategic objectives for the functioning of the state, especially in the long term, we cannot speak of the coherent development of the state and an improvement in the position of its citizens in the modern world. The legal regulations of the public procurement system are supposed to support the state with the implementation of its functions by introducing elements of competitiveness and transparency in relations between the public and the private sector. However, in order to support the functions of the state, it is necessary to have a long-term strategy for national economic development. This will ensure more efficient and effective actions in individual areas of the state’s economy using the instruments of public procurement, among other things, and will allow for the restructuring of declining branches of the economy and the development of new ones through purposeful and systemic influencing of public sector entities. However, all these activities must be properly organised and harmonised in a unified public policy.