Public Procurement
Last week, in her speech on the political guidelines for her new term as Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen announced the following in relation to public procurement: "We must also make better use of public procurement – which accounts for 14% of EU GDP. A 1% efficiency gain in
UK
As with the other manifestos, the LibDem one includes some policy proposals but in general these are bereft of any level of detail. “Expanding the market for climate-friendly products and services with steadily higher criteria in public procurement policy.” Their first proposal comes with a healthy dollop of hand waving
sustainability
A couple of years ago I attended a sustainable public procurement conference and asked one of the speakers about the tradeoffs adding more sustainable objectives to procurement would entail. In short, there are no free lunches and as such - on aggregate and at scale - this is likely to
Public Procurement
This coming Thursday I will be doing a workshop at the Lisbon Environmental Law cluster from the University of Lisbon. It will be a homecoming of sorts for me as it is the first time I will be delivering a session in person at my alma mater exactly 20 years
Public Procurement
Jean Tirole published an article recently based on a keynote speech to the EU DG Comp conference from late last year on the implications of expanding the remit of public agencies such as central banks and competition authorities. In it, Tirole expresses his concern about the call for enlarging these
Public Procurement
As mentioned yesterday I attended a conference on sustainability in public procurement last week in Lisbon, probably the first sustainability-related conference I have attended since May 2017 and a good opportunity to take stock of what has changed over the years. Externally, the pressure is on to combat climate change
Public Procurement
Marta Andhov and Roberto Caranta edited a just published report entitled Sustainability through public procurement: the way forward - Reform Proposals. The name says it all since it covers some ideas of how to improve sustainability in public procurement in the near future. This report is part of the SMART
Public Procurement
I have just co-authored a paper with Grith Skovgaard Olykke from Copenhagen Business School about how compliance requirements are creeping up in EU public procurement law, particularly in the field of sustainability. Here's the abstract: “ ” The paper was published on a special edition of the EPPPL co-edited by
Public Procurement
1. Some worrying signs about care services procurement in the UK. To those in the know, last week's revelations on BBC's Panorama were not exactly news. 2. The 30-second guide to government spending. All that is true can be found on Reddit. 3. Barcelona and other
Public Procurement
1. How's Helsinki bringing sustainability into public procurement? 2. EFTA Surveillance Authority publishes decision on public procurement. 3. Key findings from Suvi Taponen research "From Outsourcing Problems to Effective Service Management". Podcast here and good luck for the thesis defense! 4. Albert reviews some recent decisions