Public procurement accounts for 13% of GDP in OECD countries. Pressures on public spending – as well as the need for … important to measure the performance of public procurement. However, many countries still have not established a formal … measurement framework for the consistent assessment of procurement processes. The framework should also support data-based policy …

This Public Procurement Brief presents two new EU public procurement Directives (2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU) on … procurement by public and utilities sectors. The Directives are part of a recently adopted EU legislative package reforming the EU … public procurement rules. The Brief provides an overview of the new regulations, focusing on the following issues: general …

Public Procurement is a voluntary instrument, which means that individual Member States and public authorities can determine … alternative energy sources) and how these considerations can be incorporated into the procurement process in line with EU law. …

participation of companies of all sizes into public procurement, in particular for micro, small and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs …

professionalisation of the public procurement workforce. The paper focuses on the main elements of professionalising the public … procurement workforce: i) assessing the current state of professionalisation, (ii) developing a professionalisation strategy, (iii … the 2015 OECD Recommendation on Public Procurement. …

Promoting the professionalisation of the public procurement workforce is gaining attention across EU Member States and … to assess the skills and knowledge of public procurement professionals. This tool, known as ProcurCompEU, provides public …

This paper examines the strategies and practices of Ireland's Office of Government Procurement (OGP) and how the Irish … procurement system's effectiveness is currently measured. It then applies the OECD framework for measuring public sector … productivity to some of the centralised procurement activity in Ireland to better understand effectiveness drivers within …

on procurement efficiency and productivity. It looks at procurement practices and strategies, assesses their impacts on … the effectiveness of the procurement system and their influence on the economy at large. It further establishes linkages … between procurement strategies and national well-being indicators. The case study also looks at the enabling factors that are …

This paper aims at supporting Lebanon in developing a tailored public procurement risk management strategy based on its … procurement and provides the country with practical steps to develop a public procurement risk management strategy, in accordance … with the principles of the 2015 OECD Recommendation on Public Procurement. …

Public procurement represents a major share of government spending. Even though adequate regulatory and strategic … frameworks exist, the uptake of responsible business conduct considerations in public procurement is relatively low. Given the … economic benefits of integrating responsible business conduct in public procurement supply chains. It analyses both direct and …