Opening the doors to civil society litigation in public contracts, by SAPIENS Network Coordinator and Lead Researcher Prof. Roberto Caranta Summary Since 1971 (then) EEC directives have regulated award procedures for public procurement and later for concessions in...
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New playbook on Inclusive Public Procurement
Lead Researcher Associate Professor Marta Andhov participated in the UNDP Business Call to Action’s (BCtA) 12th Annual Forum as an expert in Public Procurement. At the event, the playbook on Inclusive Public Procurement was released. As part of the launch event, the...
Recap: Advanced Training Course 5 in Łódź
On the 19th- 22nd of October 2022, the Łódź University of Technology, one of the Beneficiaries of the SAPIENS Network, hosted the fifth Advanced Training Course (ATC). The event was held at the Faculty of Organization and Management, in Łódź, Poland. The theme of the...
Reverse Factoring for MSMEs: A Financial Tool for Supply Chain Development?
Our Early Stage Researcher Enrique Carreras (ESR 9, University of Turin) published a new article (with Lucas Figal Garone -Senior Economist, IDB Invest- and Gabriela Aparicio -Impact Officer, IDB Invest-) exploring financing alternatives in the supply chain, available...
Towards socially responsible public procurement
On 31 March- 1 April, the Academy of European Law (ERA) held the Annual Conference on European Public Procurement Law 2022 in Trier, Germany. As one of the speakers at the conference, SAPIENS Network Coordinator Prof. Roberto Caranta (University of Turin) gave a...
Forthcoming book: Sustainable Public Procurement of Infrastructure and Human Rights
This innovative book addresses the links between sustainability and human rights in the context of infrastructure projects and contributes to cover the human rights gap in the different stages of the public procurement process to deliver on infrastructure and...





