The following blog post has been authored by the SAPIENS Network lead researcher Associate Professor Marta Andhov and senior researcher at the PurpLE project Michał Kania. In this blog post, the authors analyse Case C-598/19 Conacee, which concerns Article 20(1) Directive 2014/24/EU on reserved...
1. Societal Impact of SAPIENS Research Our lead researchers Marta Andhov, Roberto Caranta, Olga Martin-Ortega, in collaboration with Willem A. Janssen, contributed to the Greens/EFA in the European Parliament study on the legislative developments of Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP) in the...
Our Early-Stage Researcher, Aura Iurascu (Hasselt University) published an open-access journal article titled ‘How Will the Adoption of Mandatory GPP Criteria Change the Game? Lessons from the Italian Experience’. The article was published in Vol. 18, Issue 1, 2023, of the European Procurement and...
The European Green deal will need to look not only on the ways in which government's activities, like public procurement, will stop harming the environment and contribute to tackle climate change, but also how will they mitigate the social footprint of the energy and green transition. This blog...
As part of the ESR research project 15 “Bringing Sustainability to the Collective Table”, which investigates Sustainable Public Food Procurement in Europe, and thanks to the partner organization Eating City, ESR Chiara Falvo (University of Turin) had the opportunity to carry out a 2-month...
Our Early Stage Researcher Felippe Santos co-edited with his colleague Virgínia Lopes a book entitled "Compras públicas centralizadas no Brasil: teoria, prática e perspectivas" ("Centralized public procurement in Brazil: theory, practice, and perspectives", Editora Fórum 2022, in Portuguese). This...
