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Innovation vs. Sustainability? New Open-Access Book shows how Public Procurement can do both

Introduction: A New Era for Public Procurement Innovation and Sustainability Does public procurement need more rules or new ones to be a strategic engine for a greener and innovative Europe? The SAPIENS Network is proud to announce the publication of "Rules for a New...

Does gender equality matter? Gender responsive corporate procurement efforts of inter-governmental organizations

New publication on Gender responsive procurement SAPIENS Network ESR 10 Dibya Rathi has recently published an open-access article titled: "Does gender equality matter? Gender responsive corporate procurement efforts of inter-governmental organizations". The article...

How to Procure Sustainable Food and Include Farmers in Public Procurement? – Legal Constraints and Opportunities

Our Lead Researcher, associate professor Marta Andhov, has co-authored a newly published study, “How to Procure Sustainable Food and Include Farmers in Public Procurement? – Legal Constraints and Opportunities,” Other co-authors include Professor Michał Kania (the University of Silesia and senior researcher at the University of Copenhagen) and graduate research assistant Sven Mikulic (Centre of Private Governance at the University of Copenhagen). This 115-page study offers insights for academics, decision-makers as well as public procurement professionals. It addresses the possibilities and legal limitations of integrating sustainability criteria in public food procurement and examines the possibilities and limitations of integrating farmers into the public procurement process.

Sustainable Public Procurement in the EU: Experiences and Prospects

In 2014, SAPIENS lead researchers Jean Monnet Professor Dacian Dragos and Associate professor Bogdana Neamtu wrote a chapter titled "Sustainable Public Procurement in the EU: Experiences and Prospects" for the book Novelities in the 2014 Directive on Public Procurement. The book was edited by...

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What is Life-Cycle Costing?

In 2019, SAPIENS lead researcher Associate and executive professor Steven Van Garsse wrote together with his colleagues a chapter titled "What is Life-Cycle Costing?" The chapter was part of the book Cost and EU Public Procurement Law: Life-Cycle Costing for Sustainability, which was also edited...

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