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Bringing Sustainability to the Collective Table through Public Food Procurement – Policy Brief
1. Continuing the SAPIENS Policy Brief Series with a Focus on the Public Food Sector Governments worldwide procure food and catering services for public institutions such as schools, universities and hospitals. Public food procurement (PFP) involves food production,...
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.
How does the US federal government contract with small businesses? – An introduction to set-aside procurement
In May 2023, our Early-Stage Researchers Natalia Spataru, Valentina Bianchini and Xinyue Xue were seconded to our partner organisation George Washington University Law School (GW Law) in Washington...
French regulatory interventions on the Circular Economy and mandatory GPP criteria.
I. Introduction In recent years, national laws focusing on circular economy requirements have increased substantially. Our network has already examined the significant accomplishments achieved in...
Case C-598/19 Conacee – Reserved Contracts and Additional National Criteria Beyond Those Laid Down in Article 20(1) of Directive 2014/24/EU on Public Procurement
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...
Recap: SAPIENS Network Project Meeting 3
Event Summary On 20-21 April 2023, the bi-annual project meeting of the SAPIENS Network was held in Budapest, Hungary, hosted by the Corvinus University of Budapest, one of the beneficiaries of the...
SAPIENS Researchers Contribute to the The Greens/EFA in the European Parliament Study on Shaping SPP Laws in the EU
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...
Public Procurement Research Group Annual Lecture with Professor Steven L. Schooner
Sustainable Public Procurement: The Next Global Revolution? On the 28th of March 2023 the Public Procurement Research Group (PPRG) at the University of Nottingham (UK) organised its annual lecture...
