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What is Low Emissions Public Procurement?
I. Introduction On April 12th, the Faculty of Law of the University of Bergen hosted a seminar on "Exploring Private and Public Regulation for Sustainability," organized by Professor Ignacio Herrera Anchestegui and PhD Students Chiara Morfea and Line Gjerstad...
92% of public buyers and experts agree legal support is needed to respect worker’s rights in global supply chains
1. Continuing the SAPIENS Policy Brief Series with a focus on human rights The brief written by Laura Treviño-Lozano is based on findings from forty semi-structured interviews conducted with public buyers and experts in Spain from February to July 2023, explores the...
Online lecture: The European Union – Between Market and Sustainability
Institute of European Law Annual Lecture 2022 On 5th December, the Institute of European Law of the University of Birmingham hosted its 2022 Annual Lecture. This year the SAPIENS Network...
Improving SMEs Skills to Facilitate Participation in CPP and GPP
Introduction On the 24th of November, early-stage researcher Aura Iurascu represented the SAPIENS Network at the closing event of the GREENER project in Brussels. GREENER is an Erasmus+ funded...
Invigorating SMEs & Startups through Public Procurement Market – World Bank event
IntroductionOn 8 November 2022, our lead researcher Professor Martin Trybus was invited as one of three speakers to present about SMEs in public procurement at an online seminar on “Invigorating...
ATC5 Recordings: Sustainability in the Supply Chain
The fifth SAPIENS Network’s Advanced Training Course (ATC5) focused on the implementation of practical tools that are used by contracting authorities as technical specifications in public...
International Exchange Forum on Sustainable Public Food Procurement 2022
The International Exchange Forum On 25th-27th October 2022, the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS, a SAPIENS Network Partner Organisation) and the Food and Agriculture...
Opening the doors to civil society litigation in public contracts
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...
