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OECD’s Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector: Highlights from the side session on public procurement as the missing multiplier in ensuring decent work
Country members of the OECD spend approximately 12% of the overall GDP on public procurement. Its purchasing power and influence on the markets is often not fully deployed or underestimated. The acquisition of garments is crucial for public entities to provide...
Sustainable Public Procurement and Social Inclusion – Policy Brief
The second installment of our Policy Brief Series The SAPIENS Network is excited to present the second installment of our Policy Brief Series, continuing to showcase our early-stage researchers' ongoing work. Our second policy brief is by Enrique Carreras, who is in...
SAPIENS Network contributes to the EU Parliament hearing on SPP: using the full potential of public buying to achieve goals of the European Green Deal
By: Laura Treviño Lozano and Martina Trusgnach On 1st December 2021, our Lead Researchers Professor Olga Martin-Ortega and Associate Professor Marta Andhov contributed with their interventions to...
Recap: ATC 2 in Hasselt – SPP and Circular Economy
On December 12 – 15 December, Hasselt University hosted the second SAPIENS Network Advanced Training Course (ATC). ATCs are a crucial part of the SAPIENS Network. They contribute to building a new...
Equal Pay and EU Public Procurement Law – Case Study of Mandatory Icelandic ÍST85 Standard
Recently, SAPIENS's Leading Researcher Associate Professor Marta Andhov and Bergþór Bergsson (Assistant attorney, DLA Piper) published the article “Equal Pay and EU Public Procurement Law – Case...
Recordings ATC 1: Soft Skills for Early Stage Researchers
The second day of the first SAPIENS Advanced Training Course continued with soft skills training for Early-Stage Researchers. The objective of this ATC was to introduce ESRs to skills such as...
Recording ATC 1 Procurement and Sustainability
On the first two days of the Advanced Training Course, we addressed what public procurement is, its structure, dynamics, regulations, and the role of sustainability. Session 1: Introduction to...
Join us for ATC 2: SPP and the Circular Economy
Advanced Training Course CE and SPP CE and the PP cycle Dec 12 – Dec 15University of Hasselt Martelarenlaan 42, 3500 Hasselt (Old Prison)Brussels Atelier Vlaams...
