SAP and Third Generation Free Trade Agreements
ESR 1
Free Trade Agreements – FTAs are becoming a new instrument to promote sustainability, in line with SDG12. The project will investigate the procurement chapters of third-generation FTAs as new instruments to further sustainability in procurement in their economic and political contexts. This will include comparative law research into the impact of FTA procurement chapters on national legislation and on their implementation in practice to increase the understanding of FTAs as instruments for promoting sustainability in procurement and inform their development in the future.
ESR 1 is supervised by professor Martin Trybus and co-supervised by professor Roberto Caranta.
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Learn More About Natalia Spataru
Natalia Spataru is a Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher within the SAPIENS Network. She conducts her research at the University of Birmingham on the procurement chapters of third-generation Free Trade Agreements as new instruments to further sustainability in procurement in their economic and political contexts.
Ms. Spataru is specialized in European Union law and international cooperation. Throughout the course of her career and education, she has engaged with international aid instruments, the EU public procurement framework, and cross-border legal practices. She has also published several scientific papers on the correlation between the EU public procurement system and social innovation, anchor institutions and public procurement, and fundamental human rights.
In this video, ESR 1 Natalia Spătaru tells us what her research project is about and how it contributes to society as a whole.
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Host Institution: University of Birmingham
PLANNED SECONDMENTS
University of Turin (3-month resident work with co-supervisor)
International Training Centre of the International Labour Organisation (2-month work on formation on labour standards in international agreements)
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (2-month work on sustainability and trade in global procurement chain)
George Washington University Law School (1-month research on US approach to sustainability in US FTAs)
