Swedish Presidency Charlotta Frenander PPN Sweden
Feb 22, 2016
Swedish Presidency
Charlotta FrenanderPPN Sweden
We will present• Sweden – the country• Public Procurement in Sweden – in brief• The coming PPN Presidency
Welcome to Sweden
Joined European Union19949,3 million citizensLocal municipalities, county councils and
government agencies Stockholm capital city
Public Procurement in Sweden - in brief
• Public Procurement Act (2007:1091)• Act on procurement within the water, energy, transport
and postal services sectors (2007:1092)• Similar rules below the thresholds and for B-services
• Regulations: - environmentally friendly cars - anti discrimination clauses
Swedish PPN PresidencyJuly 2011 - December 2012
PPN Presidency
PPN - objectives and advantages:
• Platform for mutual exchange of views and ideas
• Opportunities for members to solve problems with cross border procurement
• Accessible information on the PPN website
Forecast
Future changes and challenges for the public procurement regime
PPN PresidencyWe suggest:
• Regular meetings (in connection with ACPC)• Possibility for all members to attend all
meetings and participate in all actvities• Members Conference (probably September
2012)
PPN PresidencyWe suggest as forthcoming activities:
• Working groups – about the Green Paper on modernisation of the EU:s policy for public procurement
– Agree on some common grounds?
PPN Presidency
Other topics to focus on?
• E- procurement• Knowledge Centers / professionalism / ”help-desk” • Illegal direct awards of contracts and sanctions in
Member states• Other initiatives from members
PPN Presidency
the PPN website
• Will be updated (from September)
• Will function as before• More information available
PPN PresidencyWhat happens next?
• Meetings the day before ACPC at the Swedish representation in Brussels
• All members are welcome• More information in early September
Contact: Charlotta FrenanderE-mail: [email protected]
Welcome to Conference in Stockholm
31 August 2011
The Costs of Different Goals of Public Procurement
Speakers among others:Sue Arrowsmith, Professor University of Nottingham
Steven Kalman, Professor Harvard UniversityKlaus Wiedner, Head of Unit, European Commission
Thank you and welcome
to take part in the coming activities in the network!