swedish presidency

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: ppnsweden@kkv.se

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!