Professionalisation of Public Procurement in the European Union

6th South Asia Conference on Professionalisation of Public Procurement

22/04/2019 Justyne BALASINSKA (DG GROW - G1)

European Commission, Directorate General for Internal

Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW)

justyna.balasinska@ec.europa.eu

VIDEO - Introduction

The European Union: 28 countries510 million people – 7% world population

Member States of the European Union

Candidate countries and potential candidates

1952: Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands,

Luxemburg

1973: UK, Ireland,

Denmark

1981: Greece

1986: Portugal,

Spain

1990: East

Germany

1995: Austria, Sweden,

Finland

2004: CEE countries, Cyprus, Malta

2007: Bulgaria, Romania

2013: Croatia

Enlargement: from six to 28 countries

24 official languages

Български

Čeština

dansk

Deutsch

eesti keel

Ελληνικά

English

español

français

Gaeilge

hrvatski

Italiano

latviešu valoda

lietuvių kalba

magyar

Malti

Nederlands

polski

português

Română

slovenčina

slovenščina

suomi

svenska

“United in diversity”

United by common values

The EU Charter of Fundamental RightsThe Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, liberty, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights.

- Freedom of speech- Freedom of the press- Freedom of religion- Freedom of association- Gender equality- Protection of minorities- Against the death penalty- Protection of the environment

The single market: Moving almost as freely as within a single country

Four freedoms of movement:

• goods

• services

• people

• capital

What is the Single Market?

Internal Market

Common Market

Single Market

Solidarity in practice: the EU cohesion policy

• Regional fund

• Social fund

• Cohesion fund

Less-developed regions: GDP per capita under 75 % of the EU average

Transition regions: GDP per capita between 75 % and 90 % of the EU average

More-developed regions: GDP per capita over 90 % of the EU average

2014-2020: € 352 billion invested in infrastructure, business, environment and training of workers for the benefit of poorer regions and citizens

The EU TREATIES

E U R O P E AN C O M M I S S I O N

THE EU'S POLITICAL EXECUTIVE

Initiating laws and policies

EU's voice

Citizens'

voice

Member States'

voice

VIDEO - Public Procurement

The basic principles

Transparency

Equal treatment

Non-discrimination

Competition

E U R O P E AN C O M M I S S I O N

THE EU'S POLITICAL EXECUTIVE

Public Contracts

2014/24/EU

Utilities 2014/25/EU

Concessions 2014/23/EU

Remedies Directive

April 2014Three new Directives adopted by the European Parliament and the Council

COMMUNICATION:MAKING PUBLIC PROCUREMENT WORK

IN AND FOR EUROPE

The strategy: Making public procurement work in and for Europe – 6 priorities

Profes-sionalbuyers

Betteraccess

A Strategic tool

Transpa-rency,

integrity, data

Coope-ration

Digital transfor-mation

A strategic

tool

Invest-ment

Inno-vation

Social

Green

Better public

services

Priority sectors

Recommendation on

professionalisationStrategy

People Tools

Betteraccess

SMEs

Remedies

Inter-national

Transparency

Integrity

DataPublication

Facts-based

procure-ment

Contractregisters

Digital transfor-mation

Tangiblebenefits

Need forsupport

Legal obligation

Cooperation

Flexible

Profes-

sional

Efficient

Video 3: Professionalisation

• WHAT:

• Structure that sets out and defines each individualcompetency required by individuals working in anorganisation.

• WHY:

• HOW:- set of skills and job profiles in PP- a self-assessment tool- sets of generic training curricula

Help define a career path for individuals

Build people skills and HR for the organisation

Project 1: European Competency Framework for PP (ECF)

Project 2: Training for SME-friendly policies in Central Purchasing Bodies

WHAT:

Central Purchasing Bodies, as aggregators of public purchasing, drive professionalism in buying organisations.

WHY:

• Central purchasing bodies are well established in some Member States, while others are only beginning to consider

HOW:

- training course for staff working in CPBs

- teaching by practitioners from established CPBs and academicsfrom prominent universities

- Managed by BBG, Austrian CPB at Federal level and Wien University

Project 3: Improving SMEs access to PP, especially cross-border

WHAT:

- information on procurement in different MS

- training and advisory services to SMEs

- business-to-procurers events

- partner-finding support

Project 4: Promote social aspects in PP for social economy enterprises

WHAT:

- Workshops in 15 MS to raise awareness of contracting authorities and suppliers

- Promote pursuing social objectives through PP

GUIDANCE FOR PUBLIC BUYERS

• Compliance:

• - Most common errors

• Strategic procurement:

• - Innovation Procurement

• - Social Procurement

• - Green Procurement

HELPDESKS CONSULTATIONS

LITHUANIA: Helpdesk and open consultation days

NETWORKS &EXCHANGE OF GOOD PRACTICES

The Netherlands: The PIANOo Forum

www.pianoo.nl/over-pianoo/online-instrumenten/pianoo-forum

FRANCE: Social Network for buyers

www.operachat.fr/actu/respae--le-reseau-social-professionnel-des-acheteurs-de-letat

INITIAL & LIFELONGTRAINING PROGRAMMES

Poland: Cooperation with Universities

https://www.uzp.gov.pl/baza-wiedzy/przedsiewziecia-edukacyjne/studia-podyplomowe-pod-patronatem-prezesa-uzp/wzorcowy-program-studiow-podyplomowych

AUSTRIA: Public Procurement Academy

www.bbg.gv.at

CAREER PLANNING

France: Building a career in procurement

www.economie.gouv.fr/dae

https://ec.europa.eu/info/policies/public-procurement/support-tools-public-buyers_en

Video 4: Conclusion

Video 5: Professionalisation video

Thank you

for your attention!