High Level conference in the field of Public Procurement

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4 Aprilie 2019, Sursa : Romanian Presidency of CE, European Commision – Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs

 

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Moderator of the Conference was Ms. Diana MADDIL, Senior Consultant, Prospex bvba and former BBC journalist.

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Opening remarks : Ms. Elžbieta BIENKOWSKA, Commissioner for the Internal Market, Industry and Entrepreneurship and SMEs

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She said that this Conference was the last one organised under her auspicies.

H.E. reffered to Public Procurement:

• it is no more just to buy goods, services, works, it is an economical tool for improvement of the quality of  public services while at the same time being a lever for the economic growth of the EU.

Commissioner add: ”We have to make this instrument work better on the ground. All of us, stakeholders, have to offer it assistance for investment and for achieving broader societal objectives :

• social goals
• sustainable developments
• innovation

Public buyers across the EU face similar challenges. For instance, while the benefit of green, innovation or circular procurement may be clear, the actual design of tenders for such a products and services proves to be complex, even if now we have the tools to shift from the lowest price to the most economically advantageous offer. Despite this, many public buyers do not dare, or do not know how to make use of qualitative criteria. Over half of public contracts, in the EU, are still awarded on lowest price only.”

Comment : We need as procurement professionals all over the Europe (not only) to work at our best potential and use our knowledges for growing number of procurers actually buy in a strategic, circular manner.

After we watch the video with the Commissioner speech, we have another surprise. Minister of Minister of  Finance, H.E. Eugen Orlando TEODOROVICI doesn’t make it and Mr. Bogdan PUȘCAȘ was mandate to offer his speech to the audience.

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Mr. Bogdan PUȘCAȘ read, amongst other, the following :

• this year we celebrate 5 years after teh EU Directives was born ;
• more than 14% of GDP, is buy by public procureres ;
• we have to have a strategic appoach and do not forget what people want :
  • better schools for childrens
  • better healthcare services for the people in needs
  • better roads
• we need and must to have an equitable, reasonable, righteously quality-price ratio ;
• we have to consult all stakeholders interested in this particular area of public procurement ;
• romanian government simplify the procurement rules at national level ;
  • in a semnificatives ways
• romanian government created a centralised unit body National Office for Centralised Purchasing (O.N.A.C. – http://onac.gov.ro/organizare/organigrama/) which has entered in force from march this year
• we intend to develop professional capabilities of +5.000 (thousand) people who are working in contracting/entities authorities

At the closing, he add :

• how about to creat at the EU level wide, an EU Office for Centralised Purchasing ?
• he wishes good luck to all the nominee at the PROCURA+ awards !

 

Of course, he was followed by Ms. Katrin STJERNFELDT JAMMEH, Procura+ Chair, Mayor of the City of Malmö, Sweden

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Her speech was focused on ICLEI approach in procurement.

Ms. Katrin STJERNFELDT pointed :

• in our countries populations are aged, we need a solid healthcare system, new urban transportation systems accordingly to population age, new efficient energy, streets security
• using smart and wisely, strategic public procurement and performing our new and beneficient skills, with a new comportamental behaviour and good practices we could achieved these goals
• in Malmö, local authorities were agree that it is in all benefits to impose social and ethical terms in public procurement, ethical conditions in contracts, to promote circular procurement, innovative solutions for building capacities
• population need : fresh air, good management of natural resources and raw materials. All these can be achieved by having a solid strategy in public procurement, creating new jobs, new markets, helping SMEs development and encouraging Start-up movement

Now is the moment to share our experience as ICLEI member or former Mayor of  the City of Malmö.

 

Break time. End of part I.

Mr. Ovidiu Doru SLIMAC, President of Romanian Union for Procurement Professionals.

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Part II. (to be followed).