Our Summer Course will give you a comprehensive overview of the essentials of public procurement and enhance your knowledge on Public Procurement proceedings in theory, applying public procurement rules in different sectors as well as covering topics such as fraud, corruption and collusive tendering.

Each day, the experts’ presentations will be enriched by working group exercises, best practices examples and interactive case studies.

Day I: Legal Framework and Procurement Procedures

• The Case Law from the Court of Justice on Public Procurement
• Remedies for Public Procurement Contracts and Enforcement at National Level
• Interactive Tutorial: Tendering Phases in Practice

Day II: Applying Procurement Rules in Different Sectors

• Most Common Errors in Public Procurement
• Brexit – impact in the field of public procurement
• Public Procurement and State Aid
• Public Procurement and Innovation
• Practical Implementation of the Negotiation
• SMEs and Public Procurement
• Electronic Procurement

Day III: Fraud, Corruption and Collusive Tendering

• Definition and Current Legal Framework
• Collusive Tendering & Bid-rigging: Patterns, Control & Regulatory experience from Member States
• Practical group exercise: Design a Suitable Corruption Prevention & Detection Strategy

The participants will be actively involved in the course. The sessions will combine presentations, case studies and discussion on practical problems. You will have ample opportunities to present your own problematic issues and discuss them with the speakers and participants from other Member States.