Conference on Framework Agreements and Public Procurement Law in the European Perspective
Since the introduction of Framework Agreements (FAs) in 2004 by the Public Sector Directive, they have gained popularity and importance on the public tender market. It is argued that FAs are more efficient than traditional procurement as they save both the purchaser and the supplier the time, resources and costs associated with negotiating terms and conditions every time an individual contract is made. We invite all interested parties to the conference on Framework Agreements and Public Procurement Law on January 26, 2015.
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Tidspunkt
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The Conference center, Mogens Zielerstuen, Frederik Nielsens vej 2-4
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The efficiency of FAs is particularly important since procurement represents 18% of
the GDP in Europe and in Denmark (DK), a third of which is done through FAs.
As FAs have been widely used and are considered as an efficient procurement technique throughout Europe, the new Public Procurement Directive’s provisions on framework agreements has maintained largely the same. However, it was noted by the legislator that certain aspects need to be clarified. Unfortunately a lot of uncertainties and unanswered questions regarding FAs are still present. For these reasons Department of Law, Aarhus University, has organised the following one-day conference with two purposes in mind:
1. to introduce researchers and experts in specialized fields to the broad themes of framework
agreements in the public procurement perspective; and
2. to promote an active discussion of the issues presented and the research that is needed to
address these issues further.
We have assembled an international and multi-disciplinary group of key presenters and discussion
leaders. The focus will be on different approaches and themes present both in academic research
and in practice.
The conference is open to all interested researchers, PhD students, practitioners, public servants and
others with a professional interest in Framework Agreements (FAs) and public procurement law.
The seminar is free of charge. However there is a limitation to the number of participants.
Please register with Tinna Meyer
(tme@law.au.dk)
before 3 January 2015.
We look forward to seeing you!