Presentation by B. Garcia-Porros, EC (ENG) Eighth SIGMA Regional IPA Conference on Public Procurement, Montenegro, June 2018.

1. Key values and principles of a
modern public procurement
for jobs and growth
Bonifacio Garcia-Porras
Head of Unit,
European Commission

2. Public Procurement
Growth and jobs
Main driver for growth
and modernisation
2
15-20% of GDP

3. At the service of the citizens

4. The basic principles
Transparency
Equal treatment
Non-discrimination
Competition

5. Legislative procurement ecosystem
Public
Contracts
Remedies
Utilities Concessions Defence

6. How to build a functioning public
procurement system?
Stable legislative framework
Adequate institutional set-up
Professional staff
Independent remedies system

7. How easy is to do public
procurement?

8. Challenges and trade-offs
Strategic
procurement vs
basic/easy
procedures
Simplification vs
Sound procedures
Better access (SMEs,
cross-border) vs wish to
stimulate the local
economy
Professionalisation of
procurement vs available
resources

9. Public procurement package

10. Our priorities, but general
• Wider uptake of strategic procurement
• Professionalising public buyers
• Increase access to procurement markets
• Improving transparency, integrity, data
• Boosting the digital transformation of PP
• Cooperating to procure together

11. Procurement and the enlargement
• Principles confirmed in the Stabilisation and
Association Agreements
• Public procurement is a key component of the
public administration reform
• EU priorities should be enlargemnt countries'
priorities as demonstrated by Chapter 5
benchmarks