What it is

Public procurement is becoming increasingly important within the European Union because it is undergoing a significant process simplification and, at the same time, it represents a channel through which Governments try to monitor current expenditure.

Procurement entities face almost similar problems and difficulties related to new technology adoption, market supply transformation and change management complexity. There exist, indeed, reasons to suggest that some coordination among procurement entities might be useful.

In order to compare the activities and to share useful knowledge among the European procurement agencies the Italian Department of Public Administration, jointly with the Ministry of Economy and Finance and Consip SpA, launched on November 2003 the EU Public Procurement Learning Lab.

http://www.consip.it/sc/uff_studi_ini_eu_ing.htm