EUROPEAN SEMESTER THEMATIC FACTSHEET - PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

According to a According to the 2017 study 'Estimating the 2013 study (PWC and Ecorys for the European economic benefits of whistleblower protection in Commission), the overall direct costs of corruption public procurement (Milieu for the European in public procurement in only five sectors (road and Commission), the potential benefits of effective rail, water and waste, urban/utility construction,. [...] The implementation of the Directives also can With regard to several of the key greatly contribute to achieving the challenges referred to in the previous objectives of value for money, sections there are good examples. [...] The implementation and follow- which will considerably increase the up of the National Public Procurement efficiency of the public procurement Strategy was entrusted to the Page 10 | established in 2015 National Agency for among the buyers (differences of over Public Procurement – an independent 300% within the same Region have been authority whose main role is to provide reported for cardiac sten. [...] In its 2015 The digitalization of public procurement National action plan for sustainable facilitates the monitoring of public public procurement, France set the procurement and therefore of a objective of including social conside- significant portion of public expenditure. [...] scale and reduced bargaining power of the contracting authorities; The transition to e-procurement is an insufficient professionalisation and opportunity to modernise the public knowledge of the markets by the procurement system.