Public Procurement: Is Open Competition Good for SMEs?

This panel explored policy issues around facilitating SMEs participation in public tenders and providing small business with growth opportunities arising from delivering contracts for municipalities and local government.

 

The event also launched a research report describing policy dilemmas regarding engaging local small businesses in bidding for public contracts and showcasing competitive online bidding systems in Cyprus, Italy and Ukraine that successfully created new business opportunities to local SMEs.

 

Moderator

Michel Nussbaumer

Director, Legal Transition, EBRD

 

Speakers

Marie-Anne Birken

General Counsel, EBRD

 

Rea Georgiou

Accountant General, Treasury

 

Philippos Katranis

Head of Public Procurement Directorate, Treasury

 

Ioannis Kokkoris

Professor, Queen Mary University London

 

Anna Carolin Müller

Legal Affais Officer, WTO Secretariat

 

Charlotte Ruhe

Head of SME F & D, ASB, EBRD

 

Oleksandr Starodubtsev

Director, Public Procurement Department, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade

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