Transatlantic Workshop on Sustainable Public Procurement

Fri, 5 April, 2019 8:00am

Join GW Law and the University of Copenhagen for an inaugural symposium evaluating the U.S. government's efforts to achieve sustainable government contracting practices and looking to the World Trade Organization, the U.N. Commission on International Trade Law, the European Union, and even state and local practices to drive a sustainable agenda. 

Agenda

8:30-9 am: Registration and Breakfast

9-9:10 am: Welcome

  • Jason J. Czarnezki, Kerlin Distinguished Professor and Associate Dean, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University
  • Marta Andhov, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; Haub Visiting Scholar, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University

Session 1: Does the United States need a sustainable public procurement legal framework?

9:10-9:25 am: US Federal Public Procurement - lack of interest in sustainable purchasing?

9:25-9:40 am: Do state level and local contracting authorities drive the sustainable procurement agenda in the US?

  • Jason J. Czarnezki, Kerlin Distinguished Professor and Associate Dean, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University

9:40-9:55 am: Sustainable Procurement in Local Governments

  • Nicole Darnall, Associate Dean and Professor, Arizona State University School of Sustainability

9:55-10:25 am: Discussion

10:25-10:40 am: Coffee Break

Session 2: European Union – A leader of sustainable purchasing?

10:40-10:55 am: How we got to the Strategic Public Procurement Agenda- Understanding EU legal framework

  • Roberto Caranta, Professor of Administrative Law, University of Turin, Italy

10:55-11:10 am: All that glitters is not gold - Paradoxes of EU Public Procurement Law

  • Marta Andhov, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; Haub Visiting Scholar, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University

11:10-11:25 am: The Evolution of Sustainable Procurement in the United Kingdom: From Thatcherism to the Social Value Act and a widening and deepening policy agenda. Where next post-Brexit?

  • Michael Bowsher QC, Director of the Distance Learning Diploma and Masters in Public Procurement Law and Visiting Professor, Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London; Barrister (Monckton Chambers), England and Wales, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland

11:25-Noon: Discussion

Noon-1 pm: Lunch

Session 3: World Trade Organization and the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law 

1-1:15 pm: SPP: International perspectives, including under the UNCITRAL Model Law and the WTO Government Procurement Agreement

  • Christopher R. Yukins, Lynn David Research Professor in Government Procurement Law;Co-Director of the Government Procurement Law Program

1:15-1:30: Sustainable public procurement under OECD and development banks

  • Carol Cravero, PhD student University of Turin, Italy; University of Paris Nanterre (CRDP), France

1:30-1:45 pm: Sustainable procurement at UNOPS

  • Benedetta Audia, Corporate Legal Advisor, Head of the Commercial and Institutional Law Practice, Legal Group, United Nations Office for Project Services

1:45-2:15 pm: Discussion

2:15- 2:30 pm: Coffee Break

Session 4: Selected countries and their experiences

2:30 – 2:45 pm: Canadian experience with Sustainable Public Procurement

  • Paul Emanuelli, General Counsel and Managing Director, Procurement Office

2:45-3 pm: Challenges and the future of sustainable public procurement in Poland

  • Michal Kania, Professor Silesian University, Poland; Fulbright Visiting Scholar, GW Law

3-3:15 pm: Brazilian experience with SPP

  • Luciana Stocco Betiol, Professor, Department of Social and Legal Sciences, São Paulo School of Business Administration – FGV/EAESP

3:15-3:45 pm: Discussion

3:45-4 pm: Concluding Remarks

 


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