EPSU/Ver.di workshop on public procurement and concessions
EPSU/Ver.di workshop on public procurement and concessions
5-6 July 2012 - Berlin
Minutes
Brief report & letter to support affiliates (English, French, German, Spanish, Swedish & Russian)
a brief description of the NSDPP network for sustainable development in public procurement (English only)
Presentations
Opening of workshop and welcome by Isolde Kunkel-Weber ver.di
Introduction on public procurement and concessions
by Penny Clarke EPSU
State of play on public procurement and concessions – Spotlight on social services - by Marion Leonhardt, ver.di
State of play on public procurement and concessions –
Spotlight on concessions - by Armin Duttine, ver.di
Concessions – Main trade union demands
by Armin Duttine, ver.di
Soziale und ökologische Standards in der öffentlichen Beschaffung: Recht und Praxis in Bremen
by Dr. Kirsten Wiese, Mitarbeiterin bei der Senatorin für Finanzen in Bremen/EU Landmark Projektleiterin Bremen
Inge Reichert from CEEP Germany (left) • Rainer Plaßmann, Stadtwerke Köln and Chair of CEEP‘s Committee on Services of General Interest and Statistics (center) • Dr. Kirsten Wiese, Senatsverwaltung für Finanzen, Bremen, The Landmark Project (right)
Invitation letter & Participation form:
Rules governing financial assistance:
How to get to Hotel Armony from the airport or railway station by public transport - how to get there by car(English & German) + map of the hotel area

MEETING DOCUMENTS
Draft agenda + participation list (update 04 July 2012)
Introductory powerpoint ‘EPSU introduction on public procurement and concessions’, which includes weblinks to relevant background papers and the European Parliament reports (including the ‘lead’ IMCO draft report on public procurement from Marc Tarabella)
Progress report of the Council’s working Party on Public Procurement
ETUC amendments and model letter on public procurement
ClientEarth briefing on ‘life-cycle characteristics’ (EN/FR)
Social Platform position and amendments on social services
ETF letter (French only) on concessions
Report on re-municipalization by David Hall, PSIRU
European parliament – Workshop on the award of concessions contracts
A lawyer‘s view on the Commission proposal for a directive on the award of concessions contracts - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jan Ziekow
(English & German)
Analytical Overview of the Legal Framework of EU Member States regarding the Awarding of concession contracts
Risks of corruption and collusion in the awarding of concessions contracts
An economic analysis of the closure of markets and other dysfunctions in the awarding of concession contracts
The proceedings of a EP workshop in May on "The Award of Concession Contracts"
EPSU position April 2012 on the SGI Communication ”Quality Framework on Services of General Interest (SGI)” (EN/FR/DE/ES/SV/RU) and Annexes (EN only)
EPSU resolution on public services, November 2011,
at http://www.epsu.org/a/8151 (EN/FR/DE/ES/SV/RU)









