Agenda of the Public Procurement Workshop: E-catalogues and e-shopping in public procurement – the Austrian example. To be held on 26 November 2016 in Kachreti, Georgia. Purpose of the workshop: With digital tools, public spending should become more transparent, evidence-oriented, optimised, streamlined and integrated with market conditions. This puts e-procurement at the heart of other changes introduced to public procurement in new (2014) EU directives.

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Public Procurement Workshop:
E-catalogues and e-shopping in public procurement – the Austrian example
Venue: Ambassadori resort, Kachreti
Dates: Saturday 26 November, 2016
Participants: Staff of the State Procurement Agency (SPA), other interested parties by invitation
Trainers: Mr Daniel Ivarsson, Senior Adviser, SIGMA
Mr Uwe Flach, SIGMA expert
Purpose: With digital tools, public spending should become more transparent, evidence-oriented,
optimised, streamlined and integrated with market conditions. This puts e-procurement
at the heart of other changes introduced to public procurement in new (2014) EU
directives.
The workshop is intended to give SPA staff and other participants a good overview as well
as knowledge and understanding of the role and importance of e-procurement in the
context of central purchasing bodies and of the corresponding requirements in the EU
directives, in particular with respect to the use of e-catalogues and e-shopping in public
procurement.
Format: A SIGMA expert from the Federal Procurement Agency of Austria (BBG) will present key
elements of current practice in the field and of the directives and their application. The
systems and approaches used in Austria will be presented so as to illustrate how the
various provisions of the directives can be implemented in practice within a centralised
purchasing body. Each session will have time set aside for questions and answers and for
discussions with the participants.
BBG has e-procurement fully integrated into its strategy and business structure and
represents a leading practice in Europe. BBG offers a full range of e-procurement
solutions – from sourcing up to invoice processing – and will further enhance those
including deeper integration into customer’s processes and systems. Its approaches,
systems and experience will be presented to the participants as a basis for further
discussion and development of e-procurement in Georgia.

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Workshop on the EU Remedies Directives
Programme Saturday 26 November 2016
11:00-11:10 Welcome and introduction
SPA, SIGMA
11:10-11:50 The Federal Procurement Agency (BBG) and its role in public procurement
Mr Uwe Flach
11:50-12:30 The context and approaches to e-procurement in EU practice and in the Directives
Mr Uwe Flach
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:40 The e-procurement solutions of the BBG
Mr Uwe Flach
14:40-15:00 Coffee Break
15:00-16:00 Practical use of e-catalogues and e-shopping: demonstration of the BBG website, its functions
and use
Mr Uwe Flach
16:00- 16:30 Concluding discussion and closure of the workshop
SPA, SIGMA