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Understanding the context for
commissioning social value:
The EU Procurement Context
Rachel Rhodes
Policy and Research Officer

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EU Procurement Context
• The EU Procurement Directives – purpose and
overview
• How different member states implement
• Issues for social purpose organisations
• Outline of the main changes to the EU
Procurement Directives:
o Using procurement to achieve wider policy
objectives
o The new “light-touch regime”