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Supporting social considerations through public procurement – economic perspective
Gustavo Piga, Rome Tor Vergata UniversityTünde Tátrai, Corvinus University of Budapest
2nd Interdisciplinary Symposium on Public Procurement Budapest 2014.09.22.
Topics Included in Broader Policies Integrating Other Policy Objectives with Procurement
Specific topics
Environment
Social
Innovation
Anti-social dumping x
Biodiversity x
Chemical treatment x
Climate change, reduction of CO2 emissions x
CSR (including human rights and ILO Core Labour Standards) x x x
Energy efficiency and management, use of renewable energy x
Environmental technology x x
Green IT x x
High-tech, research and technology x
Integration of people with disabilities x
Promotion of SMEs x
Sustainable development x x x
Sustainable economic growth and employment x x x
Sustainable farming and food x x
Sustainable production and consumption x x x
Sustainable timber x x
Sustainable transport x
Waste management x
Source: European Commission (2011).
Fighting courruption
Transparency
Supporting environmental
protection
Easing up the fiscal crisis by slowing
down public procurements
Supporting social considerations
Efficient spending of public money
Increasing employment
Supporting SMEs
Decreasing go-round debt
Tátrai, Nyikos (2012)
7-stages Model of PP Development
• Stage 1. Sourcing and delivery of goods and services
• Stage 2. Compliance with legislation/regulation• Stage 3. Efficient use of public funds• Stage 4. Accountability• Stage 5. Value for money• Stage 6. Supporting of broader government policy
objectives• Stage 7. Delivery of broader government objectives
Telgen, Harland and Knight (2007)
• The goal is to render the entire procurement process sustainable at the level of contracting authorities and to raise public procurement to the level of policy and its inclusion in sustainability strategies at government and international level.
McCrudden (2004)
• Labour standards and unemployement• Employement opportunitis of disabled
workers• Racial equality• Promoting human rights transnationally (ILO)
Gender equality
• Teresa Medina-Arnáiz (2010) – Spanish case• „the principle of equal treatment between women
and men, as well as the express prohibition of any type of discrimination on the grounds of gender can be seen as a guiding principle for legal systems and as such, should be integrated and observed in all public action (gender mainstreaming)– Contractor selection phase– Award critera– Condition for performance of contracts
Social responsibility procurement in East Asian States
• David Seth Jones (2011)• Social responsibility– Supporting SMEs– Creating opportunities for small or start up venture
firms– Fostering environmental sustainability through
green purchasing and environmentally sustainable construction
– Promoting work safety in site management in public works.
Conclusions
• Disproportionality of objectives – or controversal objectives– All the objectives are becoming secondary objectives…
• Reducing competition – exclusion of bidders, increase costs, risk of litigation– Motivation
• Data, measurement, monitoring– Evaluating the relevance of social considerations is to
consider its total impact on society and economy