Europe gears itself for online public tendering

The Commission's Action Plan on electronic procurement sets out to help modernise and simplify EU procurement procedures. It introduces a coherent EU framework for electronic public procurement and complements the EU's public procurement Directives which came into force in January 2006. The objective is to enable any business with a PC and an Internet connection to bid for public contracts electronically, anywhere in the EU. In the process it will make the EU the most advanced zone in the world for public procurement and electronic procurement.

 

The Action Plan on electronic public procurement was launched by DG Internal Market and Services in January 2005 with the aim of providing guidance and organising a smooth transition towards eProcurement in the Member States. It sets out what the Commission and EU Member States can do to cut red tape and to ensure that the new legal framework is implemented in a consistent way across the EU. In particular, it aims to prevent barriers that could arise from incompatible systems in different Member States.

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Synergy 09, issued in January 2008

The 9th issue of Synergy introduces the revised IDABC work programme while coming back on major IDABC achievements, such as the five-year old Pan-European problem-solving network SOLVIT and successful Projects of Common Interest (PCIs).
This issue also presents the new portal aimed at the eGovernment community across Europe (ePractice.eu) and features an interview with Anabela Pedroso, Head of Portugal’s Agency for Public Service Reform, on the country’s citizen-centric approach to the modernisation of public services.

Synergy 08, published in May 2007 

The 8th issue of the Synergy newsletter focuses on the progress of the IDABC programme's activities and achievements, two years after its launch.

Key aspects featured in this issue include the i2010 Initiative, the relationship between IDABC and the eGovernment Action Plan, as well as major topics such as eID interoperability and IDABC initiatives in eProcurement.

Also presented are activities in the fields of Horizontal Measures (HMs) and Projects of Common Interest (PCIs). The role of the PEGSCO is also analysed.

To read issue n° 08 online, please click here

Synergy 06, published in April 2006 


The 6th issue of Synergy focuses on e-Procurement and the EU’s endeavour to modernise, remove the red tape and slash the procurement budgets of the Member States of the European Community. A successfully implemented process of e-Procurement will benefit large and small enterprises through expanded business opportunities and the public sector will also benefit from considerably reduced procurement costs.

To read issue N° 06 online, please click here 

The Europublic Writers Bureau provides the content for this quarterly magazine through Mostra, the main contractor to DG Informatics.

Synergy 07, published in September 2006,


The 7th issue of Synergy focuses on eServices.
  

Information and communication technology is the key to modernising government services and making them more efficient and more responsive. The Commission's eGovernment Action Plan maps out the way ahead for eGovernment in Europe and provides the focal points for EC programmes, initiatives and policy-making from 2006 to 2010, as well as a practical way forward through roadmaps and strategic monitoring in priority areas.


To read issue n° 07 online, please click here