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10 success factors for implementing e-procurement system

Open Contracting Partnership

Public procurement needs to be more transparent, efficient, and accountable to tackle the major social and economic challenges faced by governments across the world. Transparency on legal and regulatory frameworks To make e-GP systems work effectively, it’s essential to have supportive legislative arrangements in place.

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Top 6 Reasons to Automate Source to Pay for Oil, Gas and Energy

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Companies will face a variety of short and long-term challenges, such as balancing the effects of downward prices, output cuts, movement of demand to alternative energy sources, heavy capital investment for new capacity, complex government regulations and rising operating costs.

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10 common myths holding women back in government contracting and leadership

Open Contracting Partnership

We built capacity to show that there is an opportunity to change how things are done. Resource: Towards gender balance in public procurement Women face many barriers limiting their access to government contracts such as limited ownership of land and property, which hinders collateral for credit and investment.

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How Lithuania fast-tracked green procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

The government took three key steps: i) careful planning for the green transition; ii) implementing green public procurement (GPP) in practice with a focus on building the capacity of public buyers; and iii) learning powered by data-driven monitoring with a public dashboard. We now have to help our business adapt and innovate.

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Tendencies in Investment Arbitration in Latin America: Current Issues and Challenges

Kluwer Arbitration

In his words, the two necessary elements for a mediation to be potentially successful were: (i) a clearly authorized government official who has the capacity to conduct the negotiations, and (ii) the State’s will to reach an agreement. Pager shared a more sceptical view on the efficiency of mediation for investor-states disputes.

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Purchasing uncertain or indefinite requirements – guest post by ?erban Filipon

How to Crack a Nut

To unleash the potential that these arrangements have for enhanced efficiency and effectiveness in public procurement, more balanced regulation is needed, and more work is needed on regulatory, policy as well as implementation matters. However, in other respects, the regulation could be too rigid.

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Interview with Our Editors: Nigeria and Lagos Chamber of Commerce International Arbitration Centre in the Spotlight with Abimbola Akeredolu SAN

Kluwer Arbitration

The LACIAC Board of Directors, through its technical committees, strives to build capacity in different sectors including energy, construction, finance and technology, international trade, telecoms, media and entertainment, MSMEs, among others. The Adjudication Rules were a vital part of the Centre’s 2021 “ROAD” Map.