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Open Olympics 2026: progress and challenges

Open Contracting Partnership

Alarmingly, 60% of projects bypassed initial environmental impact assessments, as it was deemed unnecessary or not required under current regulations. Nine implementing bodies are involved, with Simico S.p.A. overseeing nearly 60% of the projects and managing 74.5% of allocated funds.

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How Lithuania fast-tracked green procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

Kęstutis Kazulis, Principal Advisor for Sustainable Procurement, LPPO Monitoring green impact Lithuania is now planning the next big step in monitoring GPP – measuring the impact of GPP. In a few pre-tender market consultations, we came out with demanding GPP criteria. We tried to meet markets where they were.

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Pre-Ιnvestment Expenditures, Defining an Investment, and a Problem of Translations: Patel Engineering v the Republic of Mozambique

Kluwer Arbitration

Investors frequently make expenditures in the preparatory phase of an investment, such as environmental impact assessments , scientific surveys, or financial advice. The government opened a public tender process. When are these expenditures considered an investment? CFM was not able to contribute the 20% needed for the project.