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what is the difference between public and private sector procurement?

The Procurement School

While there are many similarities, the nuances of public legislation and free trade requirements create a procurement environment that is more regulated, demands a greater level of transparency, and requires vigilance to stay on top of the constantly changing landscape. where do public sector procurement rules come from?

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Sole Source Procurement: A Guide to Single-Source Acquisitions

Select GCR

The sole source justification process is rigorous and requires approval from the organization’s procurement services, with steps including the completion and review of a justification form, internal review and approvals, and adherence to transparency and compliance regulations to manage risks effectively.

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The Eco Oro and Red Eagle Awards: Recent Divergence on How to Interpret Fair and Equitable Treatment Clauses Linked to the Minimum Standard of Treatment

Kluwer Arbitration

The majority adopted a broad interpretation: “transparency, stability and the protection of the investor’s legitimate expectations play a central role in defining the FET standard” (para. 128) and that the conduct of the Respondent was arbitrary, using a high threshold (paras. 762, 806).

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New Index Helps Governments Design Better Escape Clauses to Bridge Fiscal Rigidity with Crisis Adaptability

Inter-American Development Bank

Influence on Compliance: a clearly defined activation timeline is pivotal in post-escape clause compliance. Countries should also use specific thresholds for economic contractions to guide escape clause activation, ensuring impartial evaluations by engaging independent fiscal institutions.

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Redefining Resolution in Data Disputes: Why Arbitration Holds the Key

Kluwer Arbitration

This approach could provide a more streamlined, less costly avenue for resolving data privacy disputes, thereby enhancing transparency, accessibility, and cost-effectiveness in the realm of data privacy arbitration, and ensuring that individuals and smaller entities are not deterred from seeking justice due to prohibitive costs.

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Procurement tools for AI regulation by contract. Not the sharpest in the shed

How to Crack a Nut

I continue exploring the use of public procurement as a tool of digital regulation (or ‘AI regulation by contract’ as shorthand)—ie as a mechanism to promote transparency, explainability, cyber security, ethical and legal compliance leading to trustworthiness, etc in the adoption of digital technologies by the public sector.

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Bucharest Arbitration Days 2024: Critical Developments in International Arbitration

Kluwer Arbitration

First, the panelists discussed the concept of “controlling influence”, which, as Dobrý pointed out, varies in practice, and is not limited to structural ownership and can manifest via the exercise of veto power or the power to appoint board members. Russia and Stati v. Republic of Kazakhstan ).

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