APLU will host a morning symposium with the theme: “Procurement Law on Three Continents” on 25 April 2017 in Stellenbosch. Speakers will reflect on the procurement laws in the USA, EU, South Africa and within the Multilateral Development Banks, such as the World Bank. Attendance is free and open to anyone interested in public procurement law, but seats are limited and it is thus essential to book a seat by sending an email to Kyle Jordaan at kylej@sun.ac.za. More details can be found here >>.
Author Archives: Geo Quinot
Symposium: Procurement Law on Three Continents – 25 April 2017, Stellenbosch
Legal Aid Clinic Building, Stellenbosch University Law Faculty
PROGRAMME
8:30 Registration & coffee
9:00 Session 1: Public procurement law in the United States
Prof Christopher R. Yukins,
Lynn David Research Professor in Government Procurement Law; Co-Director of the Government Procurement Law Program, George Washington University School of Law, USA
9:45 Session 2: Public procurement law in the EU
Prof Andrea Sundstrand, Associate Professor in Public Law, Faculty of Law, Stockholm University, Sweden
10:30 Coffee
11:00 Session 3: Public procurement law developments in South Africa
Prof Geo Quinot, Vice Dean & Professor, Department of Public Law, Stellenbosch University
11:45 Session 4: Recent developments in Multilateral Development Banks’ public procurement rules
Prof Sope Williams-Elegbe, Associate Professor, Department of Mercantile Law, Stellenbosch University
12:30 Close & light lunch
Attendance is free and open to anyone interested in public procurement law, but seats are limited and it is thus essential to book a seat by sending an email to Kyle Jordaan at kylej@sun.ac.za.
The venue
Stellenbosch University Legal Aid Clinic
44 Banhoek Road, Stellenbosch
Registration for Global Revolutions VIII conference now open
Bookings for the 2017 Public Procurement: Global Revolutions VIII conference to be held on the 12th and 13th of June 2017 at the East Midlands Conference Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK, are now open. To book go to the following link.
APPRRU name changes to APLU
At the Second International Conference on Public Procurement Law in Africa, held from 24-25 November 2016 in Cape Town, APPRRU announced the change of the unit’s name to the African Procurement Law Unit – APLU. The conference marked the five-year anniversary of the establishment of the unit and the change of name reflects the expansion of the unit’s focus over its first five years beyond strict research activities to now also include significant training initiatives and assistance to policy makers in designing public procurement law regimes.
Public Procurement and Multilateral Development Banks
By Sope Williams-Elegbe
Hart Publishing (2017)
The multilateral development banks cumulatively channel billions of dollars annually in development assistance to Borrower countries. This finance is usually spent through processes that incorporate the public procurement regulations of the banks. It is in fact, often a condition of this finance that the funds must be spent using the procurement regulations of the lender institution. This book examines the issues and challenges raised by procurement regulation in the multilateral development banks. The book examines the history of procurement regulation in the banks; the tripartite relationship created between the banks, Borrowers and contractors in funded procurements; the procurement documents and procurement cycle; as well as how the banks ensure competition and value for money in funded procurements. The book also examines the banks’ approach to sustainability concerns in public procurement such as environmental, social or industrial concerns; as well as how the banks address the issue of corruption and fraud in funded contracts. Another issue that is addressed by this book is how the banks have implemented the aid effectiveness agenda. It will be seen that the development banks have undertaken steps to harmonise their policies and practices, increased Borrower procurement capacity, taken steps to
reduce the tying of aid, and play an important role in the reform of Borrower procurement systems, all in an effort to improve the effectiveness of development finance. The book also considers the contractual and other remedies that are available to parties that may be aggrieved as a result of a funded procurement. The book analyses, compares and contrasts the legal, practical and institutional approaches to procurement regulation in the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the African Development Bank, the Asian Deelopment Bank and the European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development.
