Belgrade, 27 March 2009 Professionalisation and Certification in Public Procurement in Austria Hubert Reisner 1 Workshop on Public Procurement Belgrade, 27 March 2009

Professionalisation and Certification in Public Procurement in Austria Hubert Reisner 2 Administrative Structure and Public Procurement independent entities central state 9 federal states communities other independent entities no central competence for organisation legislation and coordination Federal Chancellery

Belgrade, 27 March 2009 Professionalisation and Certification in Public Procurement in Austria Hubert Reisner 3 Trainings responsibility of each entity trainings and certifications organised by ministries: administrative academy federal states: own administrative academies communities: organisations of communities Federal and Regional Economic Chambers Chamber of Architects and Civil Engineers Universities only as part of economic law private companies special trainings for employees of companies

Belgrade, 27 March 2009 Professionalisation and Certification in Public Procurement in Austria Hubert Reisner 4 Public Procurement Procurement is interdisciplinary business management economics engineering law …

Belgrade, 27 March 2009 Professionalisation and Certification in Public Procurement in Austria Hubert Reisner 5 Starting Point for the Initiative of the Federal Economic Chamber Lack of long-term procurement strategies modern project management sufficient contract management in the public sector Need for a modular training system 2-hour-training for suppliers weekend trainings for contracting authorities and suppliers MBA and LL.M. programmes

Belgrade, 27 March 2009 Professionalisation and Certification in Public Procurement in Austria Hubert Reisner 6 Long-Term Procurement Strategies  public procurement needs strategic planning Contract Management Public Procurement Procedures Planning Conclusion of Contract

Belgrade, 27 March 2009 Professionalisation and Certification in Public Procurement in Austria Hubert Reisner 7 Training for Public Procurement organised by the Austrian Economic Chamber (WKO) WKO contracting authority representation of the business community (suppliers and parts of the utilities: Austrian Railways, airports, gas companies,…) training institution WIFI WKO trains contracting authorities and suppliers well trained procurement specialists purchase quality services for the general public reduce unnecessary (transaction) costs and get innovation into public purchasing

Belgrade, 27 March 2009 Professionalisation and Certification in Public Procurement in Austria Hubert Reisner 8 Modular Training Programmes basic 2-hour/2-day trainings for suppliers in the WKO training centres (9 WIFIs in the Austrian provinces) modular weekend trainings for suppliers and contracting authorities: legislative changes, best practices, model procurement documents in some WIFIs (Vienna, Vorarlberg, Salzburg, Lienz, …) post-graduate diploma programmes, MBA and LL.M. in procurement (3-4 semesters) in WIFI Vienna + Linz

Belgrade, 27 March 2009 Professionalisation and Certification in Public Procurement in Austria Hubert Reisner 9 Diploma Programme (2 Sem) Procurement Manager

Belgrade, 27 March 2009 Professionalisation and Certification in Public Procurement in Austria Hubert Reisner 10 Diploma Programme (2 Sem) Procurement Manager cooperation: WKO/WIFI + Universities since September 2005 for contracting authorities, suppliers + consultants (~ 20 students) programmes for (university) graduates and/or procurement practitioners

Belgrade, 27 March 2009 Professionalisation and Certification in Public Procurement in Austria Hubert Reisner 11 Post-graduate Programmes in (Public) Procurement Diploma Programme (2 Sem) MBA (+ 2 Sem ) LL.M. (+ 1 Sem)

Belgrade, 27 March 2009 Professionalisation and Certification in Public Procurement in Austria Hubert Reisner 12 Curriculum: Economics of Purchasing markets and competition social and environmental concerns in public procurement, Innovation, SMEs, … price: price elasticity, pricing agreements, price adjustment formulae, indices PPPs & PFIs

Belgrade, 27 March 2009 Professionalisation and Certification in Public Procurement in Austria Hubert Reisner 13 Curriculum: Business Management strategy formulation, implementation and control project and process management, quality management cost accounting, calculation, controlling e-business, e-sourcing, e-commerce and e- procurement logistics, global sourcing, purchasing and supply chain management

Belgrade, 27 March 2009 Professionalisation and Certification in Public Procurement in Austria Hubert Reisner 14 Curriculum: Law private law: contract law, company law, ipr, competition law public law: constitutional law, administrative law, industrial law, construction codes, zoning regulations, … procurement law and remedies (eu, national, gpa, …) model tender documents, case studies

Belgrade, 27 March 2009 Professionalisation and Certification in Public Procurement in Austria Hubert Reisner 15

Belgrade, 27 March 2009 Professionalisation and Certification in Public Procurement in Austria Hubert Reisner 16 Thank you for your attention Hubert Reisner Federal Public Procurement Office Praterstraße 31 A-1020 Wien, Austria Tel +43 – –224 Fax +43 – 1 –