1. Swedish Presidency Charlotta Frenander PPN Sweden

2. We will present Sweden – the country Public Procurement in Sweden – in brief The coming PPN Presidency

3. Welcome to Sweden Joined European Union1994 9,3 million citizens Local municipalities, county councils and government agencies Stockholm capital city

8. Public Procurement in Sweden - in brief Public Procurement Act (2007:1091) Act on procurement within the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors (2007:1092) Similar rules below the thresholds and for B-services Regulations: - environmentally friendly cars - anti discrimination clauses

9. Swedish PPN Presidency July 2011 - December 2012

10. PPN Presidency PPN - objectives and advantages : Platform for mutual exchange of views and ideas Opportunities for members to solve problems with cross border procurement Accessible information on the PPN website

11. Forecast Future changes and challenges for the public procurement regime

12. PPN Presidency We suggest: Regular meetings (in connection with ACPC) Possibility for all members to attend all meetings and participate in all actvities Members Conference (probably September 2012)

13. PPN Presidency We suggest as forthcoming activities: Working groups – about the Green Paper on modernisation of the EU:s policy for public procurement – Agree on some common grounds?

14. PPN Presidency Other topics to focus on? E- procurement Knowledge Centers / professionalism / ”help-desk” Illegal direct awards of contracts and sanctions in Member states Other initiatives from members

15. PPN Presidency the PPN website Will be updated (from September) Will function as before More information available

16. PPN Presidency What happens next? Meetings the day before ACPC at the Swedish representation in Brussels All members are welcome More information in early September

17. Contact: Charlotta Frenander E-mail: ppnsweden@kkv.se

18. Welcome to Conference in Stockholm 31 August 2011 The Costs of Different Goals of Public Procurement Speakers among others: Sue Arrowsmith, Professor University of Nottingham Steven Kalman, Professor Harvard University Klaus Wiedner, Head of Unit, European Commission

19. Thank you and welcome to take part in the coming activities in the network!