MARKT C4 - Economic Dimension and E-procurement, DG Internal Market and Services

e-Procurement and the EU e-Procurement and the EU –– which path to take? which path to take?

Global Forum – Shaping the FutureGlobal Forum – Shaping the Future

Brussels, 7 November 2011Brussels, 7 November 2011

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Everyone is doing it…Everyone is doing it…

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One or more?One or more? Need to overcome inertia Need to overcome inertia Market has developed – how much is yet Market has developed – how much is yet

to come?to come? One for all is not possibleOne for all is not possible

… … but neither is one for everybut neither is one for every Strength in diversityStrength in diversity … … but within certain limitsbut within certain limits

Facilitate or force?Facilitate or force? Objective: make e-Procurement the normObjective: make e-Procurement the norm Current progress slowCurrent progress slow

Facilitate - more of the sameFacilitate - more of the same

Force – one or more?Force – one or more?

Opinion is divided Opinion is divided

What do you think?What do you think?