I. Introduction Since its foundation, the European Union has developed a system of legal, economic and political integration which is to be achieved through the progressive convergence of the economic policies of the Member States1. In this context, public procurement becomes one of the keystones within the European law with an estimate amount of business of Euro one trillion which represents about 20 % of the GPD; but what is public procurement in the EU? Public procurement can be defined as �...

I. Introduction At the end of January 2011 the European Commission launched a consultation on possible future changes to the European public procurement rules in the form of a Green Paper.1 It was a wide-ranging document with 114 questions for consultation, reflecting the growing interest in using public procurement as a tool for implementing other policies such as promotion of innovation, support for SMEs and underpinning European social and environmental policies. Since PPP are a form of compl...

I. Introduction Long-standing differences in national industrial policies have made for conflict in the past and make agreement difficult today1. The consequence of such disparity was that, under the Maastricht Treaty for the first time the European Union was granted the mandate to make industrial policy decisions2. It was thought that industrial policy emanating from the supranational level would benefit the European Union (EU) as a whole, rather than various national policies, which sought to ...

I. Introduction The problem of waste handling was considered as an environmental and visual impediment to the new outlook of Limassol like in other cities and towns across Cyprus. Public policymakers who once never gave waste management issues a second look, now grant solid waste issues considerable time and attention. Once overlooked and bureaucratically isolated, solid waste directors now receive the support necessary to deliver high level customer service as well as management accountability....

Public Private Partnerships in Turkey I. Introduction The implementation of PPPs in Turkey is becoming more prevalent and increasingly favoured by Turkish Law and Policy makers. But as yet there remains no comprehensive PPP Legislation to regulate the general rules and legal structure of PPP models. The implementation of PPPs has a long history in our country dating back to the Ottoman Empire,1 when it was considered as the top concept of concessions such as BOT, BO, BLT-BRT and TOR. Although th...

I. Introduction In July 2011 HM Treasury published the final version of its document, “Making savings in operational PFI contracts1”. This follows the draft version published in January 2011 and the “deep dive” into a number of operational PFI contracts, notably the 2004 Romford Hospital PFI contract and three defence PFI contracts (although it might be queried why no local government PFI contract was included). The report was originally due in spring 2011. In its press release accompany...