Research on Public Procurement

The Publications Office of the European Union has been entrusted to implement the Preparatory Action “Transparency in public procurement”.

Among the envisaged actions, the Publications Office encourages research in the field of public procurement. In this respect, public procurement experts have been requested to carry out different research projects.

Among the different proposals received, three projects were selected. You can find here below a table with the researchers’ names, project titles and short summaries.

Name(s) of the author(s)	Project title	Project  summary
Isabel da Rosa	“Repository of existing projects on transparency in public procurement”	Produce an inventory/repository of projects dealing with transparency in public procurement including tools used to monitor public procurement in two or more Member States (MS)
Ana-Maria Dimand and Andrea Stefano Patrucco	“Transparency and Open Data in Public Procurement: An Analysis of European Union Member States”	Produce an inventory/repository of projects dealing with transparency in public procurement including tools used to monitor public procurement in two or more Member States (MS)
Manuel Garcia Rodriguez	“European public procurement (2012–2022): indicators and maps of competition and SME participation for cross-border analysis based on TED data”	Highlight which companies get the most public procurement money in the EU (and beyond)

 

You can find more information on the Preparatory Action on Transparency in Public Procurement here.