Next Generation Public Procurement

The American Chamber of Commerce in Croatia and PwC Croatia, one of the 'Big Four' global professional services firms organized an event on the topic of public procurement.

New reforms and investments that have arisen from the need of society and the economy to adapt to the new environment and become resilient to the changes that have occurred over the past few years, but also climate and environmental ones that have become part of our everyday lives, require a change in approach to public procurement.

EU funds available to the Republic of Croatia in the period until 2027, while supporting the green and digital transition, increasingly focus on sustainable and innovative public procurement, which was the main topic of this event, jointly organized by AmCham Croatia and PwC Croatia.

Program:
08:30 – 09:00 Registration and breakfast
09:00 – 09:15 Introductory speeches:

• Andrea Doko Jelušić, Executive Director, AmCham Croatia
• Hrvoje Jelić, Partner, Tax & Regulatory Services, PwC Croatia

09:15 – 09:45 Sustainable and innovative public procurement - examples of good practice: Matthieu Cahen, Senior Policy Analyst, OECD
09:45 – 10:15 Innovative public procurement – Italian example: Mauro Draoli, Member of the Executive Committee, Smarter Italy
10:15 – 10:40 Results of the research on sustainable public procurement and public procurement of innovation in the Republic of Croatia: Jelena Drndić, Public Sector and Infrastructure Operations Lead, PwC Croatia
10:50 – 11:00 Short break
11:00 – 12:00 Panel discussion: Sustainable and innovative public procurement in the EU perspective 2021 - 2027 and what it brings to Croatia

• Nina Čulina, Head of public procurement policy department, Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development
• Anđelko Rukelj, Vice-chair, State Commission for Supervision of Public Procurement Procedures
• Iva Milašinčić, Head of development and support of entrepreneurship Unit, Croatian Agency for SMEs
• Dean Firkelj, IT and e-Procurement expert, sad IT
• Moderator: Jelena Drndić, Public Sector and Infrastructure Operations Lead, PwC Croatia

11:50 – 12:00 Q & A

PwC is one of the 'Big Four' global professional services firms whose purpose is to build trust in society and solve important problems. PwC has been continuously present in the Croatian market since 1998. They are a leading tax and regulatory practice, business advisory services (deals and business consulting) and audit and assurance services firm in the Croatian market.