PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

Wednesday, 23 April

09.00 - Registration of participants

09.15 - Opening of the seminar 
            Idoia Zenarrutzabeitia Beldarrain,
            Vice-President and Counsellor of Finances and Public Administration, Basque Government

I.-  ELECTRONIC PROCUREMENT IN EUROPE: DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES FROM THE MEMBER STATES

09.30 - Public procurement in Europe: general framework
            Gracia Vara Arribas,
            Project Leader and Senior Lecturer, European Institute of Public Administration - European Centre for the Regions (EIPA-ECR), Barcelona (ES)
          
10.15  - The Belgian case 
             Roel Arys, Federal Service of e-Procurement  

11.15 - Coffee break

11.45 - The Finnish case 
            Mikko Saavalainen MSc. Eng, IT development manager, Hansel Ltd Ministerio de Finanzas, Gobierno de Finlandia  

12.45 - The Portuguese project 
            Francisco Vélez Roxo, President, National e-Procurement Agency (to be confirmed)
            
13.45  - Lunch

15.45 - The French case  
            Louis François Fléri, Head of the project e-Bourgogne, Regional Council of Bourgogne

16.45 -  Round table 
             With participation of the speakers of the day          

17.30 - End of the first day

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Thursday, 24 April

09.00 - The German case 
             Manfred Schömann, Project leader, Procurement Department, Federal Home Ministry  

10.00 - Experience from the Spanish State Administration: general legal framework 
            Alfonso Ruiz de Castañeda de la Llave, Expert on Public Procurement; Member of the Advisory Committee for Public Procurement of the European Union
           
11.00 - Coffee break

11.30 - The Basque model on Electronic Procurement 
            Jaime Domínguez-Macaya Laurnaga, Director of Heritage and Procurement, Basque Government

12.30 - Round table 
            With participation of the speakers of the day  

13.00 - Lunch

15:30 - Presentation of E-PRACTICE AN EXPERIENCE FROM THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION 
            Emilio Castrillejo Hernantes, Programme manager in charge of eProcurement activities, IDABC Programme, Enterprise and Industry Directorate-General, European Commission (BE)

16.00 - The last trends regarding the legal provision of electronic procurement
             Julia Ferger,  Administrator, Public Procurement Policy, Internal Market Directorate General, European Commission
         
16.45 - Development of the e-Invoice in Spain
             Eloy Ruiz Madueño, Tax Administration Spanish National Agency
             María Jesús García,  Industry, Tourism and Trade Ministry

17.30 - Closing conference: Electronic tools for public procurement 
            José María Gimeno Feliu, Dean and Professor of the Law Faculty, University of Zaragoza

18.00 - Closing of the Seminar