EU/EEA Public Procurement Law at the UiB

At the University of Bergen (“UiB”) we are also teaching EU and EEA public procurement law. For the first time in more than four years, our Faculty of Law offered a course that was mainly targeted to exchange students but also to Norwegian students. This course was firstly offered in the Spring Semester 2014 and due to its success, it was re-offered in the Autumn Semester 2014. As it currently looks, the course will continue in the Autumn of 2015 as well.

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Emil Breistein

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Universitetet i Bergen

In our course we explore the most relevant aspects of EU/EEA public procurement law. Our classes mainly deal with the Public Sector Directive but we also cover, succinctly, some relevant aspects of the Utilities and new Concessions Directive. We do so by discussing the 2004 and 2014 Directives as we want to offer students with the present and the future of public procurement. For an overview of the lectures, reading materials and exam modalities, see the link to our course at: http://www.uib.no/en/course/JUS285-2-A

I have the pleasure to lecture the course with a group of very qualified and fantastic people at the UiB and even abroad. We are a group of four lecturers covering 11 sessions and touching topics not only related to public procurement but other areas of the law, such as competition law and state aid. The lecturers this year were: Ms. Linda Midtun; Ms. Malgorzata Cyndecka and Mr. Anders Thue. It has been a great experience working with all of them!

Also, the course helped organizing an international seminar discussing the interrelation between public procurement and competition law. You can watch the recording of the seminar at: http://beccle.no/beccle-seminar-the-interaction-between-eueea-public-procurement-and-competition-law/

Lastly, our team was kindly invited to participate at the Annual Seminar of the Norwegian Complaints Board for Public Procurement (KOFA) and we look forward to strenghtening our ties with them for future joint activities.

All in all, if you are looking for a course on EU/EEA public procurement law and related activities now you know where to go!

Looking forward to seeing you in Bergen!

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Paul S. Amundsen

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University of Bergen