In early January the Asia Link consortium led by the University of Nottingham launched the Procurement Law Academic network, an Internet-based interdisciplinary network to link academics working in the field of public procurement.

The network has so far been a phenomenal success, with over 150 individual registrations from academics in the field of law, politics, economics and business from many different countries, as well as over 100 registrations from associate members in industry and government.

The network can be found at http://www.planpublicprocurement.org/main/

The launch of the PLAN Network is funded through the European Commission's Asia Link Programme, as part of the project for an EU-Asia Inter-university Network for Teaching and Research in Public Procurement Regulation. The project consortium is led by the University of Nottingham (Project leader Professor Sue Arrowsmith); other consortium members are Copenhagen Business School, the Central University of Finance and Economics (Beijing), Xinjiang University, and the University of Malaya.

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