EU Asia Inter-University Network for Teaching and Research in Public Procurement Regulation
The University of Nottingham (Project leader: Professor Sue Arrowsmith) has received an award of 450000 Euros from the European Union’s Asia Link programme, as leader of a five member consortium.
The award is for a project to develop a global academic research and teaching network in the area of public procurement regulation. The other consortium members are Copenhagen Business School, the Central University of Finance and Economics (Beijing), Xinjiang University, and the University of Malaya.
The award is for a three year project to develop a sustainable capacity at university level in research and teaching in public procurement regulation, running from January 2008 to January 2011.
The project aims, first, to develop a capacity in this area in Asian universities, initially in China and Malaysia, and eventually to extend this across the whole continent. Academic capacity in public procurement education at university level is currently embryonic or non-existent in Asian developing countries, and this hinders sound policy development. In addition, the network will promote and enhance EU teaching and research on public procurement regulation, which has only recently developed as a distinct academic discipline. It will also enhance global trade dialogues by improving EU understanding of procurement issues affecting Asia.
Activities funded under the project include:
- Setting up a permanent global academic network of scholars (PLAN) working in the field of public procurement regulation – both those in law schools and those working in other discipline such as economics, politics and management. For further information please see the separate link;
· Developing an innovative postgraduate curriculum on procurement regulation, based on international/comparative materials;
· Exchange visits and workshops to support research and postgraduate teaching. Workshops will cover, for example, research methods and methodologies in the context of public procurement regulation, with a focus on comparative, international and interdisciplinary research;
· Production of an extensive bibliography to support global research and teaching activities;
· Production of specialist textbooks to support teaching and course development activities;
· Translation of leading international academic and legal texts into Chinese;
· A series of major conferences of academics, practitioners and policy makers (in Nottingham, Kuala Lumpur and Beijing).
On the 18th-19th of February, the official Asia Link Project Kick-Off Meeting took place at the University of Nottingham. As well as settling the contents of the partnership agreement and other formal business, the meeting gave several events of the Asia Link Project a more definite shape and discussed a timeline for launching parts of the project such as the website and PLAN (the Procurement Law Academic Network).
Disclamer: This document has been produced with financial assistance of the European Union. The contents of this documents are the sole responsibility of Copenhagen Business School and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union.
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Sidst opdateret af Kim Allan Jørgensen 14.04.2009
