The SIGMA Programme, in partnership with Egypt’s National Training Academy (NTA), hosted two high-level workshops in Cairo on advanced public procurement. Day one focused on global trends, including digitalisation, green procurement, and emergency procedures. Day two explored the integration of AI and Big Data in procurement, highlighting real-world applications and capacity-building needs.
Strategic Insights on Advanced Public Procurement
- Date
- 28-29 May 2025
- Location
- Cairo, Egypt
About
Speakers
Piotr-Nils Gorecki
Senior policy advisor, SIGMA
Spyridon Panagopoulos
Principal Procurement Expert
Mahfoud Baradi
SIGMA expert
Zoran Blazevic
SIGMA expert
Vladimir Ceperic
AI expert & Research scientist
Agenda
- Advancing digital transformation in public procurement - e-procurement in the EU
- Central purchasing bodies and framework agreements
- Enhancing efficiency in procurement processes - Introduction to green and sustainable public procurement - A step-by-stap insight to environmentally responsible purchasing
- Competitive Dialogue & Competitive Negotiation - Advanced procurement procedures for complex infrastructure and services projects
- Emergency public procurement in crises respond - Managing urgency, transparency, and accountability in extraordinary circumstances
- Q&A session and closing remarks
- The road to adopting artificial intelligence (AI) in the public sector - EU perspective, current trends, and future challenges
- Public procurement of AI/Big Data technologies by contracting authorities - How to describe and to procure AI and Big data technologies
- Global AI initiatives: Case studies - Examples of implementation of AI and lessons learned
- Enhancing public procurement processes with AI and Big Data integration - Where and how to use AI to improve public procurement process
- Practical use of generative AI - Prompting for better results
- Q&A session and closing remarks