Brussels, 23/07/2013 (Agence Europe) - European competitiveness minsters examined ways of speeding up online organisation of public procurement at a meeting in Vilnius on Tuesday 23 July (see related article).
The Lithuanian economy minister, Evaldas Gustas, said they had focused on the fact that public procurement must end up being done solely online, be it calls for tender, invoicing or payment. Four-fifths of public procurement is now done online in Lithuania, he explained, adding that...