Willem Janssen – författare

Effective planning of programs and resources has become an even more important issue as funding for agricultural research becomes more scarce. In recent years progress has been made in understanding the institutional processes involved in planning as well as sharpening the planning tools developed to improve such processes.This unique book summarizes the main approaches and experiences in agricultural research planning, focussing on recent developments in the planning field, the new issues and concerns in agricultural development and research and future challenges. In addition it helps clarify and contribute to the standardization of the terminology used in research planning.

This innovative book explores potential amendments to the Classic EU Procurement Directive (2014/24/EU), building on the existing debate surrounding the reform of this instrument. Each chapter contains in-depth analysis on the most important and timely legal discussions in the field of procurement law and puts forward concrete ideas for ongoing reforms.Expert contributors introduce and discuss potential reforms, examining notions that reflect on the directive’s scope. Chapters focus on the importance of improving and fostering competition, highlighting the instrumental use of public procurement competition rules and analyzing the expansion of the rules on contract performance. In addition, the book explores emerging issues such as greening the EU, climate change and social injustice, among other key topics. Overall, this book serves to spur academic and policy debates in order to inform and drive future change in EU public procurement law.Reforming EU Public Procurement is a crucial resource for students and scholars of public procurement law, European law and commercial law. Practitioners, NGOs, lobbyists, think tanks and representative bodies involved in the legislative process will benefit from the novel ideas for interpretation of legal concepts and their implementation in this book.

This book provides the first comprehensive appraisal of the paradigm shift towards mandatory sustainability requirements in EU public procurement law.Traditionally, EU public procurement law focused on ‘how to buy’, dictating procedural rules so that public buyers in the Member States did not discriminate against suppliers and service providers from other Member States. Mandatory green and social requirements mean that, with a view to achieving sustainable development goals and mitigating climate change, the EU will limit this discretionary power for public buyers, pushing them to acquire more sustainable goods and services.Based on legal analysis informed by economic perspectives, the book aims to contribute to an understanding and critical discussion of the EU legislator’s move towards regulating ‘what to buy’. The book discusses the role of the Public Procurement Directives in relation to this paradigm shift, as well as various other sectoral legislative instruments that have been revamped or newly introduced in light of the European Green Deal.The paradigm shift is analysed from different perspectives, including subsidiarity, alternative regulation, economics and public purchasing. The book includes novel sectoral studies on transport, food, clothing, and construction, discussing how change is taking place and what its major challenges are for the future. Chapters on Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and more, offer case studies of Member States that have already introduced mandatory requirements and highlight lessons learnt.This is an essential book for professionals working with public procurement law in academia and practice, and to those engaged in achieving public policy objectives in light of climate change and social injustice.