A joint Bulgarian Presidency and EU Commission high-level conference on „Improving access to procurement" will be held in Sofia, Bulgaria’s capital, on 15 June, 2018. Panellists will be politicians (the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria, Mr. Tomislav DONCHEV, the rapporteur of the 2014 EU procurement directives at the European Parliament, Mr. TARABELLA (MEP), and the Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SME’s, Ms. BIENKOWSKA), high-level representatives of review bodies (Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union, Ms. KOKOTT), Professors from European Universities as well as Lawyer Dr. Alexander Hübner. Dr. Hübner will speak about „Effective remedy systems to boost access to public procurement markets". Dr. Hübner has been appointed member of the EU Commission SEGPP Stakeholder Expert Group on Public Procurement for three years terms since 2012 and, again since 2015.

Date: 15th of June 2018