NPIO 2022

Network of procurement in international organizations

29 – 30 September 2022 Council of Europe – Strasbourg (F)

Agenda*

Thursday 29 September

08:30 - 9:00 Registration, welcome coffee
Avenue de l’Europe F-67000 Strasbourg

09:00 - 10:00 Welcome speech and who’s who?
Francis Dangel, Director of the General Administration, CoE
Bar des Parlementaires

10:15 - 10:30 Opening remarks by the CoE (agenda, information, …)
Laurent Devigne, Head of Procurement DGA, CoE
Meeting room #11

10:30 - 11:15 ESG: Sustainability through procurement

Carmela D’angelo, Head of Non IT corporate procurement, ADB
Ann Janssens, Head of Procurement, CEB
Constantino Longares Barrio, Deputy Head of Procurement, CEB
Marion Courbis, Senior Procurement Officer, ESM
Pablo Gustavo Zini, Head Strategic Procurement, IMF
Monika Tschida-Spiers, Senior Procurement Officer/Sustainable Procurement Lead, IMF

Hybrid Meeting (room #11 + BlueJeans)

11:15 - 12:00 Hybrid meetings vs Physical meetings: pros and cons, costs, good practices
Open discussion: NPIO participants are invited to share their own experience regarding hybrid meetings (please prepare figures / examples / solutions)
Hybrid Meeting (room #11 + BlueJeans)

12:00 - 13:45 Lunch break
Palais de l’Europe – Galerie portugaise

13:45 - 14:45 Workshops: e-angle, crisis management, piggybacking, KPI / reporting

Moderators:

Muriel Tharreau, Head of HQ and CSG Procurement Service, ESA
Kenny K. Cheung, Chief of Procurement, World Bank
Magda Vigoureux, Global Head Procurement & Contract Management, INTERPOL
Andreas Jüttner, Team Lead, Commercial Legal and Procurement, ESM
Nicolas Ferre, Head Corporate Procurement Group, OECD

Bar des Parlementaires

15:00 - 16:00 Green and innovative procurement – Keynote

Dorothée Belle, Partner, EY
Thibault Gravier, Partner, EY

Hybrid Meeting (room #11 + BlueJeans)

16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break
Before meeting room #11

16:30 - 17:15 Workshops feedback
Meeting room #11

17:30 - 17:35 Group photo
Palais de l’Europe

19:00 - 20:00 Walk around old city center (optional)

20:00 Dinner at the restaurant Maison Kammerzell
16, place de la Cathédrale – 67000 Strasbourg

Friday 30 September

09:00 - 9:30 Welcome coffee
Before meeting room #11

09:30 - 10:30 Procurement of Intellectual services - round table open to CoE staff

Sylvie Jourdan, Proc. of Intellectual Services, INTERPOL
Johan Bert, Associate Director Procurement Operations, EBRD
Ravi Prakash, Head of Consultancy Services, EBRD
Claudia LangeTramoni, Lawyer, ECA
Marion Courbis, Senior Procurement Officer, ESM
Moderator: L. Devigne, Head of Procurement DGA, CoE

Hybrid Meeting (room #11 + BlueJeans)

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
Bar des Parlementaires

11:00 - 12:00 Human Resources in Procurement: position, motivation, evolution

Carmela D’angelo, Head of Non IT corporate procurement, ADB
Ann Janssens, Head of Procurement, CEB
Constantino Longares Barrio, Deputy Head of Procurement, CEB
Kenny K. Cheung, Chief of Procurement, World Bank

Hybrid Meeting (room #11 + BlueJeans)

12:00 - 12:45 Managing suppliers claims: Procurement support / case study
Stephen George Ashcroft, DG Services & Procurement, AfDB
Hybrid Meeting (room #11 + BlueJeans)

12:45 - 14:00 Lunch break
Palais de l’Europe – Galerie portugaise

14:00 - 14:45 Risk management and COVID-19 lessons learnt

Pablo Gustavo Zini, Head Strategic Procurement, IMF
Kenny K. Cheung, Chief of Procurement, World Bank

Hybrid Meeting (room #11 + BlueJeans)

14:45 - 15:15 Structuring NPIO: action plan and initiatives
Open discussion
Meeting room #11

15:15 - 15:30 Wrap-up and arrangements for the NPIO meeting 2023
Meeting room #11

*This agenda will be regularly updated with correct times and topics.

Practical information

Council of Europe full adress and contact details >

Airports next to Strasbourg:

FRANCE: Strasbourg, EuroAirport BaselMulhouse-Freiburg, Paris (and then train / TGV to Strasbourg)
GERMANY: Frankfurt am Main, Stuttgart, Karlsruhe / BadenBaden, EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg
SWITZERLAND: EuroAirport BaselMulhouse-Freiburg, Zurich

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