PROGRAMME

1 July 2026

Trg Republike Hrvatske 3, Zagreb (University of Zagreb Faculty of Law)

Lecture room III

08.30 - 09.00      

Registration

09.00 - 09.15     

Welcome 

09.15 - 10.45     

Panel 1: The External Dimension of EU Public Procurement

Moderator: Mario Rašić

Roberto Caranta - ”Turning Carrots into Sticks? What the Future Holds for the External Dimension of Public Procurement"

Sarah Schoenmaekers - ”Made in Europe and Buy European - From Gentle Branding to Bold Commanding?”

Annamaria La Chimia - ”Buy Local in the Global Context - Aid Given by the EU”

10.45 - 11.15

Coffee

11.15 - 12.45

Panel 2: "Public Procurement as a Geopolitical Tool"

Moderator: Mario Rašić

Pedro Telles - ”Kolin and Qingdao Implications after 18 Months”

Hrvoje Stojić - ”Differences in Macroeconomic Effects Between Domestic and Third-country Bidders in Infrastructure Projects"

Maja Kuhar - ”Anti-Coercion Instrument- Using Trade as a Geopolitical Weapon"

12.45 - 13.45

Lunch

13.45 - 15.15

Book presentation - Marko Turudić - ”Third-Country Economic Operators in EU Public Procurement Law - Conditions for Market Participation” (Edward Elgar Publishing, May 2026)

Moderator: Mario Rašić

Discussant - Roberto Caranta

15.15 - 15.30

Concluding remarks