EIPA case studies
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The European Public Procurement Certification is one of the certifications promoted by the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA), an institution based in Maastricht with an office in Luxembourg that describes its mission as supporting public administration across the EU and offers training, technical assistance and consultancy, benchmarking and activities for legal practitioners. The credential sits alongside EIPA's wider catalogue of practice-based courses, which covers topics such as public procurement, state aid, Structural and cohesion funds/ESIF, Better Regulation and impact assessment, EU decision-making and negotiation, quality management/CAF, data protection and cyber security, EU law, and Artificial Intelligence. The EIPA case studies are 5 cases and about 3,363 words.
1The in-house award that is not in-house
The managing authority (MA) of a €480m ERDF programme is reviewing a project by the city of Valmar. The city plans to renovate a former industrial hall into an innovation centre at a total cost of €6.1m, with 60% ERDF co-financing.
734 words, about 4 min2Closing a trilogue file before the presidency ends
Country X holds the rotating Council presidency and wants to close the 'Interoperability of Public Registries' regulation before its term ends in six weeks. The file has had two trilogues.
674 words, about 3 min3CAF, knowledge loss and a quick intranet fix
The National Public Employment Agency has 1,200 staff across 14 regional offices. After a CAF self-assessment, the quality unit reports: only 38% of staff know the agency's strategic objectives; 9 of 14 offices keep client-case knowledge in personal files; average time to answer an inter-office query is 11 days; staff turnover is 18% in the first two years; and the last two customer surveys had a 12% response rate.
649 words, about 3 min4Sanctions, ownership and a humanitarian partner
The EU delegation in a partner country manages a €25m health programme. A local NGO partner, Salam Health, is 40% owned by a holding company whose chair was listed under the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime six months ago.
656 words, about 3 min5Ranking jobseekers with an opaque AI tool
A public employment service plans to deploy an AI tool to rank jobseekers for training places. The vendor says the model uses 40 variables, including postcode, employment history and a 'motivation score' derived from free-text applications.
650 words, about 3 min