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12Mar, 2024

Two Chapters added to ‘Infrastructure Guidelines’

By |March 12th, 2024|Categories: Blog, News, Public Spending Code, Topical news Stories|Tags: , , , , , , |Comments Off on Two Chapters added to ‘Infrastructure Guidelines’

Two technical chapters were added to the ‘Infrastructure Guidelines’ on 8 March. These chapters provide updated values for Shadow Price of Carbon Valuations for the estimated damage costs of non-greenhouse gas pollutants (NOX, SO2, [...]

7Feb, 2024

Policy Making in Northern Ireland in 2024

By |February 7th, 2024|Categories: Blog, News, Policy, Topical news Stories|Tags: , , , , , , |Comments Off on Policy Making in Northern Ireland in 2024

With the restoration of the Northern Ireland Executive and the Assembly, the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) can now engage more fully in the development and implementation of public policies. It will be helped [...]

5Jan, 2024

New Guidelines for Public Investment Management in Ireland

By |January 5th, 2024|Categories: Blog, News, Public Spending Code, Topical news Stories|Tags: , , , , , , |Comments Off on New Guidelines for Public Investment Management in Ireland

New Guidelines for Public Investment Management in Ireland New guidelines for public investment management came into effect on the 1st of January 2024. The are simply called ‘Infrastructure Guidelines’ and they largely replace the [...]

2Jan, 2024

The importance of Neurodiversity.

By |January 2nd, 2024|Categories: Blog, EDI, News|Tags: , , , , , , , |Comments Off on The importance of Neurodiversity.

What is Neurodiversity Neurodiversity is a concept that recognises the natural variation in human neurological and cognitive functioning. It is the idea that there is a natural diversity in the ways that individuals process [...]

15Nov, 2023

Green Public Procurement in Ireland

By |November 15th, 2023|Categories: Blog, News, Topical news Stories|Tags: , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Green Public Procurement in Ireland

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently published a report which found that only 24% of Government Department contracts in 2021 had used environmental criteria. This is despite a large number of EU and Irish initiatives to [...]

14Nov, 2023

Ahead of our 2023 Public Procurement Conference, The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, our esteemed sponsors, have compiled an article providing insights into their role in Public Procurement:

By |November 14th, 2023|Categories: Blog, News, Topical news Stories|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Ahead of our 2023 Public Procurement Conference, The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, our esteemed sponsors, have compiled an article providing insights into their role in Public Procurement:

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) is the statutory body responsible for enforcing and promoting compliance with competition, consumer protection and product safety laws. The CCPC also has important and expanding roles in [...]

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