The United Nations spends more than $773 million on air services, worldwide, in a year. Seven-hundred-and-seventy-three million dollars! Can you imagine the issues U.N. procurement officers face in acquiring goods Read more
Public-private partnerships to meet Sustainable Development Goals. The UN Secretary-General Mr Ban Ki-moon has called the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development “our declaration of interdependence”. During the World Economic Read more
In Victoria a few years back, there was (and may well still be) a powerful group calling themselves The Backroom Boys. They were a loose coalition of public service, corporate, Read more
What happens when things go wrong? The Peter Dutton text saga is the latest public reminder to us all to check, and triple check, the sender line in all our Read more
New Requirements for Victorian Public Construction Projects from 1 January 2016 – the Major Projects Skills Guarantee. What’s new? It’s now mandatory for 10% of labour hours on all state-funded Read more
Effective business practices that deliver social, economic and environmental gains from the UN Global Compact. News stories lately have been prompting us to think about the ways and means of changing Read more
Social procurement refers to the benefits to society that are deliberately encouraged during government procurement processes. Due to the purchasing power of governments in some markets, such as major infrastructure Read more
We’ve all heard wonderful or salacious or horrifying stories from office Christmas parties – stories of drunken sex, over-abundant drugs, unwanted, inappropriate advances, bullying, discrimination and in extreme cases, post-party Read more
Social procurement is on the rise. It’s rising as an aim, an ideal and a practice. In Australia frequently we see improvements in government attitudes to, and awareness of, the Read more
Do most Victorians believe they are obliged to report corruption or misconduct? And if so, does that mean they will report it? Yes and no. In April 2015, IBAC commissioned Read more
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