The eleventh public procurement workshop took place in Brussels, Belgium, from September 21 to 23, 2026. Senior public procurement representatives from fifteen countries across Europe, North America, South America, Asia and Africa shared experiences and compared responses to supply pressures, changes in funding, and new policy requirements.
During the three-day workshop, participants examined how public procurement organizations respond when Economic Instability or Fiscal Uncertainty disrupts their plans. The participants considered both the immediate procurement decision and the conditions needed to implement it.
Participants were asked to consider:
How do procurement organizations respond when economic instability and fiscal uncertainty disrupt their plans?
Day 1 focused on participant case presentations.
Day 2 groups discussed scenarios and vignettes informed by the cases.
Day 3 included the plenary discussions.
Case outcomes were shared by participants, and responses to vignettes reflected participants’ judgments about hypothetical situations. Rather than establishing which responses were most effective, the discussions identified options and conditions to investigate further.
A summary report of the discussions can be downloaded here: https://irspp.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/IRSPP11-Public-Summary-4th-November-2026.pdf
