Roundtable on ​Including Procurement in Public Administration

Date: February 15, 2021

Location: Online, Austria

Overview:

Leaders from the administration, business and politics met virtually to discuss accessibility in the procurement of the public sector. Some questions that were addressed during the course of discussions included: Why is it so important that goods and services that are purchased by the public sector meet the criteria of accessibility? Is that the game-changer to make the world as a whole more inclusive and accessible? 

Participants:

  • Klaus Höckner, CEO - Aid Community, Moderator
  • Herbert Pichler, President Austrian Disability Council
  • Andreas Reinalter, Head of Dept. Consumer protection
  • Wolfgang Ebner, Deputy Head of Digitization Section BM for Digitization and Business
  • Heike Grebien, Greens - Disability spokesperson
  • Kira Grünberg, ÖVP - Disability spokesperson
  • Fiona Fiedler, NEOS - Disability spokesperson 
  • Verena Nussbaum, SPÖ - Disability spokesperson 
  • Gerhard Zotter, Head of BBG

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