GW Law Webinar - Procurement in Int'l Development - Session 1 (20 July 2026)

Monday, July 20, 2026 – Introduction – Key Developments Co-moderator: Professor Benedetta Audia (GW Law / LUISS) Jun Jin, General Counsel and Director of the Office of Legal Services, UNDP discussed key changes in how international development organizations are addressing public procurement. Caroline Nicholas, a former senior member of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, discussed UNCITRAL’s reopening of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Public Procurement — a key tool for international development globally. Benjamin Herisset, a legal officer in the UNCITRAL secretariat who will be working on the targeted updates of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Public Procurement approved by the Commission, spoke on next steps in that reform process. Christopher Yukins, GW Law, discussed how procurement in international development will be affected by major ongoing reform efforts in the EU, the United States, through the ABA Model Procurement Code, and through UNCITRAL