Active and passive advertising in public contracts. a spanish regional overview

Abstract

The chronology of the main rules in which active and passive advertising on public procurement in Spain are collected, are prior to Law 19/2013, of 9 December, of transparency, access to public information and good governance. Public contractual information by electronic means began much earlier than the rest of the public information subject to transparency. This has resulted in a notable diversity in regional progress in the creation of platforms for contractual active advertising, and of agencies and bodies for the control of active and passive advertising contracts, respectively. The current regional map is diverse being difficult to exercise its control in transparency. The article proposes a possible solution via the concept of Unesco’s soft law.