Startups and Public Procurement in Algeria: Challenges and Opportunities under Law 23-12 on General Rules of Public Contracts
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https://doi.org/10.52152/sr1tq434Keywords:
Start-ups; Public procurement; Law No. 23-12; Innovation; Intellectual property; Information confidentialityAbstract
This paper examines the participation of start-ups in Algeria’s public procurement system, with particular emphasis on Law No. 23-12, which establishes the general framework governing public contracts. The study seeks to identify and critically analyze the principal challenges faced by start-ups in accessing procurement opportunities, including financial limitations, procedural complexities, and restricted technical capacity. At the same time, it underscores the potential of incorporating innovation-oriented criteria into the stage of defining contracting authorities’ needs. Within the broader context of globalization and heightened competition, the paper argues for a reconfiguration of the public sector’s role—not merely as a passive consumer of innovation, but as an active catalyst for its promotion. Such a transformation is deemed essential to enhancing transparency, ensuring equitable competition, and fostering the development of a knowledge- and technology-driven national economy.
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Cárcaba, A., y García, J. (2008). Determinantes de la divulgación de información contable a través de Internet por parte de los gobiernos locales. Revista Española de Financiación y Contabilidad, 137, 63-84.
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Galindo, M.P. (1986). Una alternativa de representación simultánea: HJ Biplot. Questíio, 10 (1), 13-23.
Galindo, M.P. (1985). Contribución a la representación simultanea de datos multidimensionales. Doctoral Thesis, University of Salamanca.
GallegoÁlvarez, I., Rodríguez Domínguez, L. y García Sánchez, I.M. (2010a): “Information disclosed online by Spanish universities: content and explanatory factors”, Online Information Review,35: 360-385.
GallegoÁlvarez, I., Rodríguez Domínguez, L., García Sánchez, I.M. (2010b): "Are Determining Factors of Municipal e-Government Common to a Worldwide Municipal View? An Intra-Country Comparison”, Government Information Quarterly, 27 (4): 423-430.
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Torres, L., Pina, V. y Acerate, B. (2006): “E-governance developments in European Union cities: Reshaping government´s relationship with citizens”, Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions, 19 (2), 277-302.
Prado Lorenzo, J.M. y García Sánchez, I.M. (2009): "Efecto de las Estructuras Organizativa y Política del Gobierno Municipal en la Organización Social de la Agenda 21 Local", Revista de Economía Mundial, 21: 195-226.
Rodríguez, M.P., Caba, C., y López , A.M. (2005). Cultural contexts and governmental digital reporting. International Review of Administrative Sciences, 72 (2), 269-290.
Rodríguez Domínguez, L., GallegoÁlvarez, I. y García Sánchez, I.M. (2009a): "Universities’ websites: disclosure practices and the revelation of financial information", International Journal of Digital Accounting Research, 9 (November).
Rodríguez Domínguez, L., Gallego Álvarez, I. y García Sánchez, I.M. (2009b): "Relación entre Factores Políticos y el Desarrollo de un Gobierno Electrónico Municipal Participativo”, Análisis Local, 83: 15-26.
Rodríguez Domínguez, L., García Sánchez, I.M. y GallegoÁlvarez, I. (2011): "The Relationship between Political Factors and the Development of e-Participatory-Government”, Information Society, 27: 233-251.
United Nations y American Society for Public Administration, UN/ASPA. 2001. Global Survey of E-Government,New York: UN/ ASPA.
Vicente-Villardón, J.L. (2010). Biplot 2010. Un programa para la interpretación de Biplots. Department of Statistics, University of Salamanca. Salamanca, Spain.
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Startups and Public Procurement in Algeria: Challenges and Opportunities under Law 23-12 on General Rules of Public Contracts. (2025). Lex Localis - Journal of Local Self-Government, 23(10), 1632-1636. https://doi.org/10.52152/sr1tq434
