MAIN HEADLINES FROM THIS ISSUE:

• Procurement famine – so Bulgaria re-writes the rule book

  How do you generate offset projects during a procurement famine? Bulgaria believes it has the answer. The government has introduced pre-offsets that will be valid for seven years…

• Greek MoD has eureka moment

  The Greek MoD has for the first time disclosed details of its offset contracts. The ministry has signed 117 contracts since the policy was introduced in the 1980s. Of these, 32 are active and 85 offset contracts have expired.

• UAE’S guidelines: a little more light

  Particulars of the new UAE offset guidelines are becoming clearer, though different people seem to have different versions, depending on what they have discussed with Offset Programme Bureau (OPB) executives. What is clear is that the new hybrid input/output policy…

• Australia’s Defence Priority Capabilities outlined in policy document – “offsets are costly and counterproductive”

  Government papers are rarely brief, and their titles are invariably lengthy. The Australian government has outlined in great detail within a 122-page defence policy statement its Priority and Strategic Industry Capabilities.

• MALAYSIA: ‘MIGHT’ sees many opportunities for reciprocal benefits in non-defence sectors

  Malaysia currently has potential offsets or counter-purchase programmes from at least ten procurement projects. The purchases include the acquisition of electric railway systems and military vehicles, as well as …