Ombudsman

Download the slides presented during the webinar with ESA's Industrial Ombudsman in April 2024.

An interactive webinar with ESA's Industrial Ombudsman, Georges Bernède, will take place on 11 April 2024 at 10:00 CEST.

An interactive webinar with ESA's Industrial Ombudsman, Georges Bernède, will take place on 9 February 2023 at 10:00 CET.

An interactive webinar with ESA's Industrial Ombudsman, Georges Bernède, and the Alternate to the Ombudsman, Prof. Dr. Lesley Jane Smith, will take place on 27 January 2022 at 10:00 CET.

An interactive webinar with ESA's Industrial Ombudsman, Georges Bernède, and the Alternate to the Ombudsman, Prof. Dr. Lesley Jane Smith, will take place on 26 January 2021 at 10:00 CET.

The function of Industrial Ombudsman for ESA has existed since 2000 to guide industry-to-industry relations in ESA procurements, facilitating appeal cases in ESA “Best Practices” and offering mediation in industrial disputes. 

Since 2009, this has included ESA-to-industry relations to enable independent monitoring within the ESA procurement review mechanism, which also involves investigating procedural breach of ESA procurement regulations.