The participants had an opportunity to learn about using electronic catalogues in public procurement context, the reasons why e-catalogues or rather electronic ordering was introduced in Finland, what problems the introduction had originally to solve and how electronic ordering system was used in the Finish central government organisations. The participants were presented with possibilities for using of e-catalogues in various stages of procurement. One of the joint conclusions was that the development of e-catalogues was a challenge not only for the WB countries but for the EU countries as well.