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From 20-22 April 2016 the Dutch Government, Rijkswaterstaat, will host an international congress on ‘Circular Procurement: the next step’ in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. The congress will bring together policy makers and practitioners from all levels within the public sector with suppliers and representatives from around the world.

The congress is organised in collaboration with the UNEP programme on Sustainable Pu...

The EC is pleased to invite you to another eafip workshop! We welcome public procurers in the water sector (ministries, regional and local authorities, etc.). The aim? To highlight the benefits of innovation procurement of ICT solutions through the PCP and PPI approaches across Europe. EU funding opportunities (Horizon 2020), eafip Toolkit and more). http://eafip.eu/events/workshops/2nd-eafip-workshop-water-and-innovation-procurement/

InnProBio just published the first in a series of fact sheets that will provide facts & figures on bio-based products and public procurement. This one is a very basic two-pager giving definitions and examples of what bio-based products are. Please feel free to share with any interested contacts and to come back to us in case of questions!

The fact sheets can be found at: http://innprobio.innovation-procurement.org/index.php?id=18

Mark Stein writes - I am convening a Workshop on Public Food Procurement policies: Local and Organic Food in Public Catering Systems at the IFSA 2016 Conference at Harper Adams University in July 2016.

Harper Adams University is in Shropshire - a short journey from Birmingham Airport.

Carola Strassner of Munster University and Helmi Risku-Norja of Natural Resources Institute of Finland are co-convenors of this Workshop.

We would be very happy if you were able to attend this conferenc...

UNEP, ICLEI and KEITI hosted a session on Saturday 5 December at the Cities and Regions Pavilion to raise awareness about the potential of sustainable public procurement (SPP) to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The discussion focused on how to measure the GHG emissions stemming from public procurement. Three members of the 10 year framework programme on sustainable public procurement (10YFP on SPP) presented case studies from Europe, Asia and North America that illustrate the role SPP c...

Following the the eafip first Major event that took place in Paris (27th and 28th October 2015), eafip organizes an EU Innovation Procurement webinar. The webinar will take place on the 14th December 2015 (11h00 – 12h30). It is aimed at public procurers of EU Member States interested in innovation procurement (whether present at the Major eafip event in Paris or not). Participation to the webinar is free.

eafip.eu/events/webinars/webinar/

Participants in the Global Lead City Network on Sustainable Procurement (GLCN on SP) joined together on Saturday 5 December at COP21 to celebrate the first annual Summit, held in the Cities & Regions Pavilion - TAP2015.

Auckland, Cape Town, Denver, Ghent, Helsinki, Oslo, Quezon City, Rotterdam, Seoul and Warsaw are all participants of the Network, which is a joint initiative of Seoul Metropolitan Government and ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability. On the occasion of their first S...

ARPA Piemonte (Regional Agency for Environmental Protection of Piemonte), is interested to renew its contract for the supply of catering services, which expires in 2016, evaluating the possibility of introducing in the new contract innovative solutions for the improvement of both the environmental performance (with particular reference to the energy consumption of catering equipment and reduction of waste) and the costs associated to the service.

With the support of Environment Park,...

EURECA is a project funded by the European Commission(H2020) that aims to help public procurement in buying/tendering for better, more energy efficient datacenter solutions (www.eureca-project.eu).

We have started organizing a free event to be held on 29th of February 2016 in Torino. During this event, we will discuss the EURECA project, the background and the tools we are developing for the public procurement sector. Next, John Booth (member of the consortium) will explain about the...

TRANSFORM (www.transform-europe.eu) is an FP7 innovation procurement project sponsored by the European Commission, on the subject of sustainable transport in cities. The project has now finished and we would like to share with you the three main publications from the project.

If you would like further information please visit the website or contact ashley.stewart@optimat.co.uk

Dear all,

The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) has developed a handbook for the Interamerican Network on Government Procurement to facilitate the implementation of Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP) in Latin America and Caribbean. It is available in English and Spanish on the following link: https://www.iisd.org/publications/handbook-ingp

Furthermore IISD has worked on a model to quantify the multiplier benefits of GPP. We have applied this model in China...

The IV. Global Procurement & SCM Study is a follow up of the three biggest procurement studies ever conducted in 2009, 2011, and 2013 with about 2,400 participants from 94 countries and publications in the Harvard Business Manager. It is conducted by the Kellogg School of Management (one of the Top 5 Business Schools of the world), the American Purchasing Society, the International Chamber of Commerce and VALUENEER.

This is your chance of a free benchmark with other procurement organizations...

If you represent a public procurer that specializes in the healthcare sector then register now for the eafip Workshop for Health and Elderly Care, to be held at Citylabs in Manchester, United Kingdom, on 24th November 2015. Places are limited and are being allocated on a first-come first-served basis.

http://eafip.eu/events/workshops/1st-eafip-workshop-health-and-innovation-procurement/

WssTP is hosting its annual Brokerage & Working Groups event on 23rd and 24th of November at the Diamant Centre in Brussels.

The main objective of the event is to facilitate networking among its participants and provide guidance and special instructions on the preparation of participants’ proposals for the upcoming H2020 calls and other EU funding opportunities. Participants will have the opportunity to present their own project concepts. In addition, a match-making session will supp...

Engaging the Market - Register now: EU GPP Helpdesk webinar

Engaging the market is the topic of the EU GPP Helpdesk’s upcoming webinar. The event will take place on November 24, between 14:30 – 16:00 CET (Brussels time) and will consist of a series of presentations from across Europe. The webinar will look at how market engagement is a tool increasingly used in green public procurement (GPP), helping procurers to purchase more sustainable goods and services. Market engagement allows procure...

The European Commission, in collaboration with NHS England, is pleased to invite you to the European Assistance for Innovation Procurement (eafip) Health and Innovation Procurement Workshop. The Workshop will be held at CityLabs in Manchester, United Kingdom, on 24th November 2015.

eafip supports EU public procurers in the design and implementation of innovation procurements of ICT solutions. The workshop is geared entirely towards the healthcare sector and will provide procurers...

The City of Barcelona wants to improve the sustainability of the municipal police vehicles and would like to know of examples from other administrations that have also started to do so.

Some challenges linked to the equipment requirements of such vehicles have arisen. That’s why, they would like to know how other police units are working around that and are improving the sustainability of their police vehicles fleet.

If you are one of those administrations or you know of useful examples to share...

The dramatic results of the 2014 European Parliament elections have highlighted the European Union’s urgent need for a review of the scope and purpose of its social objectives and for a reordering of European priorities.

This book advocates a radical and original alternative to the current philosophy that determines the set of rules for the awarding of EU public procurement contracts. It calls for a reordering of the EU’s economic and social priorities. In doing so, it advocates for a social...

Transport for London looking for European partners to participate in Horizon 2020 Call (A Coordination and Support Action). Please get in contact with me (LeonSmith1@TfL.co.uk) if your organisation would be interested in being a beneficiary.