Dear All,

We are writing to inform you and your colleagues about the new Water PiPP project which seeks making access easier to innovation procurement in the water sector. The project will help local authorities step-by-step to procuring new water services and technologies in innovative ways. To do this, Water PiPP will:

• Create a community of experts and practitioners - bringing together key stakeholders working in the procurement of water services and technologies, to facilitate exchange...

We're aiming for seasonale menu's, bio ingredients, certified sustainable fish, fairtrade ingredients, thursday veggieday, minimal city transport, foodsafety, easy handling, recycling of the packaging, professional follow-up...

The PRO-LITE project is leading Transport for London’s engagement with the lighting market to identify technologies that will improve Whole Life Costs (WLCs) across the network, as well as deliver other social, environmental and economic benefits.

Transport for London (TfL) is now installing more and more energy efficient and long life light fittings and lamps; and in early 2015, TfL will be commencing a procurement process to put in place new Supply Frameworks for more advanced lighting tec...

This guide shows to policy-makers in the European regions and at national level what they can do to support innovation procurement. It presents potential tools to unlock the "power of the purse" of public procurement that can be used by regions. Examples from some regions illustrate these suggestions and should inspire other regions to engage in innovation procurement.

It will be soon available in all 23 languages of the European Union.

http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/innovation/p...

Invitation to participate in PAPIRUS projects’ "International Market event". It will be organized in Brussels on the 19th of November. It will launch a technical dialogue in order to support future public procurement of innovation http://www.papirus-project.eu/

Because of the impact on buildings energy performance, "PAPIRUS: Public Procurement of Innovation" will focus on technologies and solutions that:

• Reduce the energy losses through buildings opaque envelope (SUPERINSULATION);
• Re...

This months GPP newsalert will focus on the topic of sustainable food and catering. If your organisation has recently completed an exemplary procurement in this field, or you are interested in sharing news you have relating to the topic, please get in touch.

I look forward to hearing from you!

For the WellMade Procurement project I would like to ask procurement officers who buy clothing to give 15 minutes of their time to take an online survey in English. Thank you!
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/R5T9VH6

BOLOGNA, November 7th 2014

Morning,

I found this article on using gaming to increase public engagement really interesting and was wondering if you think this could be useful for improving stakeholder involvement during the pre-procurement process?

http://www.govtech.com/local/Gaming-A-New-Way-to-Engage-Citizens-in-Problem-Solving.html

I'd appreciate your thoughts,

Thanks!
Caroline

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Cohesion policy provides significant financial support to Member States and regions in order to invest in waste water treatment infrastructures. In the programming period 2007-13, about EUR 14.4 billion are planned to co-fund related projects while significant funding was already invested in this area in the previous programming period of cohesion policy. In order to increase the environmental benefits of these infrastructures, the Green Public Procurement criteria on waste water infrastructure...

ICLEI has prepared a 3rd revision of the Procura+ Manual to update the information presented – particularly in relation to the new legal framework provided by the new public procurement directives.

The Manual tries to give a very practical interpretation of the new rules, to provide direct support to procurers in implementing sustainable public procurement (SPP). We would greatly welcome input from further experts and practitioners to help develop a consensus of opinion. Any comments on the M...

The EcoProcura conference series provides a dynamic and unique setting for exchange and equips participants with essential information on implementing sustainable public procurement and procurement of innovation.

http://www.ecoprocura.eu/ghent2014/press-corner/updates

Dear GPP stakeholders,

In June 2013, the European Resource Efficiency Platform adopted a first set of policy recommendations, among them the following:

" Deliver a stronger and more coherent implementation of Green Public Procurement

Public expenditure should reflect resource efficiency priorities. It can also be an
effective tool to promote innovation and a more rapid uptake of resource efficient
technologies and solutions. In order to operationalise the existing 50% Green Public
Procurem...

A study visit focusing on the inspiring qualities of light and the potential economic and social benefits that innovative light displays and light festivals can have will take place in Eindhoven (the Netherlands) from November 12 – 13 as part of the ENIGMA project.

The study visit will take in the acclaimed GLOW festival, and will provide an opportunity for public procurers to discuss the topic of innovative public lighting with other interested stakeholders. Following the study visit, s...

Dear all,

I would like to let you know about the following outputs which have recently been developed as part of the Clean Fleets project:

• Life Cycle Costing (LCC) Tool - for procuring clean vehicles *with the option to include environmental costs as set out under the Clean Vehicles Directive

• Guide: Procuring Clean and Efficient Road Vehicles

Before finalising them, I would like to invite you to share your comments with us in response to a few questions that we have put together fo...

http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/publicprocurement/docs/implementation/20140820-staff-working-document_en.pdf

Annual Public Procurement Implementation Review 2013, based on information collected for 2011. The purpose of this Annual Public Procurement Implementation Review is to present developments in the application of the public procurement rules across the EU.

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2014/536280/IPOL_STU(2014)536280_EN.pdf

CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS: Areas for possible intervention
Public technology procurement is a policy instrument with large potentials to contribute to the 3 % target (objective for R&D intensity). The boost to innovation derived from defence spending in the US could be matched in Europe by innovation-oriented procurement in sectors such as health, public security, environment, waste, energy...

The popular Buying Green! guide is, since today, also available in Croatian. The Commission handbook is a tool to help public authorities to buy goods and services with a lower environmental impact. It is also a useful reference for policy makers and businesses responding to green tenders.