Procura+ European Sustainable Procurement Network

Outreach and communication for SCP

• Procura+ European Sustainable Procurement Network: network activities 2017
  Procura+ European Sustainable Procurement Network: network activities 2017

  Regions

  Europe and Central Asia

  Lead organization

  ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability

  Objective

  We are a network of European public authorities that connect, exchange and act on sustainable and innovation procurement. Our combined knowledge and experience allows us to provide advice, support and publicity to any public authority that wants to implement sustainable and innovation procurement. The Procura+ Network joins forces to champion sustainable and innovation procurement at the European level. The Procura+ Network also aims to: Work Together: collectively developing policy and criteria on specific areas related to sustainable procurement in thematic Interest Groups Get Together: sharing experiences at the annual Procura+ Seminar and through regular webinars Build Relationships: creating strong links with other procurement professionals through the Procura+ Twinning programme Receive Expert Advice: the Procura+ Helpdesk provides individual advice and support with policies, strategies, ongoing and upcoming tenders Win Awards: The Procura+ Awards showcase sustainable and innovation procurement achievements on the international stage Share Achievements: sharing plans and publicizing successes with an individual participant webpage and regular newsletters Keep Up-To-Date: providing the latest criteria and policy developments, as well as opportunities to engage in dialogue, at European policy level

  Achievements

  Highlights from 2017 include: 1. The extension of strategic partnerships. Electronics Watch, Plan Miljo (Denmark), Copper8 (Netherlands), Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP) (Germany) and Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) (UK) join long standing Strategic Partners Ecoinstitut (Spain), Ecosistemi (Italy), Inter-University Research Centre for Technology, Work and Culture (IFZ) (Austria) and Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia (LNEG) (Portugal). 2. The Procura+ Awards promote best practices in sustainable and innovation procurement. The 2017 winning public procurers were presented with their awards at the ceremony in Tallinn: Municipality of Hyvinkää, Finland Sustainable Procurement of the Year was awarded to the first Nordic Swan eco-labelled pre-school in Finland, which was constructed after a market dialogue process and included sustainability measures on energy use, chemical products, building products and health factors. Ministry of Defence of the Netherlands Innovation Procurement of the Year was awarded for two contracts supplying towels, cloths and overalls to Dutch military personnel. This produced estimated savings of 233 million litres of water and 69,000 kg of CO2, based on a technical requirement of textiles containing at least 10% recycled post-consumer textile fibres. Public Health Wales (National Health Service, UK) Tender Procedure of the Year was awarded for the use of a supplier open day and contracting social enterprises, Public Health Wales was supplied with over 2,500 furniture items of which only 6% were new purchases. This diverted 41 tonnes of waste from landfill with a CO2 saving of 134 tonnes, creating full time jobs for seven disabled and long term unemployed people. 3. Procura+ has now 44 participants from 14 countries representing a population of over 40 million inhabitants. In 2017 the Government of Flanders, Transport for London (TfL), Rijkswaterstaat (NL), the Government of Wallonia, Wageningen (NL) and ANCI Liguria (ITA) joined. 4. In 2018 and 2019 Ecoinstitut and ICLEI will develop the LCC tools for the European Commission and the Government of Flanders is supporting the set up of a new Procura+ Interest Group on LCC tools that will work and exchange in 2018. Another Interest Group starting soon will focus on the supply chain and verification schemes of the ICT sector. Within the EuropeAid funded project Make ICT Fair, Procura+ participants are invited to join piloting and discussing advanced criteria and verification schemes of real-life ICT tenders. The first two Interest Groups on Circular Procurement and Market Engagement will share their experiences at the 2018 Procura+ Seminar. 5. The re-design of Procura+ into a network brought even more new formats that we are currently testing. One of them is the Twinning format that involves two Procura+ Participants working in partnership to support each other in implementing sustainable procurement. We have secured funding via the UrbanWINS project and are looking into cooperation within the EU Taiex program that supports study visits for public authorities. 6. The Procura+ Case Study series was launched, showcasing tender approaches (including Procura+ Award winners), policy and strategy examples and other initiatives such as monitoring program for SPP (see attachments)

• Procura+ Awards 2019
  Procura+ Awards 2019

  Regions

  Europe and Central Asia

  Lead organization

  ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability

  Objective

  The Procura+ Awards reward successful, already running, sustainable and innovative public procurements. These procurements lead to significant improvements of public goods, services, processes and infrastructure.

  Achievements

  The Procura+ Awards Ceremony saw three cities and a European research organisation going up on the stage to get their recognition for their biggest successes in public procurement: Procura+ participant Zurich won in the category 'Procurement Initiative of the Year', the City of Ghent, also a Procura+ participant in the 'Sustainable Procurement of the Year' one, the Municipality of Frederiksberg in the 'Innovation Procurement of the Year' category and the European Organization for Nuclear Research won the 'Outstanding Innovation in ICT Procurement'.

• Meet your Buyer Event Barcelona City Council on Fair ICT
  Meet your Buyer Event Barcelona City Council on Fair ICT

  Regions

  Europe and Central Asia

  Lead organization

  ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability

  Objective

  To discuss procurement needs and solutions, focusing on social responsibility and transparency in supply chains.

  Achievements

  The event brought together public procurers from Barcelona City Council and retailers and suppliers in the field of ICT hardware e.g. work stations, processing infrastructure, laptops. Knowledge exchange, getting insights on latest best-practice, hearing from the market what is possible and what is a big challenge. Addressing the key issues for workers in the global ICT supply-chains and how procurers together with big brands can help solve those issues.

• Meet your Buyer Event in Haarlem Municipality on fair and circular ICT
  Meet your Buyer Event in Haarlem Municipality on fair and circular ICT

  Regions

  Europe and Central Asia

  Lead organization

  ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability

  Objective

  To have a dialogue with the market on how to supply fair workplace hardware. And if the suggested criteria are feasible or too advanced.

  Achievements

  This Meet your Buyer event facilitated the exchange between the needs and intentions of Gemeente Haarlem and the available approaches and capacities of suppliers to deliver an upcoming tender. The focus of the engagement was put on criteria of social responsibility as well as circularity of ICT workplace hardware. After the event, the municipality decided to widen the focus from social responsibility to also circularity.