Telles.eu

OCTOBER 9, 2023

It is not that intensive farming cannot or should not be improved (usually that means also more oversight and enforcement of existing rules and that, well, costs money) but that throwing it out of the window will bring us back to a world pre-Green Revolution and pre-artificial fertilizer.

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Green Public Procurement Public Procurement Procurement Supply Chain 124

Open Contracting Partnership

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

South Korea has been a pioneer of green public procurement (GPP) since 2005 , when the Environment Ministry enacted legislation mandating government agencies to buy “green products” whenever possible. Since 2014, the proportion has remained stable, as the latest KIP analysis shows.

Green Public Procurement 78

Green Public Procurement Public Procurement Procurement IT 78

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Approach : Lithuania launched an ambitious public procurement reform in 2021 to reduce the country’s carbon footprint and ensure every public procurement decision considers its environmental impact. The reformers share their top tips on implementing green procurement here.

Procurement 89

Procurement Buyers E-procurement Public Procurement 89

How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

I will not focus on the detail of procurement rules, which is better left to in-depth analysis (eg Arrowsmith [2014] and [2018] , Steinicke and Vesterdorf [2018] , or Caranta and Sanchez-Graells [2021] ). Commentary on Directive 2014/24/EU (Edward Elgar 2021).

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Public Procurement Procurement Buyers Tender 105

Inter-American Development Bank

MARCH 15, 2024

Out of the 19 surveyed countries, 14 had a central government strategy to promote the participation of small and medium enterprises in public procurement (or 74%); however, only 9 had a strategy for green public procurement (or 47%). Average government expenditure per capita in the LAC region increased by 17.7%

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