Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 30, 2024

Why we prioritized furniture procurement We wanted to test our approach on one product category that governments buy regularly and that, in the EU, have clearly defined green requirements designed to reduce the environmental impact of a purchase. At present, the low adoption of green criteria is the main barrier.

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Procurement Public Procurement Green Public Procurement Electronics 58

Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The government wanted to shift that to 100% by 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. You can see how green different procurement procedures are too.

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Inter-American Development Bank

MARCH 15, 2024

The massive online course launched by the IDB based on this series has had more than 70,000 participants registered. Mechanisms exist but must become more effective to ensure equal access, representation, and inclusiveness in public decisions. However, progress in closing gender gaps in politics in the region is slow.

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How to Crack a Nut

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

This can be seen to weaken the hand of the European Commission in international negotiations, as EU procurement markets are de facto almost entirely open, regardless of the much more limited legal openness resulting from those international agreements. Arrowsmith, Sue, The Law of Public and Utilities Procurement.

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