Open Contracting Partnership

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The government took three key steps: i) careful planning for the green transition; ii) implementing green public procurement (GPP) in practice with a focus on building the capacity of public buyers; and iii) learning powered by data-driven monitoring with a public dashboard. Or how could buyers minimize the very real risk of greenwashing?

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Open Contracting Partnership

JULY 5, 2023

On TenderNed’s website, they regularly publish insights into key issues, such as the top 10 innovation-friendly public buyers , most common purchases (using CPV codes) , and the substantial increase in hiring of consultancy firms. It is so easy to make a wrong interpretation of the data. Don’t just throw it out there.

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Open Contracting Partnership

AUGUST 30, 2024

When choosing a model, it’s important to understand its training data. At present, the low adoption of green criteria is the main barrier. (For more on our technical approach, see our gentle introduction to applying AI in procurement.) While the model performed well enough, it is not ideal for the procurement context.

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Procurement Public Procurement Green Public Procurement Electronics 62

Open Contracting Partnership

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Advocacy campaigns have contributed to important changes to procurement laws and practices, for example, encouraging compliance with competition rules, allowing civil society to file complaints about procurement for the first time, and increasing disclosure of quasi-governmental sector procurement data.

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