Circular Procurement Congress

On 19 October 2017, the second international Congress on Circular Procurement, co-organised by the European Commission (Directorate-General for the Environment), the Estonian Presidency of the EU, Rijkswaterstaat from the Netherlands and ICLEI- Local Governments for Sustainability will take place in Tallinn, Estonia.

In April 2016, the first edition of this congress was held in Amsterdam with 120 experts from Europe and outside attending, with the purpose to raise awareness for the concept of circular procurement, highlight good practices and share experiences how circular procurement could be mainstreamed.

The objectives of this congress are to:

• deepen knowledge and encourage implementation of circular procurement
• showcase good practices, latest research and tools
• stimulate unexperienced organisations to start with circular procurement
• discuss the role of circular procurement for innovation and meeting other policy goals
• encourage networking on circular procurement.

The congress targets:

• Policy makers for national and local governments and public bodies
• Public procurers and budget holders
• Companies involved in circular procurement.

The event is directly preceded by the Conference on Innovation Procurement, co-organised by the Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications and the Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology of the European Commission (EC) on 17 and 18 October 2017.

The Conference on Innovation Procurement will be held under the Estonian EU presidency on 17^th and 18^th of October 2017 in Tallinn, Estonia.  The Conference also serves as the 3^rd annual Major eafip Event. The conference programme includes:

• Innovation procurement experiences in Europe
• EU Member States’ policy and support framework for innovation procurement
• Economic impact of innovation procurement
• HORIZON 2020 calls supporting innovation procurements
• 2017 Procura+ Awards Ceremony on Sustainable and Innovation Procurement

The target audience for the two-day conference is policy makers, public procurers and innovators. Its aims are capacity building, experience sharing and networking about major ICT-related innovation procurement initiatives across Europe and to facilitate networking between stakeholders to discuss new ideas, initiatives and funding opportunities.

Please note that two other eafip workshops will be held in parallel to the Conference on Innovation Procurement.  The eafip Workshop for Environment sector procurers (details coming soon), and the eafipWorkshop for Energy sector procurers will be held on the same dates in the same venue, and registration is via the same registration form for all three events.  You can therefore pick-and-mix which events and sessions you wish to attend.

The events are organised in the same week, in order to facilitate participation in both events in view of the strong link between innovation and circular procurement (registration however needs to be done separately for each event).

For more information and to register visit the event’s webpage.

Green Public Procurement and the 
EU Action Plan for the
Circular Economy

Public procurement and the purchasing of services, works and supplies cover about 14% of European gross domestic product (GDP). Procurement initiatives, tools and guidance therefore have tremendous power and make products and services greener and more sustainable.

The assessment carried out in this study provides results on the applicability of ongoing initiatives and shows how they contribute to the European Commission´s Action Plan on the Circular Economy.
With the proposed recommendations the involved parties are offered possibilities and options for a better approach in the future.
The study was provided by Policy Department A at the request of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI).

This document was requested by the European Parliament’s Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.
AUTHORS :
Christian NEUBAUER, Environmental Agency, Austria
Mervyn JONES, Sustainable Global Resources, UK
Francesca MONTEVECCHI, Environmental Agency, Austria
Christian NEUBAUER, Environmental Agency, Austria
Hanna SCHREIBER, Environmental Agency, Austria
Angelika TISCH, Inter-University Research Centre for Technology, Work and Culture, Austria
Birgit WALTER, Environmental Agency, Austria

Documents : Green Public Procurement and the EU Action Plan for the Circular Economy – IPOL_STU(2017)602065_EN

This document is available on the Internet at:
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/supporting-analyses