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10 March 2022

EC succesfully rolls out GPP training initiative

Between March 2018 and September 2021, the European Commission, in collaboration with ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability, rolled out its GPP training activities. The project developed a comprehensive training toolkit for procurement practitioners that want to include environmental considerations in public tenders.

52 training sessions were organised across 10 EU Member States (Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal and Romania), boosting the GPP expertise of 395 public procurement officers across Europe, the majority of which had no prior experience of GPP. Almost half of the participants represented a national authority, 30% a local authority, and 6% worked within a regional administration. Only 2% worked for hospitals and 4% for universities.

The initiative contributed to mainstreaming GPP across the EU. In fact, more than half of the attendees used the knowledge gained during the training toinclude green aspects in their tenders. The GPP training had such an impact, that three out of four participants had discussions about GPP within their organisations, which led to 62% of them starting initiatives or making changes in the realm of GPP. The vast majority of the participants also stated that the GPP training session supported them in conversations and GPP initiatives.

Read more on this initiative here. The GPP training toolkit can be found here