ICLEI East Asia secretariat hosted a seminar on green public procurement at the Eco Forum Global Symposium 2017 in Guiyang, China, where the 10YFP on SPP programme launched its Working Group 1a, supporting Chinese and Korean cities' GPP initiatives.

Procura+ and GLCN on SP participant Oslo presented its GPP approach targeting transportation, resource-efficiency and construction management, as well as some of its GPP initiatives and targets on emissions, eco-labels and waste reduction.

KEITI and Suwon city presented the Korean experience of promoting GPP, including the plan to develop a GPP performance evaluation system, awareness raising programs, and pilot city projects to accelerate the shift towards green procurement in Korea. The China Environmental United Certification Center (CEC) set out the Chinese GPP approach, using eco-labelling certification, which is updated annually and covers 59 key public spend categories. CEC also presented key GPP projects such as the eco-civilization pilot city in Guiyang.

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