Public procurement has great leverage to bring more sustainability to communities. The Fair Trade and the Fair Trade Town campaign can offer support in the implementation. In the first session of this workflow keynotes will be given by representatives of municipalities, who are implementing public procurement as driver for sustainability (cities in Finland, Switzerland and Italy). The goal is to present how public procurement can serve as tool for a transformation.

In the following discussion the panellists will talk about challenges and best ways on how to implement public procurement in a strategic way. This strategic way focuses on having a dialogue about sustainability and not only on consumption.

Later on, attendees and panellists can join the discussion to talk about chances and challenges they face in their municipality concerning public procurement.

Francesca Novello, Officer Sustainable Economy and Procurement working for ICLEI Local Governements for Sustainability will be a speaker in this session. More information on the other speakers and registration here.