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28 July 2017

SPPI Network of the Balearic Islands launched

The 5 June 2017, 27 participants from the central, regional and local governments from the Balearic Island attended the “Day of Eco-Municipalism” to boost the Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy and Sustainable and Innovative Public Procurement and to officially launch the new SPPI Network of the Balearic Islands.

During the first session of the event, the agreement and promotion of the Sustainable Energy Action Plans (SEAPs) was presented. The agreement was signed in January 2017 by the Ministry of Environment, Agriculture and Fishing and the Ministry of Territory, Energy and Mobility and the Council of Mallorca and commitments and opportunities for participating municipalities were explained, as well as the possibilities to replicate the initiative in the other Balearic islands: Menorca, Eivissa and Formentera.

In the second part of the meeting, the Government of the Balearic Islands introduced the SPP Regions project and the recently established Balearic Network of Sustainable and Innovative Public Procurement. Ecoinstitut and ICLEI presented the dynamics and benefits of regional SPPI networks, and introduced some of the key elements of sustainable and innovative procurement.

For more information on SPP Regions visit the project’s website, to listen to the video presentation prepared by SPP Regions Coordinator visit ICLEI’s Youtube channel.