Within CIVITAS ECCENTRIC, the cities of Madrid, Stockholm, Munich, Turku and Ruse are working together to tackle the challenges of mobility in suburban districts and clean, silent and CO2 free city logistics. CIVITAS ECCENTRIC demonstrates the potential and replicability of integrated and inclusive urban planning approaches, innovative policies and emerging technologies in five “Living Lab” areas. Clean vehicles and fuels are tested, new regulations and services formulated and consolidation solutions developed in close partnership with the private sector.

Austria’s Federal Procurement Agency (BBG) is the central purchasing body for
Austria, and provides holistic purchasing services and innovation procurement
support to public authorities in Austria,including ministries, regional and local governments.BBG’s central role is to bundle requirements from across the public sector to obtain better prices and conditions from suppliers, and reduce
the costs and legal risks involved in procurement exercises.

GRASPINNO provides innovative green procurement solutions for energy savings/efficient refurbishment of public buildings, focusing on smart cities and communities.

BuyZET is a partnership of cities aiming to achieve zero emission urban delivery of goods and services by developing innovative procurement plans.

SPP Regions focused on building and strengthening regional sustainable procurement networks around Copenhagen (Denmark), Rotterdam - The Hague (Netherlands), Turin (Italy), Bristol (UK), Barcelona (Spain), West France and Gabrovo (Bulgaria).

GrowSmarter brings together cities and industry to integrate and demonstrate ‘12 smart city solutions’ in energy, infrastructure and transport, to provide other cities with valuable insights on how they work in practice and opportunities for replication. The cities of Stockholm, Cologne and Barcelona are implementing solutions ranging from smart home energy management systems, to micro-freight distribution; from automated waste collection, to vehicle to grid charging.

INNOPATHS is a four year EU funded research project that aims to work with key economic and societal actors to generate new, state-of-the-art low-carbon pathways for the European Union.

This publication offers guidance in circular public procurement. It discusses the policy context of public procurement and identifies regulatory issues and how to overcome them. It also offer good practice examples of circular public procurement in France and Europe wide.

The study describes the huge environmental and cost relief potential of applying Green Public Procurement in the City of Berlin. The methodology applied uses LCC data for 15 high priority product and service groups and calculates the potential CO2e and cost savings that corresponds to 38 Mio euros and 355.000 tons of CO2 annually.