Second video on socially responsible public procurement (SRPP) and its positive social outcomes, produced within the #WeBuySocialEU project.
It demonstrates how public buyers can promote employment opportunities, decent work, social inclusion, accessibility, design for all, ethical trade, and seek to achieve wider compliance with social standards.

A report on key takeaways from the collaboration between the cities involved in the working group within the Big Buyers Initiative

A report on key takeaways from the collaboration between the cities involved in the working group within the Big Buyers Initiative

A press release on the ongoing and future pilots of the cities of Oslo, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Trondheim, Budapest and Amsterdam

A press release on the future electric vehicle purchasing plans from the cities in the working group within Big Buyers Initiative Working Group

Experimenting with innovative startups. Minister Knops of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (BZK) wants to modernize his ministry in a world that is changing rapidly. BZK completed its first Startup In Residence (SiR) program and has now started a second edition together with other authorities.

This project is a three-year EuropeanAid project aiming at improving the lives of workers and those impacted along different stages of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) supply chain through research, campaigning, capacity building and advocacy.

As a unique smart city initiative from the European Commission, the Intelligent Cities Challenge (ICC) will provide its participants with technical support and knowledge-sharing opportunities to develop and implement smart action plans around 11 thematic areas. The goal is to help ambitious small to medium sized European cities unleash their potential to use advanced technologies to transform themselves, become more sustainable and raise living standards for their communities.

The ICC will build on the success of the Digital Cities Challenge, which helped 41 EU cities develop a strategic vision and a roadmap for digital transformation. ICC cities will receive high quality and tailored guidance and expert support, access to advisory and city peer networks (European and international), and capability building tools, to drive priority policy goals and the uptake of advanced technologies.

ICLEI as ICC partner supports the consortium to assess the applications of cities to the ICC as well as to manage the project, organise events and provide expertise to the 100 participants.

As part of the Clever Cities project, ICLEI is developing insights on effective public procurement practices for Nature Based Solutions (NBS). Working together with Frontrunner Cities and NBS Taskforce members, the team is developing case studies of good practice on the procurement of NBS. The findings will inform a report on the topic, which will be disseminated to Follower Cities through webinars and communication channels of the NBS Taskforce.