This factsheet provides an overview of the challenges and opportunities facing the transport sector in the context of the global climate emergency. It summarises the innovative actions GLCN cities have taken to address those issues locally through public procurement.

This factsheet provides an overview of the challenges and opportunities facing the construction sector in the context of global climate emergency. It summarises the innovative actions GLCN cities have taken to address those issues locally through public procurement.

This declaration from the german federal procurement office addresses the following questions: How can procurers in public procurement take responsibility from bidders for ensuring that human rights are respected by all participants in complex ICT supply chains? In what way can the contracting authority take on this responsibility for the public sector? How can the requirements be designed in such a way that bidders can take on the required responsibility and are able to submit bids?

There are eight fundamental design strategies in this practical ‘Circular professional textiles’ guide. The collection of information has been aligned with insights gained during the Professional textiles research, carried out by Centexbel, the belgian knowledge centre for textiles, on behalf of OVAM. This guide aims to inspire those producing and using professional textiles and encourage them to include their textiles in the circular economy.

The City of Aalborg (Denmark) has established a new innovative approach to buying playgrounds. Aalborg has developed innovative circular award criteria, which encourage the use of natural features and circular playground equipment. This guidance is written by ICLEI in cooperation with Aalborg within the Circular PP project and provides you with key outcomes and first hand experiences from Aalborg.

This document provides indepth information on the "Methodology for Assessing Procurement Systems" (MAPS) which is intended to provide a harmonised tool for use in the assessment of public procurement systems. It includes the new MAPS SPP module with a special focus on sustainable public procurement.

This document gives a brief overview of the legal frameworks underpinning market engagement aiming to enable public buyers to practice dialogue.
The overview provides a legal background beyond a specific format of engagement, outlining regulation on Competitive Dialogue, the Negotiated Procedure or Innovation Partnership. In addition, the document details how some countries have regulated market engagement based on the EU directives.

This dialogue-based, strategic approach looks beyond the tendering phase to develop relationships with the market before and after tendering. One common format is hosting a dialogue event. However, organising such an event is not as straightforward. This guide aims to support public authorities in this regard by providing a set of practical steps on how to plan a market dialogue event, online or in-person.

Public authorities can engage in socially-responsible public procurement by buying ethical products and services, and by using public tenders to create job opportunities, decent work, social and professional inclusion and better conditions for disabled and disadvantaged people.
This document provided by the European Commission provides answers to 15 frequently ased questions such as
- What is Socially Responsible Public Procurement (SRPP)?
- Who can benefit from that?
- What is the legal framework?