Developed by WALGA to assist its Members define an accountability framework in the support of meeting its objectives in enabling sustainable services and infrastructure to be delivered to the community, through effective procurement processes and decision making.

This European Commission guidance aims to encourage public buyers of goods and services to use public procurement as tool to stimulate innovation. It contains good-practice examples on reducing administrative burden, adjusting selection criteria, mobilising innovation brokers and designing an SME-friendly payment scheme to better attract innovators to public procurement.

The one pager provides a summary of the EU law and Austria's procurement law relevant to purchasing socially sustainable.

Several concepts and tools have been proposed and implemented at international level to support energy efficiency measures in data centres including energy efficiency metrics and monitoring, guidelines for procurement and best practice as well as comprehensive management and certification concepts.
In this paper, the main management and certification concepts available in the EU are briefly evaluated and compared regarding their practical effectiveness and specific benefits.

ENIGMA is a FP7 project that aims to implement a joint transnational pre-commercial procurement (PCP) procedure in the field of public lighting. The 5 project partner municipalities cooperate on procuring innovation. This report brings together information, experience and other (practical) contributions on PCP, and provides a synthesized process suitable for across European national boundaries.

This SRPP guide aims to help public procurers to set and monitor standards for decent working conditions at production sites where goods are manufactured, by offering a step-by-step approach to including SRPP requirements in the procurement process.

This guide provides clear steps for public authorities that want to become “innovation-friendly” – that is achieving the most innovative, energy-efficient solutions within their procurement actions, particularly through increased dialogue with suppliers and producers.

A set of information and tips – initially designed for the staff of the Barcelona City Council - to improve the environmental coherence, with regard to the use of paper, office and filing materials, computer materials, drinks machines, etc.

Good practice guide developed by the Catalonian Government aimed at providing recommendations and examples for the correct implementation of PPI practices