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.

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?

This booklet is the result of a partnership with the Regional Council of Pays de la Loire started in 2018 on circular economy, and was produced in collaboration with the Regional Council, ADEME and RESECO.
In addition to regulation elements, it includes feedback, in particular those presented during a webinar in November 2020 on "market integration of building materials from recycling/reuse".

Based on research and practical implementation of pilot procurements done as part of the Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme funded Circular PP project, this document includes six
recommendations to the European Commission in support of the Circular Economy Action Plan.

Short, practical brochures for policymakers - outlining the reasons for shifting to zero-emission construction sites, for different target audiences.

The infographic includes information on the new EU energy labelling system which will be introduced by September 2020 and will start in March 2021.

This polish publication discusses the various legal instruments available to procuring entities that enable the award of a social or green public procurement.