scholarly journals Green Public Procurements (GPP) as an Instrument of Implementation of Sustainable Development. Analysis of the Experience of the Łódź Region Local Government

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 23-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Burchard-Dziubińska ◽  
Tomasz Jakubiec
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Departure Point ◽  
Economic Practice ◽  
Green Public Procurement ◽  
Development Analysis ◽  
Practice Implementation

This paper discusses the situation on the Polish green public procurements (GPP) market, with special emphasis on the results of a GPPinfoNET project realised in the Łódź region. The identification of the main barriers hindering the application of GPP in the Polish practice is the departure point to formulating recommendations concerning organisational and legal changes which would make it possible to increase the share of GPP in the Polish economic practice. Implementation of green public procurement is considered as an important element of sustainable development.

Green Public Procurement Implementation Framework

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Rajesh Kumar Shakya
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Government Expenditure ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
The Public ◽  
Green Public Procurement ◽  
The Government

Government expenditure on public procurement accounts for a sizeable part of economic activity and demand. The annual public-sector procurement budget accounts about 20% to 30% of GDP in the developing countries, which provides the countries public sector with considerable leverage to stimulate the public-sector consumptions favoring goods, works, and services using fewer resources, and less harmful to the environment. The public sector should be more responsible for supporting environmental and broader sustainable development objectives. Green public procurement (GPP) is slowly getting recognized internationally as an effective means for public administrations to manage the balance between cost-effectiveness and sustainable development. The public fund should be used responsibly to uplift the health, environment, and social life. At the same time, the goods, services, and works procured by the government must achieve value for money. This chapter focuses on the importance of green public procurement strategies that could guide the countries to successfully plan, procure, and implement green public procurement (GPP) by outlining policies, strategies, and actions to boost green public procurement. The recommended strategies are based on the international best practices and the lessons learned from the experience by different government around the world. These strategies could be updated and customized based on the specific country context and their readiness.

scholarly journals Strategic Public Procurement: Facilitating Sustainable Development in Ukraine

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 91
Author(s):  
Vesta Malolitneva ◽  
Ruslan Dzhabrailov
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Conceptual Changes ◽  
Green Public Procurement ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Social Environmental

New benchmarks for world development were approved at the UN Summit in 2015, namely 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Ukraine, like other UN member states, has joined the global process of ensuring sustainable development. This requires conceptual changes in all spheres of life. Public procurement is considered as one of the most powerful tools for solving social, environmental and economic challenges facing the world. The article is dedicated to the role of sustainable public procurement and substantiation of ways of changing the conceptual approach to procurement in order to achieve the goals of sustainable development in Ukraine. Based on the analysis of foreign experience, it is proposed to change the approach to public procurement in Ukraine in such a way as to emphasize not only reduction of costs and saving of public funds but also the support of the long-term goals of the state. Keywords: public procurement, sustainable development, sustainable public procurement, “horizontal” objectives, green public procurement, socially responsible public procurement.

scholarly journals Local barriers in the efficient use of Green Public Procurement - case of Slovaki

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomáš MALATINEC
Keyword(s):  
Public Procurement ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Life Cycle Costs ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Environmental Criteria ◽  
Economic Practice ◽  
Green Public Procurement ◽  
Effective Use

Green public procurement is a voluntary tool through which public procurers can contribute to the objectives of environmental policy. The legal framework and public policy of green procurement is covered by the European Union. The main goal is to contribute to the consideration of environmental characteristics in public purchases as well as environmental management and the life-cycle costs of the goods, services and work. However, the objectives of the legal framework and the policy to promote green public procurement are often not achieved due to the barriers posed by economic practice. The aim of the article is to analyze the local barriers in the effective use of green public procurement in Slovakia. The processing of results is based on the annual evaluation reports to the National Action Plan for Green Public Procurement in Slovakia for 2016-2020. Identified local barriers include financial constraints on contracting authorities and a preference for evaluating contracts based on the lowest price criterion, insufficiently built administrative (personal) capacity to implement green public procurement, fear of discrimination in incorporating environmental criteria into tender documents and subsequent sanctions from control bodies. Last but not least, the voluntary application of green public procurement at regional and local level is also included among the barriers in the efficient use of this tool in practice.

Green Public Procurement in Bhutan

2019 ◽  
pp. 163-178
Author(s):  
Rajesh Kumar Shakya ◽  
Pem Lama
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Emerging Countries ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
National Policies ◽  
The Public ◽  
Green Public Procurement ◽  
The Government

Bhutan is a developing country in Asia with a strong commitment to environment and sustainability. While most of the developing world is still trying to explore the opportunities to formulate the Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP) policies and legislation, Bhutan has successfully implemented the Green Public Procurement in Bhutan (GPP Bhutan) project. The three-year project started in 2014 and ended in June 2017. It has conducted research, trained public procurers, sensitized suppliers, and piloted green public procurement projects to introduce and implement green procurement in the country. This chapter aims to discuss how the government of Bhutan has embraced the value of green public procurement (GPP) and is setting an example for other countries of how to leverage the power of the public purse to advance sustainable development. The chapter presents the success story of Bhutan from the perspective of its implementation approaches. The Bhutan strategy encompasses all spheres of national policies in line with the sustainable or green public procurement (GPP)—whereby government authorities seek to procure goods, services, and works with a reduced environmental impact throughout their life cycle, as well as with an increased positive social impact—that have the potential to drive sustainable growth in Bhutan. The chapter also at places points to Bhutan's various national policies and strategies and illustrates some examples and experiences that other emerging countries can learn from.

Sustainable Public Procurement as an Instrument for the Implementation of Sustainable Development in the European Union

2020 ◽  
pp. 77-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Burchard-Dziubińska ◽  
Tomasz Jakubiec
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Market Potential ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
The Public ◽  
Green Public Procurement ◽  
The Eu

The aim of the considerations is to assess the effectiveness of sustainable public procurement (SPP) as a tool for the implementation of sustainable development in the European Union. The chapter discusses the legal bases for the use of sustainable public procurement in the EU, the potential of the public sector in the implementation of sustainable development through public procurement in the EU, functioning of the market for sustainable public procurement, market potential of the public sector of the European Union in the implementation of sustainable development through public procurement, good practices and barriers related to green public procurement (GPP), and socially responsible procurement (SRPP). The chapter ends with conclusions from the research and practical recommendations regarding the use of sustainable public procurement in the European Union.

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