scholarly journals Green and Sustainable Public Procurement—An Instrument for Nudging Consumer Behavior. A Case Study on Romanian Green Public Agriculture across Different Sectors of Activity

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
Rocsana Bucea-Manea-Țoniș ◽  
Oliva Maria Dourado Martins ◽  
Dragan Ilic ◽  
Mădălina Belous ◽  
Radu Bucea-Manea-Țoniș ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Web Of Science ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
Green Public Procurement

Green Public Procurement (GPP) became an efficient instrument to achieve the objectives of environmental policy expressed by the European Commission in its Communications. At the same time, it must be addressed by the public authorities as a complex process, in which all purchased goods and services must integrate perfectly into an entire puzzle-like system of legislation, the construction field, innovation, healthcare, food, and education. Scientific references published in the Web of Science (WoS) mainly between 2017 and 2020 were investigated, and they analyze the implications of green public procurement in various fields, as presented by scientific communities. This article brings as a novelty in this context the identification of some barriers in the adoption of these processes, so that they can be overcome. Based on good practices and international standards and trends, the article shows how aspects related to the implementation of green procurement in society can be taken into account. In the second stage, we added a case study on Romanian green agriculture and discussions regarding inter-correlation between different fields and GPP.

The power of green public procurement

elni Review ◽  
2006 ◽  
pp. 55-58
Author(s):  
Jill Michielssen
Keyword(s):  
Public Procurement ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Greenhouse Emissions ◽  
Desktop Computers ◽  
Green Public Procurement ◽  
The Eu

Europe's public authorities spend the equivalent of approximately 16% of the EU's GDP on purchasing goods and services. It is therefore crucial that public procurement takes into account environmental protection if the EU is to achieve its Kyoto Protocol target of reducing greenhouse emissions by 8% from 1990 levels, by 2012. “Green” procurement can also contribute significantly to the EU's Strategy for Growth and Jobs. The EU has been legislating on public procurement since 1971 but in 2004, it adopted a new series of public procurement directives which make it absolutely clear that public authorities can take into account the environment when procuring goods, services and works. In 2003, a European Commission study showed that if all public bodies in the EU switched to green electricity, they would avoid more than 60 million tonnes of CO2 emissions per year, thus contributing towards 18% of the EU’s Kyoto target. Each year, the public sector buys more than 2.8 million PCs. If it started purchasing energy-efficient desktop computers, another 830 000 tonnes of CO2 would be prevented, which would bring us an additional 0.25% closer to the Kyoto goal. Other environmental benefits include more sustainable use of natural resources, waste prevention and recycling, and more sustainable cities.

scholarly journals Difficulties of municipalities in the cearense metropolitan region in adhering to the public accounting convergence process: a multi-study

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thaís da Silva Moura ◽  
Roberto Sérgio do Nascimento ◽  
Ricardo Viotto
Keyword(s):  
Public Goods ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Metropolitan Region ◽  
Public Accounting ◽  
The Public ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Public Investments ◽  
Convergence Process ◽  
Accounting Convergence

Objective: The purpose of this multi-case study is to evaluate the perceptions of Brazilian municipalities regarding the process of convergence of public accounting to international standards, initiated in 2008, considering the importance of these federated entities in the primary provision of public goods and services to society. Methodology: It was based on the application of a questionnaire with structured questions applied to the finance departments in 7 (seven) municipalities of the Metropolitan Region of Fortaleza. In addition to this aspect, the municipalities were selected based on the state’s GDP and the level of public investments made by them. Results: The results were considered consistent by emphasizing that 71% of the municipalities started the convergence process within the deadline established by the National Treasury Secretariat (STN), however only 43% stated they were prepared to apply the NBCASP. One of the main related difficulties refers to the lack of investment in training for the technicians involved and of their own systems to operate the changes determined by the STN. Contributions of the Study: Effectively, the research proved real difficulties experienced by part of the surveyed municipalities that can compromise the progress of the convergence process in Brazil, aspects which were not considered in the researches previously carried out.

Challenges in Chilean E-Procurement System

2017 ◽  
pp. 170-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillermo Burr Ortuzar ◽  
Elena Mora Sevillano ◽  
Claudio Loyola Castro ◽  
Catalina Uribe
Keyword(s):  
Public Procurement ◽  
National Development ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Market Regulation ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Market Needs ◽  
Modernization Process ◽  
Procurement System

ChileCompra (CC) is the procurement authority of Chile. Purchases are made independently by the public entities, but CC is responsible for market regulation and management of the electronic platform, where transactions are made. ChileCompra was launched on 2003, within a deep State modernization process which started by the end of the 90s. ChileCompra was born with the mission of generating a substantial change in public procurement, as the previous system was neither responding to market needs nor to the accountability which citizens demanded. The objective was the creation of a transparent, efficient, and – most of all - accessible system, which would create equal business opportunities to companies of all sizes, especially for micro and small ones. ChileCompra manages the public procurement market, facilitating the acquisition of goods and services for public authorities; with high levels of transparency and equal opportunities for every enterprise, especially the smallest ones. Through the electronic platform www.mercadopublico.cl – which is the biggest electronic marketplace in the country – public organizations are connected to suppliers within a transparent and efficient system based on a solid regulatory framework whose governing principles are universality, accessibility, and non-discrimination. ChileCompra is currently a strong system, with high levels of transparency and efficiency. As other public procurement national systems, ChileCompra is now facing second generation challenges, like the strengthening of the public procurement role in the socio economic national development. This chapter focuses on the evolution of the Chilean public procurement system, lessons learned and challenges, and the conditions to make it a complete electronic procurement process.

scholarly journals The Budget as a Basis for Ecological Management of Urbanization Projects. Case Study in Seville, Spain

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 4078
Author(s):  
María Rocío Ruiz-Pérez ◽  
María Desirée Alba-Rodríguez ◽  
Cristina Rivero-Camacho ◽  
Jaime Solís-Guzmán ◽  
Madelyn Marrero
Keyword(s):  
Public Procurement ◽  
Embodied Energy ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Sewer System ◽  
Communication Services ◽  
Concrete Aggregates ◽  
The Public ◽  
Basic Services ◽  
Total Impact

Urbanization projects, understood as those supplying basic services for cities, such as drinking water, sewers, communication services, power, and lighting, are normally short-term extremely scattered actions, and it can be difficult to track their environmental impact. The present article’s main contribution is to employ the project budgets of public urbanization work to provide an instrument for environmental improvement, thereby helping public procurement, including sustainability criteria. Two urban projects in Seville, Spain are studied: the first substitutes existing services, and the second also includes gardens and playgrounds in the street margins. The methodology finds the construction elements that must be controlled in each project from the perspective of three indicators: carbon, water footprints, and embodied energy. The main impacts found are due to only four construction units: concrete, aggregates, asphalt, and ceramic pipes for the sewer system, that represent 70% or more of the total impact in all indicators studied. The public developer can focus procurement on those few elements in order to exert a lower impact and to significantly reduce the environmental burden of urbanization projects.

scholarly journals IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RESPONSIBILITY PRINCIPLE IN THE SYSTEM OF FINANCIAL CONTROL OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2(14)) ◽  
pp. 78-82
Author(s):  
Iryna Kyzmivna Drozd ◽  
Mariia Serhiivna Pysmenna ◽  
Nataliia Volodymyrivna Pohribna
Keyword(s):  
Public Procurement ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Financial Control ◽  
Relevant Issue ◽  
Target Setting ◽  
The Public ◽  
Control Actions ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Assessment Of Compliance

Urgency of the research. Ensuring the proper level of controllability of procurement contributes to effective action of legislated procedures of financial control, and increases the level of responsibility of participants of the public procurement process. Target setting. Putting forward the provisions of international standards ISSAI, which provide for the implementation of results of financial control in society, is the relevant issue of increasing the effectiveness of control measures. Actual scientific researches and issues analysis. Evolution of the views of scientists on the tasks of financial control in the field of procurement creates the framework for its further development in terms of increasing effectiveness. Uninvestigated parts of general matters defining. The study of the instruments for control actions to assess the implementation of the principle of responsibility in the field of procurement requires theoretical and practical justification. The research objective. The article aims to develop instruments for financial control of public procurement in order to implement the principle of responsibility in this area in accordance with the international standards of financial control ISSAI. The statement of basic materials. On the basis of the implementation of the ISSAI standards, the instruments for control actions to verify compliance with the principle of responsibility under the public procurement is proposed. Assessment of compliance with procurement criteria will provide evidence for substantiated findings and the effectiveness of control measures. Conclusions. As a result of the study, it was concluded that the combination of ISSAI norms and public procurement criteria at the level of financial control instruments will ensure its effectiveness.

scholarly journals Cybersecurity Threat Modelling: A Case Study of An Ecommerce Platform Migration to the Public Cloud

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bamidele Ola ◽  
Iyobor Egho-Promise
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Public Cloud ◽  
The Public ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
It Systems ◽  
The World ◽  
Modelling Techniques ◽  
Security Concerns ◽  
Threat Modelling

The emergence of ecommerce almost three decades ago has completely transformed the approach to purchasing goods and services across various countries in the world. Almost every country in the globe, now have some form of ecommerce operations, this has further been enhanced by the stay at home COVID-19 induced lockdowns. The value and volume of transactions has also increased in transactions. However, there has been security concerns impacting ecommerce operations, which has in part, led to increasing adoption of hosting ecommerce systems in the public cloud. Threat modelling offer mechanisms to enhance the security of information technology (IT) systems. In this paper, we apply different threat modelling techniques to decompose the migration of an on-premise hosted ecommerce system to the public cloud and also evaluate these threat modelling techniques.

Green Public Procurement

2019 ◽  
pp. 136-160
Author(s):  
Carmen Lenuta Trica ◽  
Luminita Ghita
Keyword(s):  
Public Procurement ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
The Public ◽  
Green Procurement ◽  
Product Categories ◽  
Legal Provisions ◽  
Green Public Procurement ◽  
Environmental Requirements ◽  
Procurement Contracts

At present, legal provisions and environmental policy regulate the possibilities of using environmental considerations in the development of award criteria, as well as in the performance clauses of procurement contracts. The first part of the chapter analyzes the concept of green procurement and product categories for which green procurement can be used. The second part of the chapter presents the benefits of using green procurement. The third part of the chapter will include assessing the progress and impact of using green procurement. The fourth part of the chapter analyzes the legal framework for public procurement in Romania, as well as the capacity of the market to offer and develop products and services that include minimum environmental requirements and criteria. In the fifth part of the chapter, the authors analyze the possibility of implementing a mechanism for the operation and implementation of the legal provisions in Romania in order to improve the quality of the services and optimize the costs of the public procurement.

Public Procurement and Transparency in the Private Sector

2021 ◽  
pp. 176-194
Author(s):  
Tom Brown
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
General Public ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Procurement Process ◽  
The Public ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Pay Differences ◽  
United Kingdom Government

This chapter begins by considering public procurement in the context of equality duties. The United Kingdom government has not used the Equality Act 2010’s regulation-making powers to impose specific statutory public procurement equality duties in England, but the Welsh and Scottish Ministers have made such regulations. Equality considerations are nonetheless relevant considerations in a public authority’s public procurement decisions as part of the general public sector equality duty in section 149 of the Act. The extent to which equality can (and should) be taken into account in the public procurement process is also, therefore, relevant to private undertakings which might wish to tender for the provision of goods or services to public authorities. The chapter then addresses the provisions in the Act intended to improve transparency in the private sector by prohibiting clauses which prevent employees discussing their pay. The Act introduced, in section 78, a power to make regulations which would impose a requirement on businesses to report on gender pay differences.

scholarly journals Supply Chain Manipulation, Misrepresentation, and Magical Thinking During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 628-634
Author(s):  
Christopher L. Atkinson ◽  
Clifford McCue ◽  
Eric Prier ◽  
Allison M. Atkinson
Keyword(s):  
Public Procurement ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Magical Thinking ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
The Public ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Short Run ◽  
Political Advantage

The COVID-19 pandemic has placed remarkable stress on all aspects of society, from health care and the economy to the psychological well-being of communities. While the crisis is still playing out in the United States and around the world, it is nevertheless appropriate to begin to assess its impact. This article asks: What documentable public failures provide a deeper understanding of the U.S. government COVID-19 responses’ impact on supply chains? Case examples show that markets were adversely affected in ways that caused avoidable shortages of critical goods and supplies. Moreover, public procurement effectiveness was likely reduced by short-run efforts to obtain political advantage. The article begins with a brief review of disaster procurement, highlighting how public procurement professionals tried to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The next section delineates three politically led phenomena that adversely impacted procurement’s ability to acquire the needed goods and services, including a lack of cohesive strategy in acquiring essential personal protective equipment; preference for unproven drugs and magical thinking; and cozy relationships between the public and private sectors. The article concludes by discussing the centrality of public sector procurement professionals as a critical link for effective provision of government services, especially in times of crisis.

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