Green public procurement: Follow up of the SCP/SIP action plan and GPP communication of the European Commission

Period: November 2009 - October 2012
Supported by: Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt) , Dessau
Cooperation Partners: Ria Müller, Öko-Institut Freiburg i.Br.

Involved IÖW employees: Dr. Frieder Rubik (Project leader IÖW), Ria Müller

Description

Objective of the project is the ongoing support of the market dissemination of environmentally more benign products and services by public procurement (GPP). Additionally, it is intended that the measures announced in the SCP/SIP action plan of the European Commision will be reflected and further developed by Germany. To realise this, the project carries out several activities, especially an evaluation and update of the website, marketing, a strategic positioning of GPP in the context of product-related environmental policy instruments, trainings of public procurers and challenges of institutionalisation and monitoring of GPP.

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Topic: Environmental Policy and Governance, Products and Consumption
Research field: Ecological Product Policy