Green and sustainable procurement policies and best practises at wallonian and belgian level
A 4-days visit to Wallonia and Belgium, from the 5th of December to the 8th of December 2005
Organised by Institut Eco-Conseil in collaboration with
Eco-Counselling Enterprise and the Stockholm Environmental Institute Tallinn
This week is part of a bilateral cooperation project between Wallonia and Estonia on Green Public Procurement (GPP).
This project objectives are the following :
1/. To assess the status quo of Green Public Procurement in Wallonia and Estonia on the basis of a survey
2/. To train Estonian delegates on the thematic of green and sustainable public procurement. A technical seminar on green public procurement has been held in Estonia on the 8th of November 2005.
3/. To organise a visiting week to exchange experiences and to show wallonian and belgian best practises around Green and Sustainable Public Procurement.
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Programme of the week
Introduction :
- Status of Green Public Procurement in Belgium : Marcel van Meesche, Eco-Counselling Enterprise
- Tips and supportive measures to introduce green public procurement in local authorities : Marcel van Meesche, Eco-Counselling Enterprise
Day 1 : Green and sustainable public procurement at international and european level
- European Partners for the Environment, Mr Raymond van Ermen : GPP at international level
- Eurocities, Mrs Silke Mönshitz : The CARPE project
The CARPE project results brochure
The CARPE-NET website
Day 2: Green and sustainable public procurement in Belgium : at federal and regional level
- European Commission, Mrs Jill Michielssen : GPP strategies in Europe
Website of the GPP programme : http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/gpp/guidelines.htm
- Federal Ministry of Sustainable Development, Sophie Sokolowski :http://www.sppdd.be
The Federal Plan for Sustainable Development : http://www.plan2004.be/
The Federal Database of Green, Social and Ethical criteria for public purchasing : http://www.guidedesachatsdurables.be
- Federal Purchasing Cell, Mr Debray : The role of the Federal purchasing cell
- Extract of the federal procurement act of 2003 mentionning that green, social and ethical criteria can be used in Belgian Call for Tenders
- GPP promotion in the Flemish Regio : The role of Bond Beter Leefmilieu, Benjamin Clarysse
- Website of the Flemish Environmental database http://www.milieukoopwijzer.be
- Brussels Union of Cities, Mrs Ariane Godeau, Forum for Sustainable Development : Organisation of trainings and seminars around GPP at regional level
Website of the Brussels Union of Cities : http://www.avcb-vsgb.be/
- Municipality of Schaerbeek, Mrs Michèle Mulders, Eco-Counsellor : Role of Eco-Counsellors to promote GPP practices in a local authority
Day 3 : Green and sustainable procurement in the Wallonian Regio
- Inter-Environnement Wallonie , Mrs Anne Thibault : Presentation of the regional federation of environmental NGO
- Inter-Environnement Wallonie, Mr Nicolas Vande Waele : Promotion of GPP - conclusions of the survey on GPP done in 40 local authorities
Website of Inter-Environnement Wallonie : http://www.iewonline.be
- Ecolo (French speaking green party), Raphaël Dugailliez : Role of the green political party in the promotion of GPP at european, national, regional and local level
Day 4 : Seminar organised by Oxfam Belgium on the launching of the promotion campaign "Ca passe par ma Commune"
This seminar was organised in order to launch a muilti-NGO campaign to responsibilise wallonian local authorities to taking ecological, fair and ethical criteria into account in their management and procurement practises
- Website of the seminar http://www.madeindignity.be
- Website of Oxfam : http://www.oxfam.org/
- Website of Max Havelaar Belgium : http://www.maxhavelaar.com/
- Website of the Eco-Consumption Network : http://www.ecoconso.be/
Useful documents and websites:
About Fair Trade
Website of the Fairtrade Labelling Organisation : http://www.fairtrade.net/
The European Fair Trade Association (EFTA) is a network of 11 Fair Trade organisations in nine European countries http://www.eftafairtrade.org/
Promotion document for the use of fair trade criteria in call for tenders
About Green public procurement
Brochure "In the jungle of Logos and labels" of the Eco-Consumption Network
OECD Book on "The environmental performance of public procurement"
ICLEI's Procura+ Campaign for the promotion of green public procurement : http://www.procuraplus.org
The first results of the European Survey on GPP (nov. 2005) done by the Take-5 consortium
The Eco-Procurement . Info database runned by the German Association of Eco-Counsellors BFUB
The Barcelona Green Office Guide
The GPP Handbooks of the Italian province of Cremona
Green Purchasing Policies handbook - Volume 1 : General Section
Green Purchasing Policies handbook - Volume 2 : Methodological Guide
Green Purchasing Policies handbook - Volume 3 : Operational Guide
About Social Economy
A definition of social economy by the European Commission : http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/entrepreneurship/coop/
The RREUSE Network of social economy organisations active in waste recycling http://www.rreuse.org
New Economics Foundation : http://www.neweconomics.org/gen/
Reves is the unique European network that brings together Local Authorities and Social Economy Actors in order to create stable partnerships, common policies for a socially sustainable local development and to fight for social inclusion. http://www.revesnetwork.net/
