CircPro's Lead Partner Kouvola Innovation's good practice ”Procurement Specialist Services & Change Agent for Sustainable and Innovative Public Procurement” was recently presented by Marina Sorokina in a webinar on Innovative Approaches to Green Public Procurement (GPP).
You can watch the recording of the webinar on Interreg Europe website
Thematic expert Ruslan Zhechkov of Policy Learning Platform says about Kouvola Innovation's good practice:
“The good practice is an excellent institutional innovation with the goal of stimulating GPP. The horizontal function of procurement specialist services and change agent are designed to achieve a maximum impact on greening of the procurement. The specific procurement guidance can also be of interest to other regions and cities. The institutional innovation is well-placed to achieve a mindset shift with regards to procurement both within public institutions and businesses. It is highly replicable and could be of interest to regions and cities which would be interested in stepping up their efforts in GPP.”
Read more on Kouvola Innovation's good practice on Policy Learning Platform:
”Procurement Specialist Services & Change Agent for Sustainable and Innovative Public Procurement”