On the 20th of July, 2018, the 4th Meeting with Regional Stakeholders took place as part of the GPP4Growth project, implemented within the INTERREG EUROPA Program.
The main purpose of the meeting was to discuss and consult the assumptions of the "Report on recommendations for improvement of existing policies and plans in the area of resource efficiency", which Lodzkie Region prepared.
Discussion concerned the possibility of using Green Public Procurement by public entities under the existing legal conditions, where the main conclusion was the need to place greater emphasis on environmental aspects - ecological - for example in the internal regulations of public sector contracting entities.
The Representatives of Regional Stakeholders also referred to the proposed proposals for popularizing and facilitating the use of green public procurement.
On the 25th of July, 2018, the follow-up of 4th Meeting with Regional Stakeholders in Lodzkie Region took place.
The main purpose of the meeting was to discuss and consult the assumptions of the "Report on recommendations for improvement of existing policies and plans in the area of resource efficiency", which Lodzkie Region prepared.
The Representatives of Regional Stakeholders referred to the proposed recommendations, assessed them from their perspective. This feedback was very helpful and useful. It helped us to understand the problems of other public institutions and exchange our experiences in the implementation of GPP.
The discussion, though planned in accordance with the guidelines contained in A2.1 “General Guidelines for all Stakeholder Group Meetings”, was stormy and multithreaded. The reason was the topic, which turned out to be very important but still very little explored by the public Purchasers.
