During this TLJ partners also had the opportunity to hear and comment about three case studies which enriched the discussion and allowed to analyse different angles of the application of LCA principles to public procurement.
La Clause Verte (FR)
La Clause Verte – or Green Clause - is a collaborative initiative to write ‘green’ clauses and tender directives that could be included in public contracts. Developed by the CD2E, an association based in the Hauts-de-France region in France, it was launched in 2020. In order to lift barriers to sustainable public procurement, the «green clause» aims to help public purchasers to define their needs taking into account the environnemental aspect; include «ready-to-use» environmental clauses in the technical specification; save time looking for the «good» clause. It covers a wide range of public purchases: new construction, rehabilitation, highways, supplies and services. Currently, more than 13,000 users (out of 130,000 French public purchasers) have access to a toolbox with 140 clauses.
More: https://laclauseverte.fr/ and the presentation on the TLJ page.
Keino Platform and public procurement in Finland (FI)
Keino is a network-based (with 8 members) Competence Centre for Sustainable and Innovative Public Procurement in Finland that was launched in 2018 and funded by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment for 2018-2021. KEINO seeks to increase contracting entities’ awareness of strategic procurement management and impact thinking. It assists contracting entities in management tool development and measurement and sets up powerful and efficient buyer groups for procurement in the fields of social welfare and health services, construction and energy use, mobility and logistics, and bio-and circular economy. The development of procurement competence is supported through advisory services, events and areal KEINO-agent activities. Among the lessons learnt during the three years is the fact that ministries must reach for the same direction and that public procurement is a strategic tool to meet different goals. In addition, general views about public procurements in Finland were shared together with 8 examples of sustainable and innovative public procurement.
More in the presentation on the TLJ page.
Slovenian portal for public procurement (SI)
Bonorum, a Slovenian law firm specializing in the field of public procurement, presented the main features of the digitalisation of public procurement in Slovenia. The country has an electronic system for publishing public procurement procedures – Portal of Public Procurement. Contracting authorities and tenderers must communicate only through this portal. Tenders are submited exclusivelly in electronic form using the electronic system called e-JN. The transparency of spending public money is enabled by the portal ERAR, where almost all transactions of public bodies are listed. The presentation continued with an overview of the situation regarding green public procurement in Slovenia, including its challenges, illustrated by several practical examples.
More in the presentation on the TLJ page.
