Interest Groups bring together participants who wish to collaborate on a specific sustainable procurement topic of common interest.
These could be broad topics such as market engagement or circular procurement, or could be sector specific topics such as effective procurement of organic school catering or energy efficient ICT.
Interest groups will primarily co-operate through phone/web meetings and email. If there is interest, face-to-face meetings can also be arranged.
Contact ICLEI for more details on how Interest Groups can work. Guidelines for Interest Groups are available upon request.
You need to be a Participant or Strategic Partner of the Procura+ Network. Interest Groups can be facilitated by Procura+ Participants, who will receive a 50% discount on their Procura+ participant fee.
If your authority is interested in starting an Interest Group, or would like to join an existing Interest Group, approach ICLEI by email, or complete this online form.
Public Procurement is a key tool when it comes to fostering the sustainability of food systems. This Interest Group focuses on sustainable and healthy food/meals and how public procurement can act as a mechanism for sustainability. Cities from across Europe are gathering to share their experiences, gain new ideas and improve their food procurement performance. Learn more here.
This Interest Group aims to support public authorities in procuring information and communication technology (ICT) products in ways that improve the social responsibility of ICT supply chains. Public authorities have the power to use procurement to create better working conditions and protect the rights of workers and communities by purchasing products that have been procured in a socially responsible manner. Learn more here.
Through procurement, public authorities can play a major role in supporting the transition towards a circular economy. This Interest Group will focus on the practical implementation of circular principles in procurement. Frontrunners will share their experiences of doing circular procurement, and members can exchange advice and seek peer support for upcoming actions. Learn more here.
The Big Buyers is a European Commission Initiative for promoting collaboration between big public buyers in implementing strategic public procurement. By working together cities, central purchasing bodies, and other major public procurers can maximise their market power and impact. The initiative presents a compelling opportunity to engage with other public authorities across Europe and to shape new innovative solutions to your procurement needs. Learn more here.
Four Interest Groups join forces to build capacity on shared procurement approaches, criteria and messages to the market to drive strategic change. Learn more below:
The group is looking at heavy-duty electric vehicles for waste collection, street cleaning and maintenance.
The three main actions the group is working on:
Shared specifications and tender criteria unique for the public sector
Joint market dialogue and engagement
Joint announcement of procurement plans
Members:
Procura+ Participants: Rotterdam, Oslo, Helsinki, Belgian Post, Malmö and Haarlem
Other members: Amsterdam, Cologne, Gothenburg, LIPASAM (Sevilla), Lisbon, Dataport A.ö.R (Hamburg), Tartu, Timișoara, Valladolid, Vantaa, Riga, Rome, ESMASA (Alcorcón -Madrid), Motiva, RESECO, TU Berlin
This group is focused on promoting the use of circular construction through public procurement - focused on roads, infrastructure and public space.
The three main actions the group is working on:
Capacity building and experience exchange on procuring circular construction and demolition
Market engagement with secondary material brokers
Recommendations for EU policy makers
Members:
Procura+ Participants: Haarlem, Rotterdam, Brussels and Budapes, Province Zeeland, Zurich and Rijkswaterstaat
Other members: Vienna, Brussels Mobility, Lisbon Municipality, Porto Municipality, Toulouse Métropole, Bordeaux Métropole, Belgian Post, Danish Building and Properties Agency, Madrid, Neukölln (Berlin), Andalusian Housing Agency, Valladolid, Barcelona, SPW - Direction du Développement durable – Wallonie, Agglopole Sète, Motiva, Circular Flanders
The members of this group are setting joint demands for zero-emission construction sites on an EU scale and aiming to increase the implementation rate of pilot procurements in this sector.
The three main actions the group is working on:
Value proposition pitches for key stakeholders
Published market engagement guidelines, preparing suppliers for new procurement requirements
Tried and tested tender criteria
Members:
Procura+ Participants: Oslo, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Rotterdam, Barcelona and Rijkswaterstaat
Other members: Vantaa, Amsterdam, Vienna, Lyse, Danish Building & Properties Agency, NTNU, Toulouse, Stockholm, Neukolln (Berlin), Brussels Mobility, Eindhoven, Madrid, Andalusian Housing Agency, C40 Clean Construction Programme, Motiva, Bellona Foundation
The members of this group are focusing on remote patient monitoring and tools for better data management and analysis.
The three main actions the group is working on:
Members: National Centralized Health Procurement Authority Greece, RESAH, Cagliari University Hospital, Ministry for Health Malta - Central Procurement Supplies Unit (CPSU), PiPPi project (Horizon 2020), Healthcare Without Harm Europe, UniHA, Riga City Council, Riga Maternity Hospital, Agency for Health Quality and Assessment of Catalonia, No-Fear project, Dataport, InnovaPuglia, Basque Foundation for Health Innovation and Research (BIOEF), Intercent-ER, Consorci de Salut i Social de Catalunya, Observatory on Management of Public Procurement and contracts in Health Care (MASAN), Cergas SDA Bocconi
