CIRCULAR PUBLIC PROCUREMENT WORKSHOP

Philippe Micheaux Naudet - ACR+Association of Cities and Regions for sustainable Resource management

pmn@acrplus.org www.acrplus.org

Circular Economy Stakeholder Conference, 7 March 2019, Brussels

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ACR+

Association of cities and regions

for sustainable resource management

Supporting transition of cities and regions

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Lessons learnt & recommendationsOur work on circular procurement

• Circularity Requirements

• Communities of practice

• Collaboration between procurers

NSR CircPro2

• Good practices

• Guidance material

• Networking

• Workshops

www.circular-europe-network.eu

Lessons learnt & recommendationsMaterial resources and public procurement

NEED OF TRAINING & MASS EFFECT

Lessons learnt & recommendations4 steps for circular procurement tenders

Identify needs

Engage market

Define specifications

Manage contract

Source: REBus project: www.rebus.eu.com/implementing-a-rebm/guide-for-circular-procurement-rebms/

Lessons learnt & recommendationsA "green deal" framework for procurement?

Lessons learnt & recommendationsWhat’s in that workshop

• Implementing Circular Public Procurement

• Cases of circular procurement in Scotland (Claire Guerin, Zero Waste Scotland)

• Green public procurement criteria: the NGO perspective (Jean-Pierre Schweitzer,

European Environment Bureau)

• Panel discussion on Green Deals

• Joan Prummel (Rijkswaterstaat - Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management)

• Veerle Labeeuw (Circular Flanders)

• Marline Weber (Institut National d'Economie Circulaire)

• Teresa Jorge (Centro Regional Coordination and Development Commission)

• Open floor discussion on lessons learnt in CPP