Inter-Agency Collaboration Priorities and Best Practices

Camilla BrücknerDirector, UNDP Nordic Officecamilla.bruckner@undp.org

Morten SørensenDeputy Chief, PSB, UNFPAsorensen@unfpa.org

UN Coordination Officers Annual Meeting 201512th May 2015, UN City Copenhagen

Informal Inter-Agency Task Team on Sustainable Procurement in the Health Sector

United Nations Jointly Going Green

On 5 June 2007, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon publicly called on all UN agencies, funds and programmes to 'go green' and become climate neutral.

UN Sustainability Initiative‘Greening the Blue’

Established in May 2012 in Copenhagen 10 members

7 UN Agencies and 3 Multilateral Health Financing Institutions

Annual joint procurement volume of around US $ 5 billion in the health sector

Who We Are

Our Vision

Vision: a reduced environmental burden by the health sector

Desired Impact and Main Objectives

Desired impact: health sector procurement policies and practices promote and protect health and do not adversely impact on the environment or on human health and well-being

Main objectives of the SPHS are as follows:

Joint UN Programme

Some Achievements and Outreach

Joint UN Programme on Greening Procurement in the Health Sector Green Procurement Index for the Health Sector (GPIH) project SPHS Strategy Development Workshop for Engagement with Suppliers

and Manufacturers on Green Procurement in the Health Sector First environmental inspection to a male condom factory conducted Collaboration with business organizations On-going discussions with shipping companies and freight-forwarders

Inter-Agency Collaboration Priorities and Best Practices

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

www.iiattsphs.org

For further information please contact:

Dr. Christoph HamelmannCoordinator, SPHS Secretariat

UNDP Istanbul Regional Hubchristoph.hamelmann@undp.org