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Update on UNEP’s SPP activities

Farid Yaker, Programme Officer, Sustainable Public Procurement

GPP Advisory Group Meeting 19 September 2012

Malmö, Sweden

UNEP’s SPP Project • Training of 120 SPP experts

• SPP policies and action plans developed in 7 countries through the MTF Approach to SPP which has now become UNEP’s SPP Approach

• Beginning of implementation in Chile, Mauritius, Colombia and Costa Rica.

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Sustainable Procurement and Eco-Labeling • Development and implementation of sustainable public procurement policies combined with eco-labelling in 17 to 20 countries (Southern cone, ASEAN countries, Africa and Europe) • establishment of an SPP Knowledge Management Centre

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Knowledge Management Center

SPP methodology

Information(Products and Services,

human resources, organizations, projects, etc.)

ResearchCapacity

Building Tools Training materials –

E-learning

Knowledge Management

Center

OUTPUTS

Guidance documents for procurers

Training material s and modules

Best practices

Recent outputs

Derived from the MTF Approach to SPP

Commissioned to Eco-institut Barcelona

Adoption of the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on SCP in the Outcome document with SPP listed as one of the priority programmes

Launch of the International SPP Initiative – Rio, 18 June 2012

LAUNCH OF THE SPP INITIATIVE

18th June 2012 – UNEP Pavilion Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

From the Marrakech Task Force on SPP to the International SPP Initiative

Swiss-led MTF on SPP: developed the MTF Approach to SPP. Core members: Switzerland, EC, ICLEI, UNEP (2005-2011)

Sustainable Public Procurement Initiative (SPPI)

• Goal

Promote worldwide implementation of SPP through increased cooperation between key stakeholders and a better understanding of its potential benefits and impacts

• Objectives

– Build the case for SPP: improve the knowledge on SPP and its effectiveness as a tool to promote greener economies and sustainable development;

– Support the implementation of SPP on the ground through increased collaboration and improved coordination between SPP stakeholders.

SPPI: Objectives & Activities

Build the Case for SPP Support the implementation of SPP on the ground

Biannual « State of Play » of SPP

Build synergies between SPP Programmes

Analyse Barriers to SPP implementation and Propose

Innovative Solutions

Increase collaboration between private sector and public

institutions

Measure Impacts

Agree on « Common Guiding Principles »

for SPP Implementation

Mobilise additional stakeholders to support and implement SPP

Cross-cutting Activities: Webportal, SPP Forum etc.


Build the Case for SPP




Measure Impacts


Survey of SPP/GPP activities – Review

of Progress

Commissioned to Anastasia O’Rourke,Big Room Inc. and

Charlotte Leire


Build the Case for SPP




Measure Impacts


e.g. Incorporating “Product Service

Systems” into SPP Programs








institutions

Measure Impacts





Measuring the impacts of SPP on sustainable development – Green

Economy and market changes Example of case study:

• Through SPP practices in tire management, the Institute of Electricity of Costa Rica has achieved overall annual cost savings of 20%. Transport costs have decreased by a factor of 4, resulting in a reduction in emissions of 953 teq CO2

between 2008 and 2010.

• The co-processing methods used for the end-of-life of tyres have prevented 206.6 tonnes of waste, while increasing energy efficiency by 15.6%.








institutions

Measure Impacts





Participants

Ministries & Public Institutions:

• Ministry of Environment: Costa Rica, Colombia, Brazil, Denmark, Switzerland

• Min. of Economic Development (New Zealand)

• Institut des Finances Basil Fuleihan (Lebanon)

• ChileCompra (Chile)

• DEFRA (United Kingdom)

• Environmental Dvpt Center (China)

• Procurement Policy Office (Mauritius)

• INCOP (Ecuador)

• SEMCo (Sweden

• KEITI (South Korea)

Networks & NGOs

• ICLEI

• Ecoinstitut

• Forest Stewardship Council – FSC

• International Green Purchasing Network – IGPN

• Green Purchasing Network of India & Malaysia – GPNI & GPNM

• International Institute for Sustainable Development – IISD

Private Sector

• Sustainable Consumption Consortium

• Big Room

International organisations

• International Training Centre of the ILO– ITC-ILO

• Organization of American States – OAS

• UNDP/Procurement Capacity Development Centre – UNDP/PCDC

• United Nations Office for Project Services – UNOPS

• Economic and Monetary Union of West Africa – UEMOA

• Institut de l’Energie et de l’Environnement De la Francophonie – IEPF

• African Development Bank – AfDB (OBSERVER)

Cooperation with ICLEI

UNEP and ICLEI intend to reinforce their longtanding partnership on SPP implementation:

• SPPI

• Ground implementation of SPP

• Knowledge Management

Update: September 17, 2012 Prepared by Dr. A. O’Rourke, Big Room Inc. on behalf of UNEP DTIE Paris

UNEP State of Sustainable Public Procurement Report

& Survey

SPP Report + Survey

• Goals: – Assess the global state of SPP – Map the main policies, activities, drivers and challenges of

SPP and GPP – Test our measures and indicators of SPP for future reports

• Methods: – Interviews, Literature Review, Cases, Survey

• Prepared by – UNEP DTIE Paris – Dr. Anastasia O’Rourke & Trevor Bowen, Big Room,

USA/Canada – Dr. Charlotte Leire, Independent consultant,

Sweden/Belgium

Survey: Preliminary Results

• Survey: – Open Sept 5 - Close Oct 5, 2012

– Two Surveys Branches: a) national governments: 38 questions

b) all other stakeholders: 20 questions

– Covers both data and opinions

• As of September 17, we have 130 responses

• 48 national government agencies

• Survey Closes October 5

Sample: Region

Africa; 26

Asia/Pacific; 22

Europe; 35

Middle East; 8

North America; 26

South America; 13

Sample: Organisations

SPP Policies can be found in many places

Sub-sample of National Governments Question: What national policies and/or regulations currently include provisions for SPP/GPP?

Scope of SPP Policies: environmental, social, economic, all

three?

Env, social and economic

SPP in the procurement cycle

Stakeholders’ views of governments

How would you characterize the extent to which SPP/GPP is adopted by your national government?

SPP expected to grow- across all surveyed

Substantially more than today; 26%

Some more than today;

53%

About the same as today;

18%

Less than today; 3%

Dramatically less than today;

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Join us in assessing the State of SPP!

• Survey Closes October 5th, 2012

• Expect the final report: Early Nov 2012

• There is still time to participate in the survey:

– Request invitation: [email protected]

– OR Follow this link:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/unep-spp-2012

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