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27 June 2023

ICLEI Europe and Lisbon to host 11th Procura+ Conference in March 2024

ICLEI Europe and ICLEI Member Lisbon (Portugal) are proud to announce that the 11th Procura+ Conference will be held in the Portuguese capital from 13-14 March 2024. The conference will showcase how cities and public authorities can use public procurement to implement small changes that make a big i...

Procurement

6 June 2023

ICLEI launches new international course on sustainable public procurement

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA) has launched a new course, developed in partnership with ICLEI, on implementing sustainable public procurement. The course aims to bolster the capacity of stakeholders in the Arab region to better deliver on the commitments...

Procurement

19 May 2023

Public buyers: what are your main areas of interest?

Public buyers: what are your main areas of interest, challenges and needs? Public buyers in the EU are invited to fill in a survey to indicate their main public procurement areas of interest, challenges and needs. Survey responses will be used to narrow down a list of key public procurement topics,...

Built Environment & Culture Procurement

2 May 2023

New phase in sustainable public procurement project enhances collaboration between public buyers

The Big Buyers Working Together (BBWG) project, coordinated by Eurocities, ICLEI and BME on behalf of the European Commission, has kicked off its third phase. Following the successful pilots of four working groups between 2019 and 2022, in this new phase the project will establish ten working groups...

Procurement Circular Economy

17 April 2023

New Circular Education centre launched in ICLEI Member Murcia

ICLEI Member Murcia (Spain) has recently launched a new Circular Education LAB. This new social and circular initiative is aimed at letting children and families re-use and play with waste from the city, with the objective of raising circular awareness in the community. Waste is supplied to the LAB...

Built Environment & Culture Procurement Circular Economy

15 March 2023

New tools help local governments increase demand for skills in circular construction

The EU-funded project BUS-GoCircular has developed two tools to stimulate demand for skills in circular construction. These are a policy guidance brief and a slide deck of training material. Both documents are aimed at public authorities in local and regional governments and seek to boost demand for...

Climate Change Mitigation Sustainable Energy Systems Procurement Performance Measurement Green Digital Transformation Finance

7 March 2023

Call for Applications to smart city-finance Matchmaking Services now open!

ICLEI experts are supporting the Smart Cities Marketplace in launching a city-focused call for applications for matchmaking services, which is open until 31 March. Applications received after the 31 March will still be accepted, but it may take a bit longer to process them. Matchmaking services pro...

Procurement Circular Economy

22 February 2023

CCD report showcases circular economy practices across European cities

The newly published Circular Cities Declaration (CCD) report celebrates the great steps cities across Europe, including several ICLEI Members, are taking to support the transition to a circular economy. From a circular economy strategy in Maribor (Slovenia) and a community composting initiative in B...

Sustainable Food Systems Procurement

13 February 2023

ICLEI and 280+ organisations urge strong proposal for EU Sustainable Food Systems Law

ICLEI Europe alongside more than 280 civil society and trade union organisations have signed a joint letter to urge Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to ensure that a strong proposal for an EU Sustainable Food Systems Law is presented by September 2023. Political resistance against sustaina...

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