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11 July 2023

Open call for contributions to the 11th Procura+ Conference

On 13 and 14 March 2024, ICLEI Europe and ICLEI Member Lisbon (Portugal) will host the 11th Procura+ Conference! The conference is a great opportunity for public procurement practitioners to showcase their work to over 250 attendees from across Europe and the world. Those interested in contributing ...

29 June 2023

Apply for consultations on public buyers' needs

The Big Buyers Working Together (BBWT) Project, coordinated by ICLEI Europe alongside Eurocities and BME on behalf of the European Commission, aims to help public buyers across Europe to find innovative and sustainable solutions to their current procurement challenges. To build the foundation for fo...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...