Projects ( 199 - 207 from 286 )

ISEAL Research

ISEAL Research Consultancy - The use of sustainability standards in sustainable public procurement

ISEAL Alliance, the global association for sustainability standards, in collaboration with ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, is conducting a series of interviews with a worldwide range of public sector entities. The purpose of these interviews is to undertake field-level research in or...

LOWCAP

LOWCAP-Low Carbon Regions in the North Sea

Partners from the UK, Germany, Belgium and Norway are working together to deliver a common approach towards carbon reduction and energy efficiency within the North Sea Region.
The Low Carbon Regions in the North Sea (LOWCAP) cluster project reviews and exchanges knowledge and experiences from four ...

Procurement

The LANDMARK project

Moving towards socially responsible procurement

The LANDMARK project enabled European local authorities to act as key drivers for the promotion of fair working conditions in global supply chains for certain products purchased by the European public sector. By changing the consumption patterns of public authorities, the living and working conditio...

Procurement

Sustainable Timber Action (STA)

Promoting fair and sustainable forestry through procurement

Sustainable Timber Action (STA) assisted European public authorities in making sure the wood/timber products they buy are produced and traded in a sustainable and fair way. Public authorities purchase significant amounts of timber products, from construction material to furniture, from packaging to ...

Procurement

"Creating Landmarks" in Germany on green procurement

Anchoring green public procurement principles in curricula of training academies

The project will provide a customised and user-oriented training concept on green public procurement (GPP) for teachers and curriculum leaders from public administration training institutions in the form of train the trainer approach.

Lecturers and trainers from training academies across Germany...

Sustainability

URBAN-NEXUS

Furthering strategic urban research

URBAN-NEXUS will build upon and strengthen the relationship between researchers, urban policy makers, research policy makers, practitioners, SME's, and civil society organisations through engagement, collaborative prioritisation, integral dialogue and knowledge transfer.
URBAN-NEXUS will comprise t...

Climate Change Mitigation Biodiversity & NBS Governance Innovation Resilience Sustainable Energy Systems

Realising DReAMS

Realising Development of Resources and access to Municipal Services

Both environmental degradation and poverty alleviation are urgent global challenges that are too often treated separately. With pressing development needs in Least Developed Countries, and with a growing population, approaches to such global challenges require rethinking. But when new approaches are...

Procurement

EU GPP Helpdesk

Operation of an EU Helpdesk for the support and promotion of Green Public Procurement

The main idea behind the GPP Helpdesk is to promote and disseminate information about GPP, and to provide timely and accurate answers to stakeholders' enquiries. Stakeholders can send their questions by email to gpp-helpdesk@iclei.org Part of the GPP Helpdesk service are the publication of monthly n...

Resilient Cities

Asian Cities Adapt

AsianCitiesAdapt

The project aims at reducing the impact of Climate Change in target cities in India and Philippines through an integrated and cyclical management approach. In addition, the awareness about the potential risks resulting from climate change is to be strengthened and a knowledge exchange between cities...