ICLEI, together with a series of organisations from across the EU, is updating the European Commission's GPP Training Toolkit, and organising 10 training programmes for procurers in seven EU countries.
Training programmes will be carried out in:
- Croatia (by Projekt jednako razvoj d.o.o. (PJR))
- Cyprus (by Cyprus Energy Agency (CEA))
- Hungary (by The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC))
- Latvia (by the Latvian Environmental Investment Fund (LEIF))
- Poland (by Foundation CentrumCSR)
- Portugal (by Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia (LNEG))
- Romania (by Ecosistemi)
The Training Toolkit will be eventually available in all EU languages in 2019, and will include the following modules:
- Introduction - why implement GPP
- Strategy - how to implement GPP in your organisation
- Legal framework for GPP
- Market engagement
- Needs assessment
- Circular Procurement
- GPP recommendations for 10 product/service groups