Public buyers across Europe are starting to take advantage of these opportunities and demonstrate real social impact in their purchasing. That is the case in the Czech Republic, where the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs decided to purchase clothing from companies that could ensure workers’ rights had been protected during the manufacturing phase.
For more information on how the social aspects of the EU Public Procurement Directives were transposed at a national level, plus further good practices on SRPP, with a particular focus on access to public markets by social economy enterprises, see the Making socially responsible public procurement work. 71 good practice cases report.