EU GPP Helpdesk Webinar: 'Making an impact: monitoring the outcomes of public procurement'

The third European Commission’s Helpdesk service on GPP webinar of 2024 addressed the monitoring of the impacts of public procurement.

Public procurement can generate positive economic, environmental and social outcomes. Yet, there is still very little monitoring of the outcomes of public procurement processes. To use public procurement more effectively, it is crucial to measure and monitor the outcomes of public procurement procedures. This webinar analysed tools and techniques to effectively monitor and measure public procurement performance.

From life-cycle assessment tools to public procurement monitoring systems, the webinar discussed the different methods that European Institutions, procurement experts, Member States and cities are using to measure the impact of public procurement. It explored how cost-savings, reduced pollution, positive social outcomes of public purchases can be measured and assessed. 

Featured programme:

• Welcome and introduction from the EU GPP Helpdesk, Anna Lupi, Legal and policy officer, Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission

• Sharmila Erizaputri, researcher on Green Public Procurement, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) on the Monitoring Progress in Green Public Procurement report

• Greta Ambrutytė, Head of the Sustainable Procurement department, Office of Public Procurement of the Republic of Lithuania on the development of an SRPP and the GPP Scoreboard

• Matej Cerovšek, Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Energy of Slovenia on the LIFE IP CARE4CLIMATE project, and the comprehensive analysis of the environmental, economic and social impacts of green public procurement in Slovenia. 

Presentations given during the webinar and the recording can be found on Circabc