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GPP Helpdesk Webinar: Promoting decent work and fighting social dumping by means of public procurement

The second 2024 webinar held by the European Commission's GPP Helpdesk took place on the 17th of September. The event, covering the topic of socially responsible public procurement, addressed the respect of the mandatory horizontal social clause enshrined in Article 18.2 of Directive 2014/24/EU. This clause requires Member States (MS) to ensure compliance with applicable environmental, social and labour laws (obligations established by EU law, national law, collective agreements and eight specified core ILO conventions) in the performance of public contracts. Recent research highlighted that this clause is not always respected and/or that there are shortcomings or uncertainty in its application and enforcement. 

In that respect, the webinar presented good practices implemented by national and regional authorities, as well as by some contracting authorities across the European Union (EU).

The webinar featured the following presentations:

The workshop was facilitated by Valentina Caimi, AEIDL, on behalf of the European Commission.

All presentations and recording can be found at Circabc

This event was the second of four webinars of 2024, as part of the European Commission’s Helpdesk service on GPP. The next one will take place on 16 October and it will be on the topic of 'Making an impact: monitoring the outcomes of public procurement'. 

European Commission

 

  • environmental policy | environmental protection | green public procurement | social economy | social enterprise | equal treatment | human rights | gender equality | labour law | legal system
  • Tuesday 17 September 2024, 14:30 - 16:00 (CEST)
  • Live streaming available

Practical information

When
Tuesday 17 September 2024, 14:30 - 16:00 (CEST)
Languages
English
Entrance fee
Free of charge

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