Enabling Circular procurement: policy updates and value chain collaboration

Описание: This training explored how public procurement can accelerate the transition to a circular economy, bringing together policy, project, and practitioner perspectives.

Topics covered:
• Upcoming revision of the EU Public Procurement Directives and the shift towards quality- and sustainability-based procurement
• Insights from the Interreg North-West Europe Circular Shift project on circular procurement and value chain collaboration
• A real-life case study on circular textile procurement involving five German municipalities
• Practical challenges and lessons learned from implementing circular procurement in practice

The session also included a Q&A on Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), Life Cycle Costing (LCC), value chain collaboration, engagement of non-public actors, and potential synergies between Circular Shift and ProcuraMED.

Further resources:
• Circular Shift: https://circularshift-nwe.eu
• Circular & Fair ICT Pact: https://circularandfairictpact.com
• Fairphone feasibility study: https://circularandfairictpact.com/fl...