Promoting Green and Smart Public Services within Mediterranean Municipalities to move towards a Circular Economy: a White Paper by Interreg MED's Green Growth community

White paper 2: Green smart public services

 Green smart public services
Author
CT BETA, University of Vic – Central University of Catalonia (UVic - UCC)
Fondazione Ecosistemi - Italy
Regional Council of Durrës - Albania
Dynamic Vision - Greece
University Consortium for Industrial and Managerial Economics (CUEIM) - Italy
Publication Date
September, 2019
Country
Croatia
Cyprus
France
Greece
Italy
Malta
Portugal
Slovenia
Spain
United Kingdom
Other
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro
Language for original content
Key Area
Mercè Boy Roura

The second of four Thematic Working Groups created by the Interreg MED's Green Growth community was tasked with promoting green public procurement (GPP) by which public authorities seek to procure goods and services with reduced environmental impact throughout their life cycles.

This White Paper provides solutions for GPP and addresses issues linked to the lacking integration of sustainability and circular economy criteria in GPP and the provision of public services. It also highlights the need to develop the capacity of private actors to adopt eco-innovation and green energy in order to participate in green e-tenders.

The main objective is to examine public procurement in the context of long-term impacts, with specific attention paid to the role of public authorities.