THE UNEP SUSTAINABLE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT (SPP) PROGRAMME GPP Advisory Group meeting Amsterdam, 20 April 2016 Farid.yaker@unep.org

10YFP: Introduction

It does so by Supporting capacity building and providing technical and financial assistance to developing countries that are willing to implement this shift.

a global framework of action to enhance international cooperation to accelerate the shift towards SCP patterns in both developed and developing countries.

The 10 YFP is

Consumer information

Sustainable lifestyles and education

More information can be found at http://www.unep.org/10yfp

Sustainable buildings and construction

Sustainable tourism, including ecotourism

Sustainable food systems

The 6 programmes of the 10YFP are:

10YFP: Introduction

Sustainable public procurement

10YFP SPP: Regional distribution of the programme’s partners

Legend GOV: Government Organization IGO: International Govt. Organization NGO: Non-Governmental Organization

CONS: Consultancy FOUND: Foundation FED: Federation of local governments BUS: Private Sector Business EXP: SPP Expert

Latin America & the Caribbean: 13 BUS: 2 EXP: 2 GOV: 5 NGO: 4

Africa: 9 GOV: 5 IGO: 2

Trust: 1

EXP: 1

North America: 10 BUS: 2 GOV: 2 IGO: 2 NGO: 3 EXP: 1

Europe: 29 BUS: 2 CONS: 2 EXP: 4 FOUND: 1 GOV: 13 IGO: 1 NGO: 6

Asia Pacific: 17 GOV: 5 IGO: 3 NGO: 6 CONS: 1 EXP: 1 Federation:1

West Asia: 3 GOV: 3

Global: 12 IGO: 6 NGO: 5 FED: 1

As of April 2016 The network of the SPP programme counts 93 partners in more than 40

different countries and includes governments, international

organizations, NGOs, consultancies, private sector representatives and

SPP expert.

CO-LEADS

MAC Members • Mauritius Procurement Policy Office • Korean Environmental Industry & Technology Institute (co-lead) • Environmental Development Center of Ministry of Environmental

Protection (EDC) • Eco Mark Office of Japan Environment Association • Indian Railways • Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) • Environmental Protection Agency (Sweden) • SKL Kommentus • Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment (The Netherlands ) • United Nations Environment Programme (lead) • ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability (co-lead) • Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) • International Green Purchasing Network (IGPN) • Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity • ITC-ILO (Int. Training Center of the ILO) • CEGESTI • NCPC Colombia (National Center for Cleaner Production and

Environmental Technologies/CNPMLTA) • United States Environmental Protection Agency • Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (SPLC) • Institut des Finances Basil Fuleihan-Lebanon • UNEP • KEITI

Mauritius Korea China Japan India Switzerland Sweden Sweden Netherlands International International International International International International International Colombia United States International Lebanon International Korea

LEAD

10YFP SPP: Governance of the programme

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SPP: A Global review

2013

Using PSS to enhance SPP –

technical report, 2015 Measuring & communicating

benefits of SPP, Dec. 2015

SPP Principles, 2015

Pre-study on the sustainability of

supply chains, 2014

10YFP SPP: SPP Programme Outputs

Monitoring SPP Implementation,

Feb. 2016

2a. Monitoring SPP

Implementation

Lead: Ecoinstitut

4a. Promoting supply chains’

sustainability

Lead: Swedish EPA

Areas

of work

4b. Ecolabels & Sustainable

Standards

Lead 4b (1): Swedish EPA

Lead 4b (2): ISEAL Alliance

1

Implementing

SPP on the ground

4c. Promoting resource-

efficient business models

and circular economy

Lead: Rijkswaterstaat

Knowledge management, outreach and communication:

Global Review on SPP, Global SCP Clearinghouse, Websites and Social Networks management, Webinars

10YFP SPP Programme biennial work plan 2016-2017: Leads of active working groups

3

Identifying

Obstacles&

Promoting

Innovative Solutions

2

Assessing

Implementation

& Impacts

4

Collaborating

with the private sector

Providing financial and technical support for SPP

implementation

3c. Including Small and

Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in

SPP

Lead: CEGESTI

1a. SPP Tender Implementation

& Impact Monitoring

Lead: ICLEI

Trust Fund and flagship

projects

2b. Measuring Impacts &

Communicating Benefits

Lead: TBC

Updates on the working group activities (1/4)

Informative Webinar Series - 2015 Recordings are accessible on the SCP Clearinghouse YouTube Channel).

1. “Finance climate for cities & buildings and SPP” by the Global Initiative for Resource-Efficient Cities and UNEP (June 2015) [recording]

2. “GPP – a toll for reaching the national environmental objectives” by Swedish EPA (June 2015) [recording]

3. “Dealing with Sustainability Claims in Public Procurement” by SPP Working Group 4B (July 2015) [recording]

4. “Promoting Ozone and Climate friendly R/AC technologies through SPP” by UNEP and US EPA (July 2015) [recording]

5. The final webinar of the working group 2b on “Measuring impacts and communicating benefits created by SPP” by Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (September 2015) [recording]

6. “Presenting the United Nations initiative on Sustainable Procurement in the Health sector” by UNDP (September 2015) [recording]

7. “Presenting the activities of three Asian partners of the 10YFP Sustainable Public Procurement programme” by Featured partners: - Green Purchasing Network Malaysia; - Planet Procurement, Ltd.; - Green Public Procurement Partnership (November 2015) [recording]

Informative Webinar Series - 2016 “SPP and the Circular Economy” by UNEP and Rijkswaterstaat (3 February 2016) [recording]

2A, Monitoring SPP Implementation • Final report on the monitoring of SPP implementation, inclusive of 8

country case studies (Japan, Thailand, India, Estonia, Switzerland, Ottawa, U.S. federal government, South Australia) was just released in February 2016 and made publicly available in the SCP Clearinghouse website.

• Second phase of the working group is under preparation

2B, Measuring & Communicating Benefits of SPP • Expert workshop on “Measuring impacts and communicating benefits

created by SPP”, was held in Seoul, South Korea, 19-20 November 2015 • Final report inclusive of the baseline analysis on measuring and

communicating the benefits of SPP and guidance framework for the measurement of impacts was released in December 2015 and made publicly available in the SCP Clearinghouse website E-Library section.

• Second phase of the working group is under preparation

Updates on the working group activities (2/4)

2C, Promoting best practices on SPP • GPN Malaysia drafted 5 case studies showcasing successful examples in

the field of GPP and the use of ecolabelling in the Asia-Pacific region. The cases focus on green printing in China, stationery and fire extinguishers in Japan, green paints in Korea and green ink in Thailand. Their review is ongoing.

3A, Product-Service Systems • A Technical Report on the Use of Product-Service Systems to enhance

Sustainable Public Procurement was released in May 2015 and is available in the SCP Clearinghouse website E-Library section.

• A training module on circular procurement targeted at public procurers, inclusive of case studies on PSS was drafted. More work is needed to clarify key concepts and how they relate to each other (SPP, PSS, resource-efficient business models). We would like to share the draft with MAC members to get their inputs.

• A training module on PSS will be developed in 2016 as per the agreement between UNEP-US EPA. A call will be launched to select the implementing partner.

• Second phase of the working group is under preparation.

Updates on the working group activities (3/4)

3C, Including Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in SPP • Working group has been launched and is currently building up its

membership.

4B2, SPP through ecolabels and standards • New working group leader on-boarded by ISEAL Alliance.

• Second phase of the working group has been launched and is jointly managed with the Consumer Information Programme of the 10YFP.

Updates on the working group activities (4/4)

Global Review of SPP/GPP

• Activity 1: Literature Review – finalized

• Activity 2: Monitoring SPP Implementation at National Level – ongoing

• Activity 3: Identification of Barriers, Trends and Innovations via Survey - ongoing

• Activity 4: Identification of Barriers, Trends and Innovations via Interviews - ongoing

• Activity 5: Summary of the 10YFP SPP Programme – not started yet

• Activity 6: Best Practice Examples on SPP – not started yet

Global Review of SPP/GPP

Workplan

Questionnaires received from 38 countries, i.e. 68% of total sent Excellent response rate, especially from LAC countries:

• 11 LAC countries, 1 pending

• 7 Asian countries

• 2 Middle-Eastern countries

• 2 Northern American countries

In Europe: • Good response rate: 16 countries, 2 pending

Global Review of SPP 2016

Global Review of SPP 2016

Already submitted the questionnaire Pending submission No reply

Belgium Austria Albania

Croatia Ukraine Czech Republic

Denmark Portugal

Finland United Kingdom

France

Germany

Hungary

Ireland

Italy

The Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Slovakia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Countries’ participation in the questionnaire in Europe

New partners since October 2015

• Danish Institute for Human Rights

• Zero Waste Europe

• Walloon Public Service

• International Center for Environmental Technologies of Tunis

• City of Torino

• National Agency for Public Procurement – Sweden

• UNFPA

• 3 individual experts

SDG 12

• Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

• Target 12.7: Promote public procurement practices that are sustainable in accordance with national policies and priorities

• Indicator 12.7.1 Number of countries implementing sustainable

public procurement policies and action plans

SDGs indicator framework

• IAEG formed in June 2015 – Inter-Agency and Expert Group under the authority of the UN Statistical Commission

• A report, including an annex with a list of indicators, was submitted as official document for the 47th Session of the UN Statistics Division.

• Mid-February 2016: an addendum presenting the full list of global SDG indicators has been made available to the UN Statistical Commission

• March 2016: The Statistical Commission has reviewed the proposal and has submitted it to ECOSOC and GA for adoption

• http://unstats.un.org/sdgs/iaeg-sdgs/ga-briefing-28-Jan-2016/

COP 21 side event "Reducing GHG emissions through Sustainable Public Procurement“

• Organized by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Korea

Environmental Industry &Technology Institute (KEITI) and ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability on 5 December 2015

• News section of the SCP Clearinghouse

• Presentations

• Video available on the 10YFP SPP programme's Library of Webinars on Sustainable Public Procurement hosted on the SCP Clearinghouse YouTube channel

• The Seoul Declaration “Mitigating Climate Change through Low Carbon Procurement”

• Report of the side event

SUSTAINABLE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT: GROUND PROJECTS

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Costa Rica

Colombia

Ecuador

Peru

Brazil

Chile

Argentina

Morocco

India

Sri Lanka

Vietnam

Ukraine

Moldova

Belarus

Maldives

Mongolia

UNEP Sustainable Public Procurement and Eco-labelling, & EaP Green Project Countries 2013-2017

Togo

Argentina

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

India

Maldives ?

Mongolia

Morocco

Peru

Togo

Vietnam

Countries

SPPEL: Progress chart Completed

In progress

N/A

Why joining the Programme?

• Access a broad network of 93 organizations and individuals working together to implement SPP

• Share your experience

• Benefit from advice and technical support on SPP implementation

• Apply for financial support for SPP activities in developing countries through the 10YFP Trust Fund

• Develop large scale SPP projects with diverse and skilled partners

Thank you!

Farid.yaker@unep.org

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