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Innovative and Responsible Public Procurement

�City of Haarlem/ The Netherlands

Valentina Schippers-Opejko

Coordinator of the Partnership

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Public Procurement

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In a Nutshell: Overview Actions & their output(s)

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(Sub)topics	Better Regulation	Better Funding	Better Knowledge
Action 1: Capacity building for Public Procurement as a Strategic tool Sub-action 1.1 Capacity Building on Circular Procurement Sub-action 1.2 Capacity Building on Socially Responsible Public Procurement Sub-action 1.3 Capacity Building on Innovation Procurement Sub-action 1.4 Capacity Building through Professionalisation			x
Action 2: Advocacy for better regulation Sub-action 2.1 Provide input for Public Procurement Directives Revision Sub-action 2.2 Update Position Paper Sub-action 2.3 Raising awareness of existing resources and tools	x
Action 3: Better funding to stimulate strategic procurement. Sub-action 3.1 Recommendations on better funding		x

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Actions that we have finalised

Action 1: Capacity building for Public Procurement as a Strategic tool

Sub-action 1.1 Capacity Building on Circular Procurement

Outcome: series of webinars

Action 2: Advocacy for better regulation

Sub-action 2.1 Provide input for Public Procurement Directives Revision

Sub-action 2.2 Update Position Paper

Outcome: Input, Updated Position Paper

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Actions that we are currently implementing

Action 1: Capacity building for Public Procurement as a Strategic tool

Sub-action 1.3 Capacity Building on Innovation Procurement

Outcome: Masterclass

Action 3: Better funding to stimulate strategic procurement.

Sub-action 3.1 Recommendations on better funding

Outcome: survey, interviews, recommendations

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Actions currently under design

Action 1: Capacity building for Public Procurement as a Strategic tool

Sub-action 1.2 Capacity Building on Socially Responsible Public Procurement

Sub-action 1.4 Capacity Building through Professionalisation

Action 2: Advocacy for better regulation

Sub-action 2.3 Raising awareness of existing resources and tools

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Challenges that we are facing

Stakeholder engagement

How key recommendations could be addressed by EC
How to address cross-cutting approach related to other UAPs

Resource limitations

Some partners do not have budget to travel
For some actions (e.g. survey, questionnaire, interviews expert capacity is needed)

Policy alignment/timing

Traditional versus New view on Procurement as a strategic tool

Dissemination, visibility

- Using each others networks to disseminate

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Opportunities for synergies

Potential areas of collaboration/synergies with other UAEU Partnerships, overlapping themes, actions, or policy priorities: procurement is cross-cutting to all UAPPs
Possible joint activities: events, initiatives, invite to each others meetings when input needed.

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Requests to other UAEU Partnerships

How cooperation could concretely take place: joining each other's meetings, updating each other on activities, actions, events.

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Key Milestones by the end of 2026

Urban Agenda in-person meeting�18/19 May – Haarlem

Webinar/CO2 decarbonisation and Public Procurement�19^th March – online�

Masterclass/AI in procurement�18^th May – Haarlem�

Webinar/E-Learning module�September/October – online�

Urban Agenda in-person meeting�10/11 November – Tallinn

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Thank you!��Valentina Schippers�vopeko@haarlem.nl�

https://uapublicprocurement.eu