2nd Pan-European Regional Workshop on Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP)

2 December 2021

Organisation :

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP)

Location :

Online

On 2 December 2021 (9:00-11:30 CET), UNEP and its implementing partners of the United Nations Development Account-funded project “Enhancing sustainable public procurement for the regional transition to inclusive green economy in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia” (UNDA SPP project) are hosting the Second Pan-European Regional Workshop on Sustainable Public Procurement.

The workshop, which will be conducted in English and Russian, aims to review progress in the area of sustainable public procurement (SPP) and ecolabelling in Central Asia and Eastern European countries, particularly Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. During the workshop, countries will present and exchange their experience in development of SPP and ecolabelling policies, capacity of public sector and enterprises to respond to SPP tenders and awareness. Examples of good practices and success stories from pan-European region will be presented and discussed.

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Agenda in English and Russian.

2 December 2021 (Paris time, UTC+1)	Meeting Agenda
9:00-9:15	Session 1: Welcoming remarks by the Chair Ms. Sylvie Motard, Deputy Director, UNEP Europe Office
9:15-9:35	Session 2: Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP): a key policy instrument to support sustainable development and the shift to an inclusive Green Economy First Data collection exercise for SDG 12.7.1: key findings, challenges and trends in Pan-European region (Mr. Farid Yaker, UNEP) Progress on SPP and eco-labelling in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia (Ms. Lesya Nikolayeva, International Expert of the UNDA SPP project)
9:35-10:20	Session 3: SPP and eco-labelling policies and practices in Central Asia countries: progress, prospects and key challenges Kyrgyzstan (Mr. Baialy Dosaliev, Director of Public Procurement Department, Ministry of Finance; Mr. Kubat Kanimetov, Director of the Promotion and Development Centre) Kazakhstan (Ministry of Finance; Mr. Kuanysh Baltabaev, Director of OJL “Ecojer”) Uzbekistan (Mr. Jakhongir Talipov, Head of International Cooperation and Projects Department, State Committee for Ecology and Environmental Protection)
10:20-10:50	Session 4: Readiness of SMEs in Eastern Europe and Central Asia countries to respond to SPP tenders Modern tools for SMEs to review their sustainability performances, including energy- and resource efficiency, sustainability etc (Mr. Hannes McNulty, GGKP) Advisory services to SMEs in Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan (Mr. Andri Vorfolomeiev, Director, Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production Centre) Opportunities and challenges of SMEs: lessons learnt (Mr. Johannes Fresner, Expert of the Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production Centre)
10:50-11:30	Session 5: Success stories, challenges and lessons learned on SPP and eco-labelling from Western Europe, Eastern Europe and the Caucasus
	Panelists: Prof. Dr. Kakha Demetrashvili, Deputy Chairperson, State Procurement Agency, Georgia Mr. Ruslan Malai, Head of the State Procurement Agency, Moldova Ms. Tatiana Echim, EcoContact, Moldova Ms. Olena Maslyukivska, Expert, Ukraine Mr. Eriks Mezalis, Expert, Latvia Mr. Walter Rabitsch, Brevillier Urban & Sachs GmbH & Co KG, Austria
11:30	Closing remarks Ms. Rie Tsutsumi, UNEP