The “Factsheets on Sustainable Public Procurement in national governments” is a supplement to the 2017 Global Review of Sustainable Public Procurement. It features 40 country factsheets that illustrate the current state of sustainable public procurement (SPP) policies, activities, programmes, and monitoring and evaluation systems in national governments around the world. The main research aim of the 2017 Global Review is to explore the progress made in terms of SPP in the past three years at a global scale, highlighting regional trends. This supplement complements this research effort by providing detailed information on the state of SPP in each of the countries that participated in the survey.
The factsheets were drafted between June and September 2016 based on the responses provided by national governments to a questionnaire developed in the framework of the research conducted for the 2017 Global Review. A total of 56 national governments were invited to participate in the survey. The questionnaire was sent to public sector officials working in ministries of environment, environmental protection agencies, central procurement agencies and the like. Respondents were encouraged to collaborate across ministries and other public entities to generate only one response to the questionnaire per national government. Chapter 2 of the 2017 Global Review presents an aggregate analysis of the responses provided in the questionnaire, noting regional patterns and trends when relevant. The factsheets, on the other hand, presents in a harmonised and structured manner the information provided by each of the 40 participating countries individually in their responses to the questionnaire. They provide detailed information about the SPP-related policies, provisions, laws, projects, activities and monitoring systems in place in each country.