Programme: Urbact III

Lifetime: September 2015 - May 2018

Keywords: procurement, gpp, csr, good practices, policies

Objective: Procure aims to explore how procurement can be used more effectively to bring local economic, social and environmental benefit to cities through 3 main activities at partner level:

1) Developing awareness of economic power and barriers to innovation in public procurement within each partner city.

2) Encouraging innovation in public procurement with discussions focused on: 

• Simplifying the process of procurement;
• Actively reduce levels of spend leaking out of cities;
• Raising awareness of procurement opportunities;
• Identifying services where there is potential for a different model of delivery.

3) Establishing a holistic approach to procurement which benefits the local economy and also the well-being of citizens.

Partnership:

• City of Preston, UK - Lead Partner
• City of Lublin, Poland
• City of Koszalin, Poland
• City of Koprivnica, Croatia
• City of Nagykallo, Hungary
• Satu Mare County, Intercommunity Development Association, Romania
• Business Innovation Centre Albacete, Spain
• Almelo, Netherlands
• Candelaria, Spain
• Metropolitan City of Bologna, Italy
• Prague District 9, Czech Republic

Website: http://urbact.eu/procure

Social:

Twitter: @Procure_eu

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