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Integrating Life Cycle Assessment and Circularity Assessment into EU Public Procurement – Working Paper Series
In this working paper, Haitham examine the integration of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Circularity Assessment (CA) into public procurement processes within the European Union (EU). The paper provides a comprehensive review of the current state of LCA and CA in EU...
Do Civil Society Organizations Have a Role in Promoting Sustainable and Gender-Responsive Public Procurement?
Public procurement, simply put, is the process of buying goods, works, and services by the public sector. At first glance, it may seem like the only stakeholders are the government employees making the purchases and the suppliers providing the goods and services....
Empowering Small Businesses: The Impact of Reserved Contracts in U.S. Federal Procurement – Working Paper Series
IntroductionReserved contracts have become a widely adopted measure to support small businesses in public procurement across various countries, including the United States, Brazil, Canada, the...
Public Procurement: a systemic approach to sustainability and technology – SAPIENS Network Webinar Series
New SAPIENS Network Webinar! On the 5th of June 2024, the SAPIENS Network Early Stage Researchers Alexandru Buftic (Babeș-Bolyai University), Felippe Vilaça (University of Gävle), Haitham...
New scientific article on the interplay between the EU Deforestation Regulation and EU Public Procurement
Towards Deforestation-Free Public Procurement?Reflections on the Interplay between the Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) and Public Procurement in the EU Our ESRs Chiara Falvo and Federica Muscaritoli...
Public Procurement as a Tool for Climate Change Mitigation – SAPIENS Scientific Webinar VI
Introduction In a recent SAPIENS Scientific Webinar, legal scholars discussed how public procurement can play a pivotal role in mitigating climate change within the EU. The webinar was part of...
Collaboration Between Stakeholders in Sustainable Public Procurement – Policy Brief
1. Continuing the SAPIENS Policy Brief Series with a Focus on Collaboration Sustainable public procurement (SPP) has been using government purchasing power to foster sustainable consumption and...
Does gender equality matter? Gender responsive corporate procurement efforts of inter-governmental organizations
New publication on Gender responsive procurement SAPIENS Network ESR 10 Dibya Rathi has recently published an open-access article titled: "Does gender equality matter? Gender responsive corporate...
