Transcript Diapositiva 1

THE HIGH LEVEL FORUM ON PUBLIC
PROCUREMENT REFORMS IN AFRICA
Understanding green and pro-social procurements and
their potential for the promotion of sustainable
development in Africa
Farid YAKER, UNEP
AfDB, Tunis, Tunisia, 16-17 November 2009
What is Sustainable Public
Procurement?
“Sustainable Procurement is a process whereby organizations
meet their needs for goods, services, works and utilities in a
way that achieves value for money on a whole life basis
in terms of generating benefits not only to the
organization, but also to society and the economy, whilst
minimizing damage to the environment.”
Procuring the Future – the report of the UK Sustainable
Procurement Task Force, June 2006. This definition has been
adopted by the Swiss-led Marrakech Task Force on
Sustainable Public Procurement.
For more information visit
http://www.unep.fr/scp/procurement/whatisspp/
What is Sustainable Public
Procurement?
Environment
Social
Economic
POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF SPP
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1. Public Sector
influences own
market share
2. Example motivates
consumers and
companies
3. Overall market
adapts through
price effects
or standards
ICLEI 2003
Why implement Sustainable
Public Procurement?
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Governments are major consumers of goods and services, with their
purchasing power representing 15 to 25 % of GDP in most nations;
SPP is a tool like social or environmental legislation and regulation or
fiscal policy (i.e. fines/penalties/ecotaxes);
Benefits of Sustainable Public
Procurement
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Contributes to social justice/inclusion and environmental
sustainability:
 Promotes compliance with social and environmental law,
enforcement of international/national legal commitments.
Demonstrates socially/environmentally responsive and
responsible governance – leading by example:
 conformity with community norms and values;
 compliance with international donors expectations.
Benefits of Sustainable Public
Procurement
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Stimulates (socially/environmentally conscious) markets:
 increased demand/supply of products that contribute to
achieve social and environmental objectives;
 development of standards and information for use by
other consumers (role model);
 increased strategic co-operation and dialogue with the
supplier base.
Outcomes delivered through
Sustainable Public Procurement
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Cost savings including recognition of non-tangible benefits (on
health, water quality, positive impact on global warming);
Job creation (including SMEs, environmental goods and
services);
Improved environmental performance, including reduced CO2
emissions;
Minority empowerment;
Poverty reduction;
Transfer of skills/technology.
Sustainability impacts & challenges
Sources of pollution
of air, land and water.
Health and safety.
Sustainability impacts & challenges
Biodiversity loss.
Oil palm
(monoculture)
plantation.
Sustainability impacts & challenges
Child labour
Sustainability impacts & challenges
Job creation.
Health & Safety
Link with Sustainable
Consumption and Production
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Under JPOI (2002) governments agreed to:
“Encourage and promote the development of a 10year framework of programmes in support of regional
and national initiatives to accelerate the shift towards
sustainable consumption and production to promote
social and economic development within the carrying
capacity of ecosystems.”
Sustainable Consumption & Production
and Sustainable Public Procurement
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2003 – launch of Marrakech Process
Global, multi-stakeholder process aimed at
supporting the development of a 10YFP
Marrakech Task Forces
Swiss-led Task Force on Sustainable Public
Procurement
Priorities identified at regional /
local SCP meetings
Marrakech Task Force on Sustainable
Public Procurement (MTF on SPP)
The objective of the MTF on
SPP is that 14 countries
distributed in all regions will
have tested the SPP
approach by 2010/11
Task Force led by Switzerland
Chaired by:
Eveline Venanzoni
Swiss Federal Office for the Environment
[email protected]
Co-Chaired by: Sheila Encabo, Philippines
Members:
China, Argentina, Mexico, Ghana, Philippines,
UK, Norway, Czech Republic, USA, State of São
Paolo, Switzerland, UNEP, UNDESA, ILO,
European Commission Services, ICLEI, IISD
MTF Approach on SPP
Country Implementation
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Roll out and implementation
MTF on SPP target is to roll out the Approach to up to14
countries by 2011
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The Swiss government and UNEP have established a
partnership to apply - in up to 14 countries worldwide - the
MTF on SPP Approach
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Funding:
EU funding for Costa Rica, Mexico, Mauritius, Tunisia
 Switzerland for Uruguay , Chile, Argentina and Ghana
 Francophonie for Lebanon
 Funding from other sources
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Capacity building for Sustainable
Public Procurement (SPP) in
developing countries
Implementing the Sustainable public procurement approach
developed by the Marrakech Task Force on Sustainable Public
Procurement
Specific constraints linked to SPP
implementation in Africa
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tight procurement budgets, availability of trained
procurers
limited use of life cycle costing assessments
manufactured products generally imported, even more
so when it comes to green products
recycling and green products industry not profitable in
small developing countries. For these countries, solutions
can only be found at the regional level.
Concens about exclusion of SMEs, cost of certifications,
etc.
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Good procurement
is sustainable procurement!
Thank you!
Merci!
Gracias !
[email protected]
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