Green Public Procurement in Bhutan: A cross sectoral strategy for sustainable industrial competitiveness

Establishing a strategic approach to scaling up public demand for environmentally and socially preferable goods, services and infrastructure in Bhutan.

The Green Public Procurement in Bhutan (GPP Bhutan) project establishes a strategic approach to scaling up public demand for environmentally and socially preferable goods, services and infrastructure in Bhutan.

GPP Bhutan is an EU-funded project under the EuropeAid SWITCH-Asia Programme. It seeks to promote value-for-money across the asset life cycle rather than simply at the point of purchase, in order to reduce the negative environmental impacts and maximize social benefits. It is implemented by a consortium of two international and three national organizations, namely the International Institute for Sustainable Development (Project Lead, Canada), the Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Bhutan), the Royal Institute of Management (Bhutan), the Royal Society for Protection of Nature (Bhutan) and the Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (Germany).

Our main activities are to:

Develop policy recommendations on GPP in Bhutan
Develop dedicated GPP guidance materials for public procurers
Design preferential programs for small and medum enterprises and disadvantaged suppliers
Design and facilitate GPP training sessions for public procurers and suppliers
Mentor real-time GPP pilot tenders in selected industrial sectors
Provide for long-term GPP implementation by establishing a GPP knowledge platform and curricula

Project team

Liesbeth Casier

Lead, Public Procurement and Sustainable Infrastructure Policy & Coordinator, NBI Global Resource Centre

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How Green Public Procurement Became a Crucial Pillar for Bhutan’s Sustainable Development Strategy

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Brief

September 6, 2017

Project details

Topic: Public Procurement

Impact area: Sustainable Economies

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