GreeS promoted green procurement and improved energy efficiency in public procurement policies achieving planned results and target indicators. GreenS confirmed that Public institutions play a key role in purchasing more sustainable goods and services contributing to sustainable consumption and production; the project developed innovative practices with higher cost-effective and technical energy saving potential thanks to the implementation of pilot project/procedures and multi-level governance approaches reproducible by any public authority in EU. GreenS experimented public tender processes among Public Administrations producing good examples of realized GPP cases in P.A.The project started with the analysis in each participating country of existing bad and good practices on GPP; 114 case studies analysed . GPP practices were identified with a focus on the process and methodology implemented in each country to purchase “green” goods and services. 108 were analysed SEAPs.
10 products and/or services, 7 main categories of products and services useful and preparatory for the pilot projects testing/experimentation, were identified. The results from this WP are also suitable inputs for upcoming policy recommendations at local, national & EU level and for GPP training contents and activities.
GPP experts were established inside Energy Agencies. ICLEI trained 14 experts GPP and 35 new Energy Agencies were involved to share training programmes. 7 GPP Strategy Plans were developed. 22 pilot projects were implemented, monitored and assessed for a total: 6.481 toe/year, with more than of € 3.150.000 € investments. Steering Committees identified active administrations in the region, networking major energy stakeholders in each partner countries to support the partners in development of strategies, identification of obstacles to GPP process and to tailor the policy recommendations. More than 7 Steering Committees per country were organized with more than 65 SC members. 64 green suppliers registered in the con-line catalogue
http://greensproject.eu/en/greens-catalogue/(opens in new window). Innovative training activities were implemented by ICLEI and 1521 procurers were trained. Standard documents templates were created for 3 product categories, they contain evaluation criteria and technical terms. All partners identified and presented pilot projects and GPP technical terms templates. Templates are uploaded on the website, on-line “database” at the following link:
http://greensproject.eu/en/pilot-gpps/(opens in new window). All the consortium involved in the pilot experimentations signed letters with Public/local authorities, demonstrating G.PP. S support to public procurers and the successful GPP implementation. Guidelines and templates to evaluate results of implemented activities, assessing impacts to elaborate policy recommendations were created. Policy recommendations were based on the results from the national green procurement strategies and measures on local, regional, national and international level.
Communication & Dissemination activities achieve high visibility and broad dissemination of the project information and outcomes at European, national and local level.
Greens website (
http://greensproject.eu(opens in new window)) was constantly updated with the project’s progress by all partners in all 8 partner languages plus English. The website counts 6299 unique visitors, 464 publications and 240 pages, total sessions count: 10853. Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/greensproject/(opens in new window) collected 500 likes, 106 posts are published by partners and 8456 users are reached. Project brochures are available electronically. Electronic newsletters translated in all project languages and disseminated to the identified target groups and stakeholders of partner countries.
The consortium issued more than 100 press releases in national language and in English, disseminated to general and specialized audience (printed or published) via more than 66 media. Articles in specialized media were also published. The consortium issued 232 press releases in national language and 21 in English, disseminated to general and specialized audience (printed or published) via more than 66 media. Partners presented GreenS project at international, national and local level by participating in events, where the project idea, achievements and goals became familiar to more than 75000 visitors and attendees (total number for the consortium). Final events and 1 day events were provided in all countries where green public procurement experts and stakeholders met in project GreenS final conference.
A Guidebook it’s created for the replication of the whole process by other energy agencies and supporting structures across Europe.
One short animated video was created in English, with subtitles in each partner language.
The Final GreenS Conference was held in April in Varna, Bulgaria.
