Environmental relief potential of urban action on avoidance and detoxification of waste streams through green public procurement (RELIEF)

Objective

Public Procurement in Europe adds up to some 12% of total GNP. It entails a big potential for stimulating sustainable production, closing material cycles and avoiding waste. For this reason, authorities have been developing "green" procurement practices for more than 20 years. Nevertheless the strategic potential the innovations triggered in the economy still appear to be marginal. A European strategy is missing and no data is available, that would indicate the aggregated potential for environmental relief through green purchasing practices. The project aims at closing this data gap and develops a set of policy tools to implement a European strategy. The central idea is that the empirical data helps to focus on strategies with the highest relief and waste avoiding potential, which can be applied by authorities throughout Europe. Aggregated purchasing power will trigger off shifts on the supply-side of the market towards sustainability.

Programme(s)

• FP5-EESD - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Energy, environment and sustainable development, 1998-2002"

Topic(s)

• 1.1.4.-4. - Key action City of Tomorrow and Cultural Heritage

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

ICLEI EUROPEAN SECRETARIAT GMBH - THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES

Address

Eschholzstrasse 86
79115 Freiburg (In Breisgau)
Germany

Participants (10)

CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Hungary

Address

Angyal Utca 15/B 4
1094 Budapest

DK-TEKNIK ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT

Denmark

Address

Gladsaxe Moellevej 15
2860 Soeborg

DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

Germany

Address

Blasewitzer Strasse 84-88
01037 Dresden

ICLEI ASIA PACIFIC SECRETARIAT, JAPAN OFFICE

Japan

Address

1-9-7 Azabudai, Minato-ku
106-0041 Tokyo

ICLEIC CANADA - INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR LOCAL ENVIRONMENT INITIATIVES CANADA

Canada

Address

100 Queen Street West
M5H 2N2 Toronto

INTER-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTRE FOR TECHNOLOGY, WORK AND CULTURE

Austria

Address

Schloegelgasse 2
Graz

MISKOLC CITY OF COUNTY RANK

Hungary

Address

Varoshaz Ter 8
3525 Miskolc

MUNICIPALITY OF KOLDING

Denmark

Address

Nytorv 11
6000 Kolding

VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

Austria

Address

11,Karlsgasse 11/2
1040 Wien

VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT AMSTERDAM - VERENIGING VOOR CHRISTELIJK WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERWIJS

Netherlands

Address

De Boelelaan 1115
1081 HV Amsterdam