Procurement is a Cycle – monitoring is a core and continuous spoke
The sixth transnational meeting of the Procure network took place in Koszalin, Poland on Tuesday 12th and Wednesday 13th September 2017. The focus of...
Green Public Procurement & Socially Responsible Public Procurement
Green Public Procurement (GPP) and Socially Responsible Public Procurement (SRPP) bring environmental, societal and economic benefits at the local...
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Bologna innovates to help its most fragile communities
Three of the cities selected in the first call of Urban Innovative Actions (UIA) are working, or have worked, within URBACT on topics similar to...
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The Urban Agenda for the EU: Inside the Jobs and Skills Partnership
For a minute, imagine that you will start elementary school in September 2017. By the time you leave full time education, most likely it will be...
10 ways to engage SMEs in procurement
Historically Small to Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) have faced a range of barriers in accessing procurement opportunities and in winning contracts...
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With a climate change denier in the Whitehouse, how can our cities maintain momentum towards a low carbon future?
A day to remember…or one to forget Where were you when you heard that Donald Trump had been elected President of the United States? In years to come...
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The importance of procurement to city economies
This article explores why procurement is increasingly being seen as a way of addressing some of the economic, social and environmental issues facing...
Undertaking spend analysis and developing procurement strategy
If cities are to progress the way in which they undertake procurement so that it brings more local economic, social and environmental benefits, they...
Realising the opportunities of EU Procurement Directives
I have spent much of the last ten years undertaking work around public procurement and local economic development. The emphasis of that work has...
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Procure – creating a good local economy
Interview with Tamar Reay from Preston City Council and Councillor Matthew Brown, the Lead Member for Social Inclusion and Policy at Preston City...
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