This document summarizes UN Environment's work promoting sustainable public procurement (SPP) in 16 countries from 2013-2017. It provides an overview of UN Environment's SPP approach, which includes launching projects, conducting assessments, prioritizing sustainable product groups, developing SPP policies and action plans, and implementing pilot tenders. The document highlights results from SPP projects in Moldova, Ukraine, and Belarus, including the development of SPP tools and guidelines, capacity building activities, and the launch and awarding of pilot tenders for priority products like organic produce, efficient windows, paints, and cleaning products.

1. Greening Economies
in the Eastern Neighbourhood:
From Commitment to Results
Final Conference of the EaP GREEN Project
1 December 2017, Brussels
Mr. Farid Yaker, UN Environment
E-mail: Farid.Yaker@un.org

2. UN Environment promotes the worldwide implementation of Sustainable Public
Procurement (SPP), a powerful instrument that has the ability to accelerate the shift to
more sustainable consumption and production practices. Through its various projects, UN
Environment supports the development and implementation of SPP policies in 13
countries and fosters regional cooperation and exchange of knowledge, experience and
lessons learned in Latin America and the Asia Pacific. UN Environment is also the lead of
the 10YFP SPP programme, an international collaborative platform that aims at making the
case for SPP and supporting all organizations on SPP implementation.
Farid.yaker@un.org

3. Mauritius
Costa Rica
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru
Brazil
Chile
Argentina
Morocco
India Vietnam
Ukraine
Moldova
Belarus
Mongolia
Assisting 16 governments through the UN Environment
Sustainable Public Procurement and Eco-labelling & EaP-
GREEN Project Countries
(2013-2017)
Togo

4. Armenia
Georgia
Azerbaijan
Ukraine
Belarus
Rep. of
Moldova
Pilot countries:
Other EaP
GREEN
countries:
Geographical scope

5. Sustainable Public Procurement
Implementation Guidelines: Introducing UN
Environment Approach
• The Guidelines for the UN
Environment SPP Approach
incorporate the lessons drawn
from the testing of the MTF
Approach to SPP that UN
Environment rolled out in 7 pilot
countries from 2009 to 2012.

6. UN Environment SPP Approach
1. Launch of the project and governance structure
2.Status Assessment, Legal Review, Prioritisation, Market analysis
3. SPP Policy and Action Plan
4. SPP Implementation Training
Training
Training
Training
Policy
component
Demonstration
component
• 4 main steps

7. Step 1: Project launch and governance establishment
Letter of interest
submitted/ NFO
identified
Legal
instrument
signed
Inception
workshop
Steering
Committee
established
Implementation
Plan
Step 2: Preliminary studies
Status
Assessment
Legal
Review
Prioritisation Prioritisation
Workshop
Market Study
Step 3: SPP Policy and Action Plan
Step 4: Implementation
SPP Policy and
Action Plan
drafting
SPP Policy
workshop
SPP tools
development
Preparation,
launch and award
of pilot tenders
Capacity building
for trainers and
public procurers
Communication,
legal adjustment,
M&E system, etc

8. Sustainable Public Procurement
Inter-ministerial Committee / Task Force:
National Assessments: Status Assessment, Legal
Review, Market Assessment
Prioritization of sustainable product groups
National Policy and Action Plans:
Development of SPP tools (guidelines, manuals,
revision of tender documents)
Launch and award of 5 SPP pilot tenders:

9. Selected groups of prioritised products:
Moldova
Organic fruits and vegetables
Eco-efficient doors and windows
Ukraine:
Thermal insulation materials
Paints
Washing and cleaning products
Belarus:
Paper
PCs
Boilers/Boiler rooms
Street lighting
National level – Selected products

10. Implementation
Establish
the
institution
al
framewor
k for SPP
implemen
tation
Develop
Sustainable
procurement
tools
Information
campaign on
SPP
Prepare, launch
and award pilot
tenders
Capacity building for
public procurers, &
for suppliers on SPP
criteria/ product
certification
Develop
a
reportin
g and
monitor
ing
system
Develop a
proposal for
adjustment
of current
public
procuremen
t legislation
Report on
communicati
on tools, list
of purchasing
entities
Final
conference
Moldova - Sust. criteria
- Guidelines
- Tender docs.
-Com. strategy
-Brochure
-Leaflet
- Drafted 3
Roadmaps for
tenders (organic
produce and
efficient windows)
- Launched 15
pilot tenders
- 5 contracts
awarded
21-23 March 2017 - Final
conference
Nov. 7
Ukraine - Sust. criteria
- Handbook
- Tender docs.
-Com. Strategy
-Website dev.
and about to be
launched
- Drafted 2
Roadmaps for
tenders (paints
and cleaners)
- 2 contracts
awarded
25-27 April 2017 - Final
conference
Nov. 23
Component 2: Stimulating innovation and more sustainable goods
and services through SPP
Progress to date in Moldova and Ukraine
Completed: Ongoing: To be completed:

11. Thank you
Farid Yaker, Programme Officer /
UN Environment/ Economy Division
farid.yaker@un.org
www.unep.org