Dr. Christoph Hamelmann is the Regional Practice Leader for HIV at UNDP Europe and Central Asia. He presented at a global consultation on environmentally friendly procurement in the health sector. The presentation discussed establishing standards for "green" health sector procurement and capacity building for procurement officers and suppliers on sustainable practices. It also outlined a joint UN program to promote environmentally sound procurement policies across UN agencies for the health sector. The program aims to research best practices, train stakeholders, and increase awareness of sustainable procurement initiatives.

1. Dr. Christoph Hamelmann
Regional Practice Leader HIV, Health and Development
UNDP Europe and Central Asia
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Global Consultation on
Environmentally Friendly
Procurement in the
Health Sector
Pharmaceuticals in the Environment – Options for Action
Geneva, Switzerland, 9 April 2014

2. Virtuous Circle of Green Procurement
in the Health Sector

3. + others
European Ministerial Environment & Health
Task Force
Fifth Ministerial Conference
on Environment and Health
Parma 2010
53 member states, including all
CIS countries

4. Economic Commission for Europe
Report Regional Preparatory Meeting
Public procurement
47. Sustainable public procurement was supported as a
first critical step to further the green economy at the
national as well as the sub-national level. Concrete
progress was proposed in the form of sustainable public
procurement targets that could be met by an increasing
number of countries over the years.

5. ESA

6. Informal UN Interagency Task Team on
Green Procurement in the Health Sector
(iIATT – SPHS)

7. Chief Executive
Board (CEP)
HLCM
Procurement
Network
WG
Sustainable
Procurement
UNDG HLCP
Informal IATT-SPHS Organizational Link

8. informal
IATT - SPHS

9. • Overall objective: Health sector procurement policies and
practices in the health sector promote and protect health and do
not adversely impact on the environment or on human health
and well-being.
• Expected outcome: UN agencies adopt and implement
environmentally sound procurement policies and practices in the
health sector
Joint UN Programme of Green Procurement
in the Health Sector

10. • Output 1: Evidence based standards on what constitutes “green”
procurement in the health sector are established, and activities
to address research gaps are initiated
• Output 2: UN procurement officers, suppliers, and health actors
are capacitated so as to be able to operationalize green
procurement practices in the health sector
• Output 3: Key stakeholders with an influence over procurement
activities in the health sector, e.g. suppliers/manufacturers,
procurement officers, international health development
agencies, and health actors, are aware of, engaged in and
supportive of the overall initiative
Joint UN Programme of Green Procurement
in the Health Sector

11. WHO Pre-Qualification

13. NHS Carbon Footprint Breakdown 2010

15. *UNFPA private sector progressive implementation policy
Progressive Supplier Engagement*

16. Leadership and Innovations

19. Global Fund
Board Composition
Board Members:
http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/board/constituencies/

20. GAVI Alliance
Board Composition

21. Thank You!
christoph.hamelmann@undp.org
Twitter: @cahamelmann
volker.welter@undp.org
Secretariat iIATT-SPHS
Related presentations:
http://www.slideshare.net/undpeuropeandcis/greening-the-health-
sector-pharmaceuticals-and-climate-change
http://www.slideshare.net/undpeuropeandcis/greening-the-health-
sector-global-health-initiatives-and-climate-change