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Asia Pacific Green Public Procurement (GPP) Network

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Through their vast purchasing, governments have the power to shift the market towards sustainability and eco-innovation as well as to deliver environmental goals.

The Asia Pacific Green Public Procurement (GPP) Network project, funded by and co-led with Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute, aims at enhancing GPP knowledge-sharing and networking in the Asia Pacific region, with a view to stimulate markets for eco-friendly products and services.  

KEITI and UNEP

The Asia Pacific GPP Network builds on the experience of two past projects:  the 'Asia Pacific Green Public Procurement and Ecolabelling Network' (2013-2016) and KEITI-led 'Asia Pacific Green Public Procurement Partnership project' (2017-2019), which paved the way for GPP development in the region, and confirmed the strong interest for capacity-building in GPP policy-making and implementation.

Objectives

The Asia Pacific GPP Network’s main objectives are to:

  • Serve as an information platform for Green Public Procurement among the relevant governments, public organisations and stakeholders in the Asia-Pacific region.
  • Promote awareness and build capacity of policy makers.
  • Support and amplify the work of the One Planet SPP Programme in the Asia-Pacific region.
  • Identify concrete needs of the countries for the introduction and implementation of Green Public Procurement.

Activities

Interested? Join us and take an active part in the Asia Pacific GPP Network

Membership is voluntary, cost-free and unlimited in duration, and is open to organizations or individuals in the Asia Pacific region interested in contributing to the progress of GPP in Asia Pacific,

The application form may be found here.

Partnerships

The Network activities will be aligned and synergized with the actions of the One Planet SPP Network, which will entail the publication of country factsheets presenting details of GPP implementation status in more than 40 countries.

Partnerships and cooperation have also been established with the South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme (SACEP), and with the International Green Purchasing Network, to synergize regional efforts in the area of GPP.

State of GPP implementation in Asia and the Pacific

Below are additional resources which have been published regarding the state of GPP or SCP implementation in the Asia-Pacific region:

 

Find out more in the One Planet Network resource database.

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