GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT: SYMPOSIUM — GENEVA 22 FEBRUARY 2017
Symposium on sustainable procurement
Work programme on sustainable procurement of the committee on government procurement(1)
Centre William Rappard (WTO Headquarters), Room W
Geneva, 22 February 2017
Programme
Day 1, Wednesday, 22 February 2017, Morning
08.30 Registration and security procedures
09.00 Official Opening of the Symposium
Time | Subject | Speaker |
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09.00 – 09.10 |
Keynote remarks |
Mr Xiaozhun Yi, |
SESSION 1: What is sustainable procurement and what are its main objectives?
Chair: Ms Nadine Nickner, Deputy Director, Government Procurement, Trade and Environment Division, Global Affairs Canada
Time | Subject | Speaker |
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09.10 – 09.30 | 1.1 Approaches to sustainable procurement: objectives, illustrative practices and emerging trends – a European perspective | Mr Marc Hidson, Director of ICLEI Europe - Local Governments for Sustainability Presentation |
09.30 – 09.50 | 1.2 Sustainable public procurement (SPP): objectives, illustrative practices and emerging trends, drawing on the SPP work of UNEP and on the 2016 Global SPP Review | Mr Farid Yaker, Programme Officer, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Presentation |
09.50 – 10.10 | 1.3 SPP in the work of the World Bank: objectives and emerging perspectives (taped video presentation) | Mr Christopher Browne, Chief Procurement Officer, World Bank Video |
10.10 – 10.40 | 1.4 General discussion |
10.40 — 11.00 Break
SESSION 2: What are the key practices of sustainable procurement and how can sustainability be incorporated into the different stages of procurement?
Chair: Mr John Newham, Chairman, WTO Committee on Government Procurement
Time | Subject | Speaker |
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11.00 - 11.20 | 2.1 Key sustainable procurement practices at the domestic level - a practitioner's view | Mr Paul Eggimann, Head of the Specialist Group on Sustainable Construction in the Coordination Group for Construction and Property Services (KBOB), Switzerland Presentation |
11.20 - 11.40 | 2.2 Key sustainable procurement practices at the domestic level – case studies from the United States (taped video presentation) | Mr Jason Pearson, Executive Director, US Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council Video |
11.40 - 12.00 | 2.3 Procurement strategy: the importance of people in a people, planet, profit approach to sustainable government procurement | Ms Sandra Hamilton, Social Procurement Advisor & Canada's First Social MBA Presentation |
12.00 - 12.20 | 2.4 OECD work relating to sustainable procurement practices | Mr János Bertok Head of Division, Public Sector Integrity, Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate, OECD Secretariat Presentation |
12.20 - 13.00 | 2.5 General discussion |
13.00 — 14.30 Lunch break
Day 1, Wednesday, 22 February 2017, Afternoon
SESSION 3: How are sustainability measures in procurement processes practiced in a manner consistent with both the principle of "best-value for money" and international trade obligations?
Chair:Mr Robert Anderson, WTO Secretariat
Time | Subject | Speaker |
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14.30 - 14.50 | 3.1 SPP, best value for money and international trade obligations: the GPA as a model agreement | Judge Marc Steiner, Swiss Federal Administrative Court Presentation |
14.50 – 15.10 | 3.2 SPP practices – consistency with the principle of "best value for money": national perspectives/experiences | Ms Lidia Capparelli, Consip (the central purchasing body of Italy) Presentation |
15.10 – 15.30 | 3.3 SPP practices – consistency with the Parties' international trade obligations: a perspective from Canada | Mr David LePage, Principal, Accelerating Social Impact (ASI CCC), Canada Presentation |
15.30 - 16.00 | 3.4 General discussion |
16.00 | Closing of the Symposium |
16.30 – 17.30 | Small-group meeting (GPA Parties only; for information, please consult the delegation of Canada) |
17.30 – 19.30 | Reception in the Gallery reception area located in the WTO's new building, on level T (jointly hosted by the delegations of Canada, the European Union and the United States in co-operation with the WTO Secretariat) |
Notes:
- This Symposium has been organised by the WTO Secretariat at the request of the Committee on Government Procurement, for the benefit of GPA Parties and Observers, in furtherance of the Committee's agreed Work Programme on Sustainable Procurement (see GPA/113, Annex E of Appendix 2, p. 444). All views expressed during the proceedings are the personal responsibility of the individual speakers, and are strictly without prejudice to the views, interests or positions of WTO Members and Observers. Back to text