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    URBACT - Online Strategic Procurement Course

    URBACT are offering a free online course to equip cities with the knowledge and tools required to embed social and environmental criteria into their public procurement processes.

    Alison Taylor

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    When time stopped... and we redefined how we work together.

    In Bistriţa, the journey of sharing experience in how procurement is done, with different European partners, started in 2018. As all URBACT projects are well organized, at the moment of starting the

    Alison Taylor

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    Making Spend Matter Toolkit - Step 2: Analysing Public Procurement spend

    Are you a public organisation looking to create sustainable impact through public procurement?

    Alison Taylor

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    Making Spend Matter Toolkit Step 1: How is your city using procurement to make public spend matter?

    We believe it all begins with understanding the strategic importance of public procurement!

    Alison Taylor

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    Save The Date...

    Do you want to know how public spend can help building stronger communities?

    Alison Taylor

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  • Spend Analysis as a tool for better use of resources in times of crisis.

    At the start of 2020, the finances of many Polish local councils were in a difficult condition due to the need to incur large investment expenditures, because of an underestimation of the costs of the

    Alison Taylor

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    How can public spend support local communities and the economy?

    How can public spend support local communities and the economy? A video by the municiplaity of Koszalin for the Making Spend Matter network. 

    Alison Taylor

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    On the importance of a transversal approach for public procurement

    Schaerbeek is part of the « Making Spend Matter » European funded URBACT Transfer Network, allowing the Municipality to exchange good practices concerning public procurement with fellow cities across

    Alison Taylor

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    The Strategic and Responsible Public Procurement Policy of Pamplona Recognized as Good Practice by the European Commission

    The Executive Agency of the European Commission for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) has recently published the guide Making Socially Responsible Public Procurement Work: 71 Good Practices

    Alison Taylor

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