Learn how food procurement can be undertaken strategically to have a positive environmental, economic and social impact.
This course is meant for city administrations who want to use public procurement to provide seasonal products, reduce food miles, reduce packaging, increase organic production, give access to healthy diet to their residents, and boost the local economy.
Discover the course
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1 - Introduction to the video tutorials
This module introduces why URBACT has launched a series of video tutorials on food procurement for food, and presents in a nutshell the topics of each video tutorial.
1 - Introduction to the video tutorials
This module introduces why URBACT has launched a series of video tutorials on food procurement for food, and presents in a nutshell the topics of each video tutorial.
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2 - Why are food and procurement important?
Find out how the way in which food is produced and consumed across Europe has significant impacts for the environment, the economy and society. Learn how strategic food procurement can address these challenges.
2 - Why are food and procurement important?
Find out how the way in which food is produced and consumed across Europe has significant impacts for the environment, the economy and society. Learn how strategic food procurement can address these challenges.
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3 - Overcoming barriers and identifying outcomes
What are the barriers to overcome when designing public procurement for food? What are or should be the outcomes of your public procurement strategy for food? This video tutorial provides insights and real city examples.
3 - Overcoming barriers and identifying outcomes
What are the barriers to overcome when designing public procurement for food? What are or should be the outcomes of your public procurement strategy for food? This video tutorial provides insights and real city examples.
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4 - Commissioning and pre-procurement for food
Breaking food tenders into smaller lots, reserving tenders for particular types of economic operators, dialogue with the market before and during the public procurement, are some of the topics explored in this video tutorial.
4 - Commissioning and pre-procurement for food
Breaking food tenders into smaller lots, reserving tenders for particular types of economic operators, dialogue with the market before and during the public procurement, are some of the topics explored in this video tutorial.
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5 - Tendering and decision-making
This video tutorial focuses on questions to be included in food tenders around social and environmental considerations, as wells as technical specifications, award criteria, and scoring.
5 - Tendering and decision-making
This video tutorial focuses on questions to be included in food tenders around social and environmental considerations, as wells as technical specifications, award criteria, and scoring.
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6 - Checklist for strategic food procurement to become a reality
Discover checklists that cities can use while implementing strategic food procurement.
6 - Checklist for strategic food procurement to become a reality
Discover checklists that cities can use while implementing strategic food procurement.