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May 15, 2025
Council of the International Green Purchasing Network (IGPN) voted to welcome Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH to join IGPN as Advisory Broad Member.
The GIZ commit to provide effective, forward-thinking solutions to global challenges, guided by the principles of sustainability and aligned with the 2030 Agenda, the Paris Agreement, and national development strategies. Regionally in Southeast Asia, GIZ has been a longstanding partner in advancing Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP), with particular emphasis on Green Public Procurement (GPP) and eco-labelling. As a new member of IGPN advisory broad, GIZ expect to bring its expertise and provide advice which support in a collaborative way including planning, coordination, implementation and monitoring of the Network continuous improvement.
IGPN chair, welcomed the engagement of GIZ, “Both organizations have mission to achieve global solutions for sustainable consumption and production transition. The participation of GIZ could put practical and system-level knowledge to IGPN through its long-term strategies on sustainability both in green purchasing and eco-labelling. Becoming an IGPN member will synergize and reinforce the GIZ commitment to green purchasing”.
The IGPN now has a network working across different countries and areas to promote green purchasing around the world, through its members who take the initiative in implementing green purchasing, partners with the Global Lead City Network led by ICLEI on sustainable procurement, the Global Ecolabelling Network, and collaborates with the UNEP One Planet Network Sustainable Public Procurement Programme support the implementation towards sustainable consumption and production.
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May 10, 2016
UNEP, ICLEI and KEITI, cordially invite you to participate in the 2016 Global Review of SPP Stakeholder Survey.
This Survey forms an important part of the 10YFP SPP Programme’s ongoing effort to identify and map the policies, activities, drivers and challenges for sustainable public procurement and sustainable procurement worldwide. This is the second Survey conducted on global trends in SPP published by UNEP. We are seeking opinions of those stakeholders involved in SPP and will analyse the data to examine trends in different countries and organisations, as well as from an overall global context. The Coordination Desk of the 10YFP SPP Programme, UNEP, ICLEI and KEITI thank you in advance for your participation.
You can participate in the survey here.
The survey is open until June 10, 2016.
Results will be shared in the forthcoming 2016 Global Review of Sustainable Public Procurement.
If you have any questions about the survey or the broader 2016 Global Review of SPP, please contact Dr. Anastasia O’Rourke at aorourke [at] indecon.com or Irina Uzun at Irina.Uzun.Affiliate [at] unep.org.
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July 21, 2015
The Secretariat of the 10 Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production (10YFP) organises calls for proposals to support the shift towards SCP. Governments and not-for-profit organizations in developing countries and countries with economies in transition are invited to submit proposals on Sustainable Lifestyles and Education.
Theme of the Call for Proposals: Sustainable Lifestyles and Education (10YFP SLE) : scaling-up and mainstreaming
Total available funds: up to USD 500,000.
Deadline for application: 11 September 2015, 6pm Paris time.
For more information, please visit 10YFP website.
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