| The second European Commission’s Green Public Procurement (GPP) Helpdesk webinar of 2024 will take place on the 17th of September, from 14.30 to 16.00hs CET. The event will address the mandatory horizontal social clause enshrined in Article 18.2 of Directive 2014/24/EU. This clause requires Member States to ensure compliance with applicable environmental, social and labour laws (obligations established by EU law, national law, collective agreements and eight specified core International Labour Organization conventions) in the performance of public contracts. Recent research highlighted that this clause is not always respected and/or that there are shortcomings or uncertainties in its application and enforcement.
Therefore, the webinar will present some good practices implemented by national and regional authorities, as well as by some contracting authorities across the EU. The webinar will feature the following presentations: · Welcome and introduction from the EU GPP Helpdesk, Valentina Caimi, Project Manager and Senior Expert, AEIDL · Short introduction to the horizontal social clause, Anna Lupi, DG Grow, European Commission · Learning from the experience of different contracting authorities across the EU: o Tomas Muñoz Caballero, Federal Public Service, Social Investigation and Information Service, Belgium o Ida Van Neck, Agency for Facility Operations of the Government of Flanders, Belgium o Juliane Kühnrich, Coordinator, Competence Center Fair Procurement, Regional Agency for Development Cooperation, Berlin, Germany o Lisa Dorigatti, associate Professor, Università Statale of Milan, author of the country report for Italy of the Procurfair project, Italy. Host: Valentina Caimi, European Association for Innovation in Local Development (AEIDL). Date & time: 17 September 2024, 14:30 – 16:00 (CEST). Organiser: AEIDL, on behalf of the European Commission (DG Environment). Language: English Sign up today! Registration: Prior registration is essential. Participation is free of charge. Register by visiting: https://iclei-europe.webex.com/weblink/register/rc0af8b71b27ce48227ada4fe71e123f2 |
EU GPP Helpdesk Webinar: Promoting decent work and fighting social dumping by means of public procurement
