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About a year after the deadline for implementation of the EU directive on public procurement, approximately 50 representatives of public authorities and social economy organizations from different EU Member-States followed an invitation by REVES to share their experiences in the framework of a seminar organized on 1 March 2017 in Gothenburg (Sweden). The event was hosted by the Västra Götaland region, the region of Ӧstergötland and the city of Gothenburg.

In their welcome address Tina Ehn, member of the regional Council of Västra Götaland and Jonas Attenius, Deputy mayor of Gothenburg, highlighted divers initiatives of their city/region to link public procurement and social objectives and to cooperate with the social economy as a key player when it comes to creating (social) welfare.

During the seminar, participants had the occasion to discuss experiences regarding reservation of contracts and social considerations. Key inputs came from the examples of the Generalitat de Catalonia (ES), Region of Tuscan (IT) and the City of Gothenburg.

A second session focused on alternative approaches to public procurement. The City of Gothenburg and the Ӧstergötland region presented concept and practice of the so-called “Civil Society Public Partnership” or “Idea based public private partnership”. Felice Scalvini, deputy mayor of the city of Brescia (IT), in turn, gave participants an insight into the efforts of his city to become a “Zero competition city” in which service provision and welfare are based on cooperation and co-planning/co-creation between service providers and civil society.

The seminar closed with food for thought provided by a presentation of Gordon Hahn, president of Coompanion Sweden, on his view of ‘social innovation procurement” in which procedural aspects (‘how do we procure’) would be entirely replaced by impact considerations (“what to procure”).

The event is part of a series of initiatives REVES and its members are realising in order to closely monitor the implementation of the new European directive on public procurement in different EU Members States, with a view also to deepen the sharing of (technical) knowledge and competences among public authorities and social economy all over Europe.

A more detailed report on the seminar will follow shortly. Interested in this report and any further initiative/event on the topic? Continue checking our website and FB.

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About a year after the deadline for implementation of the EU directive on public procurement, approximately 50 representatives of public authorities and social economy organizations from different EU Member-States followed an invitation by REVES to share their experiences in the framework of a seminar organized on 1 March 2017 in Gothenburg (Sweden). The event was hosted by the Västra Götaland region, the region of Ӧstergötland and the city of Gothenburg.

In their welcome address Tina Ehn, member of the regional Council of Västra Götaland and Jonas Attenius, Deputy mayor of Gothenburg, highlighted divers initiatives of their city/region to link public procurement and social objectives and to cooperate with the social economy as a key player when it comes to creating (social) welfare.

During the seminar, participants had the occasion to discuss experiences regarding reservation of contracts and social considerations. Key inputs came from the examples of the Generalitat de Catalonia (ES), Region of Tuscan (IT) and the City of Gothenburg.

A second session focused on alternative approaches to public procurement. The City of Gothenburg and the Ӧstergötland region presented concept and practice of the so-called “Civil Society Public Partnership” or “Idea based public private partnership”. Felice Scalvini, deputy mayor of the city of Brescia (IT), in turn, gave participants an insight into the efforts of his city to become a “Zero competition city” in which service provision and welfare are based on cooperation and co-planning/co-creation between service providers and civil society.

The seminar closed with food for thought provided by a presentation of Gordon Hahn, president of Coompanion Sweden, on his view of ‘social innovation procurement” in which procedural aspects (‘how do we procure’) would be entirely replaced by impact considerations (“what to procure”).

The event is part of a series of initiatives REVES and its members are realising in order to closely monitor the implementation of the new European directive on public procurement in different EU Members States, with a view also to deepen the sharing of (technical) knowledge and competences among public authorities and social economy all over Europe.

A more detailed report on the seminar will follow shortly. Interested in this report and any further initiative/event on the topic? Continue checking our website and FB.

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