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GREEN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT - THE EVOLUTION OF THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK AND PILOT INITIATIVES IN ROMANIA

C. Raluca, S. St. Deca, V. Taran-Baciu, C. M. Boteanu, A. Antoneac (Lungu)

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Abstract

Green public procurement has become, in recent years, a more often central topic to the attention of authorities, public and private sector. Green public procurement is a way to achieve the global goals of sustainable development - protecting the environment, encouraging innovation and clean technologies, inducing responsible production and consumption. Although in Romania the development of the Green public procurement is still in early stage (20% of the country's GDP), the law on green public procurement is an important step towards Romania's accession to the European Union's environmental policy. In this direction, the National Green Public Procurement Plan sets mandatory multi-annual targets for green public procurement and the contracting authorities have the obligation to fulfill the multi-annual targets for green public procurement. Moreover, an important achievement is the adoption of the Green Public Procurement Guide, developed by the Ministry of Environment and the National Agency for Public Procurement in Romania, which includes the minimum requirements on environmental protection for certain groups of products and services required at the level of specifications. Regarding the promotion of the Green public procurement (GPP) Best project, although the efforts were considerable, the Green public procurement pilot project faced a number of challenges. The purpose of this article is to analyze the regulatory framework, the pilot initiatives, as well the implementation of the Green Public Procurement area in Romania. The adoption of the regulatory framework is just one step and, for this environmental policy to be effective, sustained actions are needed to raise awareness of the importance of the role of green public procurements.

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Title
GREEN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT - THE EVOLUTION OF THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK AND PILOT INITIATIVES IN ROMANIA
Authors
C. Raluca, S. St. Deca, V. Taran-Baciu, C. M. Boteanu, A. Antoneac (Lungu)
Proceedings
7th SWS International Scientific Conference on Social Sciences ISCSS 2020
Publisher
STEF92 Technology
Year
2020
Pages
127-134
SWS Citekey
Calin20203127134
ISSN
2682-9959
ISBN
978-619-7603-02-6
Language
en
Publication type
Proceedings Paper
Keywords
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