global consultation on environmentally friendly procurement in the health sector

Dr. Christoph HamelmannRegional Practice Leader HIV, Health and Development

UNDP Europe and Central Asia

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Global Consultation on Environmentally

Friendly Procurement in the Health Sector

Pharmaceuticals in the Environment – Options for ActionGeneva, Switzerland, 9 April 2014

Virtuous Circle of Green Procurementin the Health Sector

+ others

European Ministerial Environment & Health Task Force

Fifth Ministerial Conferenceon Environment and Health

Parma 2010

53 member states, including all CIS countries

Economic Commission for EuropeReport Regional Preparatory Meeting

Public procurement47. Sustainable public procurement was supported as a first critical step to further the green economy at the national as well as the sub-national level. Concrete progress was proposed in the form of sustainable public procurement targets that could be met by an increasing number of countries over the years.

ESA

Informal UN Interagency Task Team on Green Procurement in the Health Sector

(iIATT – SPHS)

Chief Executive Board (CEP)

HLCM

Procurement Network

WG Sustainable

Procurement

UNDG HLCP

Informal IATT-SPHS Organizational Link

informal

IATT - SPHS

• Overall objective: Health sector procurement policies and practices in the health sector promote and protect health and do not adversely impact on the environment or on human health and well-being.

• Expected outcome: UN agencies adopt and implement environmentally sound procurement policies and practices in the health sector

Joint UN Programme of Green Procurementin the Health Sector

• Output 1: Evidence based standards on what constitutes “green” procurement in the health sector are established, and activities to address research gaps are initiated

• Output 2: UN procurement officers, suppliers, and health actors are capacitated so as to be able to operationalize green procurement practices in the health sector

• Output 3: Key stakeholders with an influence over procurement activities in the health sector, e.g. suppliers/manufacturers, procurement officers, international health development agencies, and health actors, are aware of, engaged in and supportive of the overall initiative

Joint UN Programme of Green Procurementin the Health Sector

WHO Pre-Qualification

NHS Carbon Footprint Breakdown 2010

*UNFPA private sector progressive implementation policy

Progressive Supplier Engagement*

Leadership and Innovations

Global Fund Board Composition

Board Members:http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/board/constituencies/

GAVI AllianceBoard Composition

Thank You!

christoph.hamelmann@undp.orgTwitter: @cahamelmann

volker.welter@undp.org Secretariat iIATT-SPHS

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