![GPP Bhutan](/site/assets/files/1721/resizes/screen_shot_2562-12-06_at_13_50_01.png)
The Challenge
At the beginning of the project, the Bhutanese public sector had not yet had a cross-cutting strategy for resource efficiency,cleaner production, energy efficiency, decent work and human rights, nor for the integration of the 10th FYP targets on ‘vita-lising industry’, ‘SME strengthening’ or ‘youth employment’. The project met these needs with an overarching strategy, building on the international momentum for using public procurement as a driver of sustainable development, as specified under Sustainable Development Goal 12 on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP). Bhutan will embark on a long-term pathway to utilise green public procurement (GPP) as a lever to ‘switch’ towards more sustainable production and consumption patterns.
The Objectives
The project aims to leverage GPP as a powerful up-scaling tool to 1) lower the direct impact of state-consumption, 2) incentivise sustainable production among suppliers, 3) build demandside and supply-side capacity, and 4) trigger private sustainable consumption and green economic transformation.
The Way Forward
- Establishing ‘soft law’ on GPP in Bhutan;
- Developing dedicated GPP guidance material for public procurers;
- Designing preferential programmes for SMEs and disadvantaged suppliers;
- Designing and facilitating GPP training sessions for public procurers and suppliers;
- Mentoring real-time GPP pilot tenders in selected industrial sectors;
- Providing for long-term GPP implementation by establishing a GPP knowledge platform and curricula.
Duration:
01/2014 – 07/2017Total Budget:
EUR 2 132 307 (EU contribution: 90%)Contact Detail:
Mr. Yeshey Penjor – Project Director
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Level 3, RSPN Building
Lhado Lam, Kawangjangsa, Thimphu 11001, Bhutan
Email: [email protected]
Ms. Pem Lama – Director of Communications, Research and Finance
Email: [email protected]
Ms. Liesbeth Casier
Email: [email protected]
Lead Partners
![International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Canada](/site/assets/files/1730/resizes/screen_shot_2562-12-06_at_14_04_04.png)
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Canada
Partners
![Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Bhutan](/site/assets/files/1360/resizes/14685080102262.png)
Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Bhutan
![Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production GGMBH](/site/assets/files/1386/resizes/cscp_logo_rgb.jpg)
Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production GGMBH
![Royal Institute of Management of Bhutan (RIM)](/site/assets/files/1733/resizes/screen_shot_2562-12-06_at_14_05_20.png)
Royal Institute of Management of Bhutan (RIM)
![Royal Society for the Protection of Nature (RSPN), Bhutan](/site/assets/files/1732/resizes/screen_shot_2562-12-06_at_14_04_55.png)