GPP2ADRION - Forum AIC

EU Programme
Interreg IPA-ADRION

Lead Partner

University of Padova (Italy)

Other Partners

Forum of the Adriatic and Ionian Chambers of Commerce (Italy)
Chamber of Economy of Montenegro (Montenegro)
Region of Western Greece (Greece)
Circular Change, Institute for Circular Economy (Slovenia)
Institute of Social Sciences (Serbia)
Chamber of Economy of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Business & Innovation Center (North Macedonia)
Ministry of Economic Development and Tourism (Montenegro)

Associated organizations

Uniadrion – Association of the Universities of the Adriatic and Ionian Region (Italy)
Forum of the Adriatic and Ionian Cities (Italy)

Duration of the project
36 months
September 2024 – August 2027

Role of Forum AIC
Partner

Total budget of the project
€1,179,260.50

Budget of Forum AIC
€ 144,500.00

Project Website – coming soon

Background and Objectives:

GPP2ADRION aims to promote the adoption of Green Public Procurement (GPP) in the EUSAIR regions to overcome the barriers that hamper the transition towards a circular economy. The European Commission (EC), in its guidance “Public Procurement for a circular economy” (2017), states that the adoption of GPP, a process whereby public authorities seek to procure goods, services and works
with a reduced environmental impact throughout their life cycle, is needed to achieve EU environmental and circular economy (CE) targets. With a focus on EUSAIR regions, the EC according to the outcomes of “EUSAIR bringing the Green Deal to the region”, stated that to leverage the adoption of GPP, capacity-building programs are needed specifically for non-EU countries. Therefore, the project will develop macro-regional solutions that will provide a common knowledge base within EUSAIR countries and boost the demand and offer of CE products and services. These can be achieved only through a transnational approach that will align different countries on the same GPP
level of knowledge. The project will start from the definition of an effective capacity-building package for the qualifications of GPP Ambassadors (regional experts on the topic), the creation of GPP Regional Contact Points (to support Public Bodies and Policy Makers, including SMEs in implementing GPP procedures) and a Transnational Network that will be established from PPs that will act as the overall guidance to further boost the application of GPP for CE on a common EUSAIR ground. At the annual EUSAIR Forum, the Transnational Network will be launched and opened to Public Bodies and Policy Makers of the ADRION countries. This will set the ground for the adoption of a transnational plan for the diffusion of GPP in Public Bodies and Policy Makers. Public bodies and policymakers will directly benefit from project outcomes and will create a higher demand for circular economy products and services. Also, SMEs will benefit by implementing GPP criteria to innovate their offer of products and services.

Target groups: