Public Actors Gear Up for 2018 Procura+ Awards – Are You a Potential Winner? #procuraplus Is your public authority a trailblazer in the procurement of sustainable goods or services? Have you conducted exemplary green procurement in the last two years? If so, you could be in line for the Procure+ Award! The Procura+ Awards recognise sustainable and innovative public procurements that lead to real improvements in public goods, services, processes and infrastructure. The awards are co-ordinated by ICLEI, in co-operation with the EU-funded Procure2Innovate project. The CSCP is a strategic partner to the Procura+ network, contributing our knowledge of sustainable supply chains, sustainability impacts of procurement activities, and multi-stakeholder engagement. The 2018 Procura+ Awards are now accepting applications until 30 April 2018 from public authorities that have procured sustainably and innovatively within the last two years, giving visibility to the most dynamic, forward-looking and innovative public authorities in action. This year, the application process has been streamlined, and a new winners’ category introduced: Procurement Initiative of the Year. This award recognises effective actions such as strategies, tools or projects which have been harnessed to achieve truly outstanding procurement. The remaining categories are Sustainable Procurement of the Year and Innovation Procurement of the Year. In last year’s Procura+ Awards, Finland’s Hyvinkää Municipality was awarded Sustainable Procurement of the Year, while the Ministry of Defence of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Public Health Wales won awards for Innovation Procurement of the Year and Tender Procedure of the Year respectively. This year’s Procura+ Awards are set to recognise equally outstanding procurement achievements and give a platform for even greater success in the field! Contact Ahmad Hafiz for further information or visit the Procura+ website for more information and the application form.