1. National Working Group on Green Public Procurement (GPP): Italian Public Authorities assisting one another Barbara Armanini - Provincia di Cremona - Italy 22/03/2007 - B06: Using public purchasing for cost effective environmental protection and social development

2. 1.770 Km2 Municipalities: 115 Inhabitants: 339.246 Province of Cremona

3.  300 pages  3 sections (general, methodolocical, operational)  14 main ecological labels on the market  4 macro categories  13 categories  189 ecological criteria for 189 products GPPnet LIFE 02 ENV/IT/000023 www.compraverde.it

4. WEB SITE www.compraverde.it HOME WHAT WHO HOW WHEN WHERE DONE!

5. GPPnet: Life in the City. Innovative solutions for Europe’s urban environment 24 projects chosen within over 150 projects co-financed by LIFE programme since 1992 Best Life-Environment projects 2005-2006 One of the 21 projects selected among 62 finished within the reference period http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/ project/bestlifeenv_0506.htm Best LIFE Award

6. Agenda21 National Working Group www.compraverde.it www.a21italy.it Objectives: To Identify and share the obstacles To define and share tools To draft GPP guidelines To enhance the excange of best practices NOW 135 representatives ! 56 municipalities 17 provinces 5 regions 3 parks 6 ARPA 7 universities 41 others… MATT, Apat, Consip, Formez

7. Open Book GPP: obstacles, tools and solutions More than 1000 copies freely distributed ! 1st year March 2005 – March 2006 71 representatives of regional and local authorities (NGO’s, Environmental Protecton Agencies, Ministery of Environment and territory…) Working group members meet 4 times over the year !

8. March 2006 – May 2007 Seminar: Legal restrictions and opportunities References to ecological labels in public purchasing procedures Monitoring system (Ferrara April 2007) GPP and building activities Innovative features: The working group acted on a voluntary base and with no financing The authors of the CD-Rom where mainly representatives of local authorities that put their experiences at dsposal of other local authorities

9. GPPnetFORUM Cremona fair 2007 may 10-11

10. “ “ GDL Technical Secretary National Association for Local Agenda21 c/o Ecosistemi Roma- Largo dè Ginnasi 2 Nina Vetri, Livia Mazzà l.mazza@ecosistemi-srl.it Provincia di Cremona Settore Ambiente Barbara Armanini agenda 21@provincia.cremona.it www.compraverde.it Ente Fiera Cremona Ilaria Seghizzi gppnetforum@cremonafiere.it www.cremonafiere.it Contacts