Dear colleague,

We’re pleased to send you the July edition of the EU GPP News Alert.

Inside this issue you will find details of the European Clean Bus deployment initiative launched last week by the European Commission and the Committee of the Regions. Several European cities and regional governments have officially declared their commitment to the initiative, as have a number of bus manufacturers and other organisations seeking to improve public transport in Europe.

Our stakeholder interview this month will provide you with an insight into some of the opportunities and challenges facing public procurers in Bulgaria. Stanislav Andreev from EcoEnergy – a non-profit organisation of Bulgarian municipalities - shares his insights with us.

The two Good Practice experiences featured in this edition of the GPP News Alert are the following:

Indoor lighting: Using Total Cost of Ownership to save on costs in Denmark

Policy in practice: Greening public procurement in the Basque Country (Spain)

In other news, follow-up on the recent Webinar on GPP and Textiles, consider the Call for Contributions for the upcoming Congress on Circular Procurement, discover the TAIEX REGIO PEER 2 PEER funding line, and read about the achievements of the Dutch Green Deal initiative on Circular Procurement.

Happy reading!

Kind regards,

EU GPP Helpdesk
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