More than 60 public procurers, technical experts and representatives of public authorities from over 15 EU Member States met in Brussels on November 9^th for the first Annual Big Buyers Symposium. This closing event was the occasion to celebrate and draw conclusions on a two-year collaboration between these stakeholders, brought together by the DG GROW initiative named “Big Buyers for Climate and Environment”.

The objective of this project was to promote collaboration between public buyers across the EU in implementing strategic procurement for sustainable solutions. A bottom-up needs assessment of participants resulted in the creation of four working groups, dealing with Zero Emission Construction Sites, Circular Construction, Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicles, and Digital Solutions in the Healthcare Sector.

To prepare for the launch of the third edition of this initiative, DG GROW is organizing a cycle of webinars entitled ''Driving Markets through Public Procurement: the Big Buyers Project''. They will focus on the achievements of the working groups and on their next steps. 

The first of these webinars will take place on February 28th and will host the representatives of the group on ''Zero Emission Construction Sites''. They will present  the state of play of the seven pilot projects that were launched in different cities, among which Berlin, Eindhoven and Barcelona, and the Joint Statement of Demand asking for a green shift in the construction market, signed by five cities such as Oslo, Copenhagen and Helsinki.

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