Project Info

Project Code
2225H
Tranche
T14
Tranche Type
Regular
Status
Active
Title
Leveraging Sustainable Public Procurement for COVID-19 Recovery in the SIDS of the Caribbean

Entities

Implementing Entity (Lead)
UNEP
Other Collaborating Entities
Other UN entities

Financial and Evaluation Info

Total Budget
$430,000.00
Project Selected for Evaluation
No

Countries and Regions

Areas of Work

SDG
12
1
5
8
13
SDG Targets
12.7
12.1
1.b
5.1
8.3
8.4
8.8
13.1

Brief Description

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the fore the importance of robust, agile, and well-coordinated public procurement systems. The acquisition of personal protective equipment, ventilators and COVID testing has been every government's frontline response to the global pandemic. In order to utilize the public procurement function as a strategic tool for COVID economic recovery and sustainable development, it's important that governments have solid sustainable public procurement frameworks in place. The Caribbean SIDS have been disproportionally affected by the recent economic fall-out of the COVID crisis, as well as the ongoing effects of climate change. With a virtual collapse of the region's tourism sector and a steep drop in commodity prices, leading to an economic contraction of -7% in 2020, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecasted a slow growth in coming years 5,8% in 2022 and 3.2% in 2023. While Caribbean SIDS have begun unveiling their fiscal stimulus and recovery packages, with limited spending room in their budgets, public procurement, more than ever, will need to deliver the best value for money. This project will focus on the application, in the economic sectors that can best contribute to green recovery, of sustainable public procurement considerations and criteria for government purchasing. The project will support the development of sustainable public procurement legal frameworks, strategies, and tools in key economic sectors, as well as enhance capacity and knowledge of sustainable public procurement in both the public sector (procurement practitioners) and the private sector (suppliers). In this manner, public institutions will reduce their environmental footprint, as well as foster more sustainable social and economic development.

Objective and Expected Outcomes

Objective
To mainstream sustainable public procurement criteria and practices in the Caribbean SIDS as a tool for COVID-19 green recovery and sustainable development.
Expected Outcome 1
Governments of selected Caribbean SIDS develop and/or adopt sustainable public procurement policies and strategies.
Expected Outcome 2
Sustainable public procurement practices in key sectors integrated into the procurement process, thereby changing the purchasing behavior of governments in the selected Caribbean SIDS.