- Committee for Green Public Procurement
The Committee for Green Public Procurement consists of eleven members, coming from five Ministries (Ministry of Development and Investments, Ministry of Environment and Energy, Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Health) and from the Hellenic Single Public Procurement Authority.
General Secretariat of Commerce and Consumer Protection (specifically the General Directorate for Public Procurement) of Ministry of Development and Investment is the proceeding public authority for the preparation of the National Action Plan for GPP, according to the EU legislation provisions.
The Commission’s responsibilities are primarily the following:
- The preparation of an action plan for Green Public Procurement and the submission of proposals for national policy making .
- The selection of products, services and works to which environmental criteria are applied.
- Drafting of environmental criteria or adoption of EU green criteria.
- The timely information of the stakeholders, such as the contracting authorities and the economic operators of the country.
- Raising awareness of the contracting authorities and the economic operators of the country about GPP.
- The evaluation, the monitoring of the implementation and the updating of the national policy and the National Action Plan for GPP.
- Suggestions for new legislation and amendments to the existing legislative framework, as well as taking the necessary measures for the implementation of Green Public Procurement laws.
- Suggestions for the assignment of studies, the organization or participation in seminars, programs, lectures or public debates in order to inform, develop and disseminate the principles of Green Public Procurement, the call of special experts and scientists for technical and scientific support and the formation of a working group in each competent Ministry, to assist in the work of the Committee for Green Public Procurement in the individual issues related to their competence.
