Inter-Agency Collaboration Priorities and Best Practices
Camilla BrücknerDirector, UNDP Nordic [email protected]
Morten SørensenDeputy Chief, PSB, [email protected]
UN Coordination Officers Annual Meeting 201512th May 2015, UN City Copenhagen
Informal Inter-Agency Task Team on Sustainable Procurement in the Health Sector
United Nations Jointly Going Green
On 5 June 2007, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon publicly called on all UN agencies, funds and programmes to 'go green' and become climate neutral.
UN Sustainability Initiative‘Greening the Blue’
Established in May 2012 in Copenhagen 10 members
7 UN Agencies and 3 Multilateral Health Financing Institutions
Annual joint procurement volume of around US $ 5 billion in the health sector
Who We Are
Our Vision
Vision: a reduced environmental burden by the health sector
Desired Impact and Main Objectives
Desired impact: health sector procurement policies and practices promote and protect health and do not adversely impact on the environment or on human health and well-being
Main objectives of the SPHS are as follows:
Joint UN Programme
Some Achievements and Outreach
Joint UN Programme on Greening Procurement in the Health Sector Green Procurement Index for the Health Sector (GPIH) project SPHS Strategy Development Workshop for Engagement with Suppliers
and Manufacturers on Green Procurement in the Health Sector First environmental inspection to a male condom factory conducted Collaboration with business organizations On-going discussions with shipping companies and freight-forwarders
Inter-Agency Collaboration Priorities and Best Practices
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
www.iiattsphs.org
For further information please contact:
Dr. Christoph HamelmannCoordinator, SPHS Secretariat
UNDP Istanbul Regional [email protected]