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Teema: Reminder to Register: April 18, 2023 - Meeting of the Greening Government Initiative
Kuupäev: 2023-04-04 11:41
DATE: Tuesday, April 18, 2023
TIME: 9:00 – 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
(Please log into the Zoom call by 8:55 AM)
Dear Colleague,
The Governments of Canada and the United States invite you to participate
in the next Greening Government Initiative (GGI) event, scheduled for
Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at 9 am - 11 am EDT.
The theme of this meeting will be “Green Public Procurement: Country
Perspectives on Identifying Green Products and Services.” National
governments are major and influential purchasers of goods and services and
as a result play a significant role in shaping markets, creating jobs and
bringing innovative technologies to market. Approaches and innovations to
reduce emissions, climate risks, and other negative environmental impacts
through green public procurement are therefore critical for greening
government operations. Countries share common challenges in pursuing
sustainable green public procurement, including what products and services
to procure, who to procure these products and services from and how to
procure them. By integrating climate considerations into green procurement
practices, national governments can accelerate progress towards their
climate goals and spur ripple effects through global markets.
For this GGI event, we are delighted to feature speakers from France,
Guinea and Lithuania, who will share their approaches, experiences and
learnings on green public procurement.
GGI participants are encouraged to share this invitation with government
colleagues who work on green public procurement as well as other
interested colleagues within their government ministries. At this
meeting, we will offer simultaneous translation in French and Spanish. For
other languages, participants are welcome to bring interpreters if
necessary.
RSVP and Registration - Click the link below to register for the meeting:
https://pitc.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJItfuChqzosGM4UXGlLBXeMNhjfiALD
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Please register by April 12, 2023
If you have questions, please contact
[email protected]
<mailto:
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If your country has not already endorsed the
<https://www.sustainability.gov/pdfs/ggi-concept-note.pdf> GGI Concept
Note and would like to join <https://www.sustainability.gov/ggi> GGI as
an official participant, your country is invited to do so now. The
process is simple: when ready, a senior country official, who works on
advancing green national government operations, may send a note to
<mailto:
[email protected]>
[email protected] to (1) state that your country
“endorses” the Concept Note and (2) share the name, title, and contact
information for your country’s designated point of contact for GGI. Upon
receipt of that endorsement, your country will be welcomed as an official
participant in GGI.
GGI is a first-of-its-kind community of practice that enables countries to
exchange information, promote innovation and share best practices – to
support global efforts to green national government operations and meet
Paris Agreement commitments.
Thank you!