Recognise that any use of the public procurement system to pursue secondary policy objectives should be balanced against the primary procurement objective.  

• Evaluate the use of public procurement as one method of pursuing secondary policy objectives in accordance with clear national priorities.
• Develop an appropriate strategy for the integration of secondary policy objectives in public procurement systems.
• Employ appropriate impact assessment methodology to measure the effectiveness of procurement in achieving secondary policy objectives.

• Access
• Participation
• E-procurement
• Capacity
• Evaluation 

• Balancing secondary policy objectives against the primary procurement objective (delivering goods and services necessary to accomplish government mission in a timely, economical and efficient manner)
• The lack of data or appropriate methodologies to measure the impact of public procurement strategies and policies to address secondary policy objectives
• The absence of legal requirements, the insufficient incentives and the lack of financial/human resources to measure the effects of strategies and policies to address secondary policy objectives

• Energy

• Going Green: Best Practices for Sustainable Procurement
• Government at a Glance 2015 – Strategic Public Procurement
• Healthcare
• Improving the Environmental Performance of Public Procurement: Report on Implementation of the Council Recommendation

• Incorporating Environmental Considerations into Procurement, OECD (SIGMA)

• Incorporating Social Considerations into Procurement, OECD (SIGMA)
• Measuring the link between public procurement and innovation 
• Observatory of Public Sector Innovation 
• OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
• The Environmental Performance of Public Procurement – Issues of Policy Coherence
• SMEs in Public Procurement - Practices and Strategies for Shared Benefits
• OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct
• Améliorer l’accès des PME aux marchés publics en Tunisie, OCDE-MENA
• Public Procurement for Innovation – Good Practices and Strategies

• Buying green Handbook, European Commission (2016)
• Handbook on Implementing Sustainable Public Procurement in Latin America and the Caribbean, International Institute for Sustainable Development (2015)
• How Green Public Procurement Contributes to Sustainable Development in China, International Institute for Sustainable Development (2015)
• Procurement of Innovation Platform
• Promoting Ozone and Climate Friendly Technologies in Public Procurement, A scoping study of Asia Pacific, UNEP (2015)
• Public Procurement and Human Rights: A Survey of Twenty Jurisdictions, International Learning Lab on Public Procurement and Human rights (2016)
• Public Procurement as a Driver of Innovation in SMEs and Public Services, European Commission (2014)
• Toolbox Sustainable Procurement, KfW on behalf of BMZ (2014)
• The Procura+ Manual - guidance to public authorities on how to implement sustainable procurement (EC legal framework)
• 2017 Global Review of Sustainable Public Procurement – UN Environment
• Public Tender and Award information from over 180 countries (Procurement Map), International Trade Centre

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