Capacity development programme sustainable public procurement - Inception phase 3 (Georgia. Moldova, Ukraine) Program för kapacitetsutveckling inom hållbar upphandling The key objective of the contribution is to promote an increased use of Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP) and thereby contribute to a more efficient use of public resources and foster investments and procurement processes which are more social, economic and environmental sustainable. This will be conducted through  a capacity development programme with focus on governmental organisationsations in Sida's partner organisations directly involved in procurement processes or policy work linked to SPP.  Through the procured framework agreement the partner organisations will be offered support through different workning methods to internal change processes linked to SPP.  The programme will include different regional programmes, for example in East Africa and Latin America. Det huvudsakliga och övergripande målet med insatsen är att främja ett ökat genomslag och användande av hållbar offentlig upphandling och därmed bidra till ett bättre hushållande av offentliga resurser samt främja investeringar och upphandlingar som är mer socialt, ekonomiskt och miljömässigt hållbara. Detta sker genom ett kapacitetsutvecklingsprogram med fokus på statliga organisationer i Sidas partnerländer som är direkt involverade i upphandlingar eller policyarbete kring hållbara upphandlingar. Genom det upphandlade ramavtalet erbjuds partnerorganisationerna olika former av stöd att genomföra  interna förändringsprocesser kopplade till hållbar offentlig upphandling.  Programmet kommer att involvera flera regionala omgångar, bl.a. i Östafrika och Latinamerika. The overall objective of the intervention is that Sustainable Public Procurement is used as a strategic tool for sustainable development and the achievement of Agenda 2030.

The specific objective of the intervention for the short and medium term is that public organisations and other actors initiate, support, strengthen and develop policies, methods and tools that strengthen the conditions and incentives for SPP and efficient public procurement while considering the rights, needs and demand of people living in poverty.

The specific objective implies that participating organisations actively apply the theoretical and practical knowledge gained through the programme to bring about organisational and institutional change, to contribute to the deployment of SPP and in the long-term to the overall development objective of the programme.

The programme  applies an adaptive management which means that the specific outputs for different partner organisations are not pre-determined. However, in line with the suggested working methods the programme as a whole is expected to generate outputs along the following lines;  

- Enhanced knowledge and practical experience of fundamental principles for public procurement and policies, legal frameworks and methods and tools for implementing SPP.
- Support to a change processes linked to a SPP process through mentorship and technical support - Enhanced knowledge of methods, as well as strengthened leadership skills, to conduct organisational and institutional change.
- Increased access to national stakeholder platforms and regional/international networks for peer-to-peer learning in support of effective work on SPP and efficient procurement.