Sustainable Timber Action in Europe
Training for Public Authorities
Introduction & Module 1: Timber and PA
PA training and raising awareness
Place, date
Agenda
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10.00: Welcome and introduction
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10.20: Module 1 – Timber and the public sector
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10.40: Module 2 – Introduction to sustainable forestry
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11.15: Coffee break
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11.30: Module 2 – Introduction to sustainable forestry (continued)
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12.30: Lunch
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13.30: Module 3 – Introduction to sustainable public procurement
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14.30: Module 4 - Procuring sustainable timber
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15.30: Coffee break
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15.45: Module 4 – Procuring sustainable timber (continued)
Introductory round
• Name and position in your organisation
• What experiences do you have with sustainable
timber, procurement, public forests etc.?
• Your expectations from the training?
THE STA Project
Sustainable Timber Action in Europe
The STA-EU project
The project is an initiative resulting from the collaboration between three main
partners involved in sustainable and fair timber procurement:
• ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability
• Fundación COPADE - Comercio Para el Desarrollo (SPA)
• FSC Italy
It draws from the experience of two awareness raising campaigns:
• Procura+
• Madera Justa
The main goal
• To raise awareness among EU public authorities on the link between sustainable
public procurement (SPP) and development problems of people living in and
depending on forests.
• How?
Promotion of sustainable forest management (SFM) and Fair Trade
certified forest products in public procurement policies and practices.
8 partners – 7 countries
ICLEI – COORDINATOR
(Germany & Belgium)
Fundación COPADE
City of Rakvere (Estonia)
Alba Local Energy
Agencies (ALEA Romania)
City of Madrid
City of Miskolc
(Hungary)
Association of Local Authorities in
Italy (ANCI)
FSC Italia
Ways to engage!
Updated information to help European public authorities procure sustainable
timber products. (See at: www.sustainable-timber-action.org)
Guidance and good practice examples on sustainable timber procurement
Training on sustainable timber procurement and supply – for European public
authorities and SMEs
Direct assistance to public authorities interested in purchasing/tendering for
sustainable timber (piloting)
Be a frontrunner! Wanted: at least 15 PAs in
tendering for sustainable timber products.
Sustainable Timber Action in Europe
Training for Public Authorities
Sustainable Public Procurement
STA – EU Trainings: Raising awareness for Public Authorities
(Place & Date)
Power of public procurement
• Public authorities in EU spend approx. €2 trillion per year – equivalent to
19% of EU GDP
• Huge range of spend areas – from paper to huge infrastructure projects
• 5 – 15% market share for most goods and services – in certain areas
much higher
• Huge potential to drive the development of sustainable solutions
What is sustainable public procurement (SPP)?
• A process whereby public authorities take into consideration in their
procurement activities the environmental, social and economic
impacts of products, services or works throughout their life cycle
• Life cycle:
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Extraction/harvesting of raw materials
Processing of materials & assembly of product
Transportation of materials and product
Consumption of product during use (energy, water etc.)
Disposal of final product
What can SPP achieve?
• Major reductions in CO2 emissions – Passive construction, highly-efficient lighting, IT
equipment
• Development of new environmental technologies & new ways of carrying out services
• Improvements in air & water quality, reduce waste generation – low emission vehicles,
bio-based products
• Save money – meet your needs more efficiently. Consider the real costs over the life cycle
• Social benefits – Creating skills, training and employment opportunities, encouraging fair
and equal opportunities for all, supporting SMEs and social enterprises
Does it work? A small selection...
• City of Vienna: saved €44.4 million and over 100,000 tones
of CO2 emissions between 2004 and 2007 through its EcoBuy
(Ökokauf) programme
• City of Barcelona: in 2010 spent €43 million on green
products and €92 million on “greened” services (e.g. lighting,
fountain maintenance)
• City of Rome: 69% of the 144,000 meals served by the city
each day contain organic food
• Town of Venelles, France (Pop. 8,100): A majority of
cleaning products purchased are eco-labelled and fully
biodegradable
Good Practise from your country
What is happening at the European level?
• Revision of EU Procurement Directives
• EU GPP Communication
• EU GPP support: GPP criteria, Buying Green Handbook,
Helpdesk and news-alerts
• EU GPP obligations: Clean Vehicles Directive, Energy Star
Regulation, and EPBD Directive
Revision of EU Procurement Directives
• Directives 2004/17/EC & 2004/18/EC which regulate how public and semi-public
bodies must carry out procurement, are currently under revision
• EC published proposals in December 2011. Main aims:
• to improve the efficiency of current procedures
• to allow for greater strategic use of public procurement to further
environmental, social and industrial/innovation policies
• Now put forward for adoption by the Parliament and Council
EU GPP obligations
Clean vehicles Directive (2009/33/EC):
• Obligation to take energy efficiency, and emissions
(noise, CO2, NOx, NMHC, particulates) into account
• Either set minimum levels in specifications or assess in
award stage (or both)
• Provides method for calculating life-cycle cost – for
monetising the impacts for inclusion in a cost
assessment
EU GPP obligations
Energy Star Regulation (106/2008):
• All central government authorities must purchase IT
equipment with the minimum Energy Star standard
Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (2010/31/EU):
• Minimum energy performance standards for buildings and
components for new build and major renovations to be set
nationally (by 2013)
• By 2018 all new public buildings to be
“nearly zero energy”
What help is available?
• European Commission: Buying Green! Handbook, second edition 2011:
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/gpp/buying_handbook_en.htm
• European GPP criteria for 19 product and service groups
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/gpp/eu_gpp_criteria_en.htm
• Procura+ Manual – A guide to cost effective sustainable public
procurement:
http://www.procuraplus.org/en/about-procura/procura-manual/
ICLEI’s help
• The Procura+ Campaign: an initiative designed to help
support public authorities across Europe in implementing
sustainable procurement – and help promote their
achievements.
http://www.procuraplus.org
• Training: ICLEI carries out sustainable procurement training
activities across Europe, including an extensive training
programme for the German Environment Agency
Module 1
Timber and the Public Sector
Module 1
Timber and the public sector
The importance of the public sector in the timber sector
• Which timber products do you buy?
PA training and raising awareness
Place, date
Why public authorities & forests products?
• Market opportunity: In the EU there are about 200 000 PAs
which purchase 19% of the timber and paper sold in Europe
• Drivers for good practices: PAs can give a good example
to the private sector and consumers
• PAs can mobilize greater support for actions against
unsustainable forest management:
• Sustainably managing their owned forests
• Raising awareness in the community
The importance of the public sector in the timber sector
• In Denmark, the total market for wood, wood products, furniture and paper
was estimated at USD 4.5 Bn. In 2004 of which 9% is consumed by the public
sector (FAO, 2006)
• In France, the public sector market for wood used in construction is in the
range of EUR 3-5 bill. Tropical timber used in many construction and civil
works uses (CIRAD, 2004).
• In Belgium, the market share of public procurement in forest based products
is estimated at 18% (van Orshoven, pers. comm.). (FAO, 2006)
• Here it is possible to add features on the specific country where the training is
held
Public procurement of tropical timber
Tropical Timber consumption of EU countries
• 5-10% of all primary tropical
timber in the world
(excluding secondary
processed timber) is
imported by EU countries
• The average of government
purchasing of tropical timber
is in the range of 5-20% :
France 25%
Germany 5%
Belgium 10%
UK 15%.
Source: IDH 2012
Nationale Statistiken
Anteil der verschiedenen Waldbesitzarten am Abschlussergebnis des Holzeinschlags in Deutschland in den Jahren 1998 bis 2011
Anteil von Staatswald am Abschlussergebnis des.
Anteil am Holzeinschlag
120
100
80
60
31.10
24.10
31.50
24.70
30.50
30.20
30.60
39.00
40.10
40.40
41.50
43.20
44.00
42.40
20.30
20.50
20.30
19.80
21.60
21.00
23.10
40.70
39.40
39.30
38.70
35.20
35.00
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
40.30
40.10
43.10
23.30
23.30
20.60
34.30
36.40
36.60
36.30
2008
2009
2010
2011
24.50
40
20
44.70
43.80
39.30
44.90
0
1998
1999
2000
2001
Staatswald
Körperschaftswald
Privatwald
Hinweis: Weitere Angaben zu dieser Statistik, sowie Erläuterungen zu Fußnoten, sind im Backup des Dossiers auf Seite 8 zu finden.
Quelle:
BMELV, BMELV - Holzmarktbericht 2011, Seite 4
Why do we need Sustainable
Public Procurement of wood
products?
Answer in module 2