Additional resources

Legislation

Directive 2014/23/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the award of concession contracts, OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 1 (the concessions directive).

Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC, OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 65 (the public sector directive).

Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors and repealing Directive 2004/17/EC, OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 243 (the utilities directive).

Directive (EU) 2019/1158 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on work–life balance for parents and carers and repealing Council Directive 2010/18/EU, OJ L 188, 12.7.2019, p. 79.

Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, amending Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014, and Decision No 541/2014/ EU and repealing Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012, OJ L 193, 30.7.2018, p. 1 (the financial regulation).

European institutions and agencies

European Commission (2018), Public Procurement – Guidance for practitioners on avoiding the most common errors in projects funded by the European Structural and Investment Funds,’, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg (https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/information/publications/guidelines/2018/public-procurement-guidance-for-practitioners-2018).

European Commission (2019), Buying for Social Impact – Good practices from around the EU,’, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg (https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/3498035f-5137-11ea-aece-01aa75ed71a1).

European Commission (2020), Buying for Social Impact – Training and awareness-raising,’, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg (https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/b09af6a5-513a-11ea-aece-01aa75ed71a1).

European Commission (2021), 15 frequently asked questions on socially responsible public procurement,’, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg (https://ec.europa.eu/docsroom/documents/44504).

EIGE (2016), Gender Equality Training – Gender mainstreaming toolkit, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg (https://eige.europa.eu/gender-mainstreaming/toolkits/gender-equality-training/step-1-assess-needs-regular-gender-competence-development-initiatives-organisation).

EIGE (2016), Institutional Transformation – Gender mainstreaming toolkit, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg (https://eige.europa.eu/publications/institutional-transformation-gender-mainstreaming-toolkit).

EIGE (2017), Gender Impact Assessment – Gender mainstreaming toolkit, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg (https://eige.europa.eu/gender-mainstreaming/toolkits/gender-impact-assessment).

EIGE (2019), Gender Stakeholder Consultation, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg (https://eige.europa.eu/gender-mainstreaming/methods-tools/gender-stakeholder-consultation).

National organisations

Danish Institute for Human Rights (2020), Driving Change through Public Procurement – A toolkit on human rights for procurement policymakers and practitioners, Danish Institute for Human Rights, Copenhagen (https://www.humanrights.dk/publications/driving-change-through-public-procurement).

Institute for the Equality of Women and Men (2018), Checklist for the integration of the gender perspective and consideration of the equality of women and men in the framework of public procurement, Institute for the Equality of Women and Men, Brussels (https://igvm-iefh.belgium.be/sites/default/files/114_-_checklist_integration_gender_perspective_and_consideration_of_equality.pdf).

Websites and online resources

AEIDL (European Association for Information on Local Development) (n.d.), ‘Buying for social impact’ (https://www.aeidl.eu/docs/bsi/index.php).

AEIDL (n.d.), ‘BSI library’ (https://www.aeidl.eu/docs/bsi/index.php/bsi-buying-for-social-impact/bsi-library).

AEIDL (n.d.), ‘#WeBuySocialEU’ (https://www.aeidl.eu/en/projects/social-development/webuysocialeu.html).

EIGE (n.d.), ‘Countries’ (https://eige.europa.eu/countries).

EIGE (n.d.), ‘Gender mainstreaming’ (https://eige.europa.eu/gender-mainstreaming).

EIGE (2016), ‘Gender mainstreaming: Good practices’ (https://eige.europa.eu/gender-mainstreaming/good-practices).

EIGE (2017), ‘Entrepreneurship’ (https://eige.europa.eu/topics/entrepreneurship).

Electronics watch Website (https://electronicswatch.org/en).

European Commission (2019), ‘GPP training toolkit’ (https://ec.europa.eu/environment/gpp/toolkit_en.htm).

LOTI (n.d.), ‘Innovation in procurement toolkit’ (https://www.notion.so/84ea8097ae604bbb9cab8e29e84762d8?v=82e6cbfaa3a94c1c9d554d9628c9a2a2).

Municipality Compass (2016), How can I integrate sustainability into the procurement process? (https://www.kompass-nachhaltigkeit.de/en/sustainability-in-the-procurement-process).

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (n.d.), ‘Public procurement toolbox’ (https://www.oecd.org/governance/procurement/toolbox/).

Preston City Council (2021), ‘Making spend matter toolkit’ (https://www.preston.gov.uk/makingspendmattertoolkit).

Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR) English web pages (https://skr.se/skr/tjanster/englishpages.411.html).

Urbact (n.d.), ‘Urbact toolbox’ (https://urbact.eu/toolbox-home).

Urbact (2021), ‘Online course on strategic procurement’ (https://urbact.eu/procurement-course-procurement-importance).