Gender-responsive Public Procurement

Gender-responsive public procurement (GRPP) is a gender mainstreaming tool to promote gender equality through public procurement [1]. GRPP is procurement that promotes gender equality through the purchase of works, supplies or services by public sector bodies. This means that buyers and suppliers look at the impact of all of the contracted activities related to women’s and men’s interests and concerns...

This practical toolkit for implementing gender-responsive public procurement (GRPP) in the EU context is designed for contracting authorities at all levels (national, regional and local), including EU institutions, bodies and agencies. It is also designed to be useful to policymakers and practitioners working towards gender equality and gender mainstreaming, at both the EU and the national levels. The toolkit can...