Green procurement

The course aims at providing the students with a specific knowledge of public procurement as a tool to create social and environmental value and as a policy of implementation of sustainable development policies.

Purpose of the course is to let the students understandthe legal grounds and techniques that make a public procurement actually "green", through concrete examples and the discussion of documents of European and national relevance.

Learning objectives of the course include acquiring confidence with the juridical mechanism of green public procurement, with the juridical complexities embedded in their application and with some actual examples.

By the end of the course, the student will have to be able to: 1) demonstrate the acquisition of knowledge on the functioning and legal structure of green public procurement; 2) apply the acquired concepts in specific sectors, such as transport, energy, urban development; 3) make reasoned judgement on legal documents on GPP and on public tender procedures, with specific regard to their ability to deliver social and environmental value; 4) express in linear and organized legal reasoning on GPP as a tool to achieve sustainable development; 5) understand the pivotal role of administrative authorities in governing by contract.