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Efteruddannelse om grønne indkøb English SummaryThe project includes a mapping of the type of green procurement training (courses, seminars, theme meetings) which has been offered to public-sector staff during the last 5 years. This is enclosed in appendix 1 as documentation and inspiration. Furthermore, 9 types of public-sector staff are defined and they are to be considered the target group for the supplementary green procurement courses. The 9 types are widely composed of central and decentralised purchasers. 4 to 6 interviews have been made with each target group and these interviews reflect the need for supplementary training within the target groups and reflect how the supplementary training courses should be organised. Globally, the purchasers take a keen interest in green procurement and they want to have more knowledge about it. A lot of the purchasers have not done any supplementary training courses on green procurement and they call for such offers. A picture seems to emerge that the public procurement staff, who job-wise deal with procurement as a minor part of their daily routines, need courses of a shorter duration because they have to prioritise supplementary training within their primary professional field at the same time. The supplementary training courses which have previously been held have typically had a duration of one day which is a long time for a lot of the public-sector staff to set aside for this purpose. The funds available for the public procurement staff vary considerably. There are examples of DKK 300 per year and up to DKK 50,000 per year. In terms of price, the previous courses have conformed quite well to the needs of the purchasers as many of these courses have been offered free of charge or have been relatively inexpensive. In terms of contents, many of the purchasers call for product-related knowledge about the exact types of products they purchase. Furthermore, many of them want knowledge about existing green procurement tools and methods for finding product-related information. An often unexploited potential is the current environmental competencies which rest e.g. with the local governments. It is often seen that there is no collaboration between the environmental staff/environmental co-ordinators and the decentralised purchasers. The courses which have previously been held almost correspond to the needs for supplementary training in terms of contents, though, certain organisational obstacles and possibilities could have been better dealt with, as e.g. the collaboration between the environmental staff and the decentralised procurement staff. By way of conclusion, the report outlines potential supplementary green procurement training course schemes. This outline is based on the needs specified in the needs analysis. |