In November 2020, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, the Ministry of the Environment, the cities of Helsinki, Tampere, and Vantaa, and the procurement organizations Monetra Oulu Ltd. and Tuomi Logistiikka Ltd. announced a voluntary national green deal to reduce harmful substances in early

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KEINO is a network-based Competence center for Sustainable and Innovative public procurement in Finland. The founding members responsible for the operation and co-development are were Motiva, the Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, The

Motiva brings to the Competence Centre in particular its expertise in sustainable procurement and procurement criteria, as well as experimentation and scaling. Motiva's role is to act as the coordinator of Keino and ultimately is responsible for the centre's services. Motiva is also responsible for

Innovative procurement means the procurement of a new or clearly improved product or service that is not yet being used widely. Innovative procurement may also involve a new method of implementing procurement or the related project, such as a construction project. A procurement agreement may include

KEINO change agents (KEINO-muutosagentti in Finnish) act as the local contact point for the competence centre, bringing KEINO's activities and support closer to public procurers locally. The work of KEINO change agents is funded by KEINO and their tasks are to: 1. provide information for the

Keino offers guidance and information on: Strategic management of public procuring Developing public procurement competence Cooperation and networking in public procurement

Share your sustainable or innovative procurement Have you been involved in planning or implementing a sustainable or an innovative procurement? You can share your procurement example by downloading the Word template below. Complete and send it to palvelu@hankintakeino.fi. Word template for a

The web services of the KEINO Competence Centre are governed by The Act on the Provision of Digital Services, which requires that public sector must be accessible. The KEINO Competence Centre works to promote equality in its web services, to ensure that they are user-friendly and available for all