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This research, done at the request of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, offers a foundation to further enhance government policy with regard to bioplastics. Independent research and consultancy organisation CE Delft has investigated the sustainability of biobased plastics and has drawn conclusions about the greenhouse gas balance, the use of natural resources, its relation to litter and the plastic soup, and the options for processing bioplastics at at the end of its life span. (September 2017)

The European Commission has published a new brochure about ‘Circular procurement’. It cites a number of initiatives by Dutch decentralised governing bodie as examples. This confirms that the Netherlands is one of the frontrunners of the circular economy. (October 2017)

The OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) has compiled a checklist to improve the integrity of needs determination of contract management. It contains recommendations for policy makers and ways to implement these policy recommendations. (2008)

Places such as Australia, Canada, the EU, and the United Kingdom already rely on private investment and have successfully executed hundreds of privately financed infrastructure projects to drive economic growth while protecting the public interest.

The research ‘Reducing Deforestation in Agricultural Commodity Supply Chains Using Public Procurement Policy’ deals with the role of certification of sustainable agriculture products in procurement. (September 2015)

The OECD released a report about public procurement in July 2015. Chapter 9 of this report provides a detailed overview of how OECD countries score on a number of KPI’s such as public procurement. (July 2015)

This guide is based on recent experiences with the Central Government Real Estate Agency, and the ministeries of Infrastructure and Water Management and Defense for implementing procurement in several integrated DBFM(O) projects (October 2009)

The central question posed by this guide is: how can public organisations meet their needs as efficiently as possible, while exploiting the innovative power of the market? The guide follows the steps of an innovation-driven call for proposal as illustrated in figure 1 of the guide.

Worldwide, the amount of photovoltaics (PV) installations has grown exponentially. In the Netherlands the installations of PV has grown quickly in the past few years due to the government's high ambitions and generous subsidies. The Netherlands is a small country, but it still holds the worldwide number 2 position in PV capacity per capita and Australia takes the first place. (november 2023)

PIANOo, the Dutch Public Procurement Expertise Centre, was set up to professionalise procurement and tendering in all government departments, with a view to improving efficiency and compliance with the rules. Professional procurement can contribute to successful policy and offers value for taxpayers' money.