Enhancing Kazak SMEs capacity to access sustainable public procurement and broaden their markets
On 4 November, 2021 (14:00 to 15:30 Nur-Sultan time, EKT), UNEP and Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production Centre (Ukraine) are hosting an online workshop, 'Transforming Sustainability into New Business Opportunities: Enhance Kazakh Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Capacity to Access Sustainable Public Procurement and Broaden their Markets'. This national workshop is organized within the framework of a new pilot project to upscale SME resource efficiency practices in the Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA), which is made up of two complementary initiatives: the United Nations Development Account (UNDA) Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP) and I-GO.
Training workshop objectives
This training workshop will engage with SMEs and help build awarenss of the benefits of being prepared for national sustainable public procurement (SPP) processes. The event focuses on the following key objectives:
- Raising awareness among SMEs and other stakeholders on SPP in Kazakhstan, explaining the associated procedures and showcasing its benefits;
- Presenting the current status of SPP implementation in both Kazakhstan and the broader EECCA region, and discussing future developments
- Describing the new opportunities related to SPP for Kazakh SMEs;
- Introducing the opportunity for SMEs to avail of free expert support to assess their readiness for SPP sustainability criteria.
Language
Russian and English (with simultaneous interpretation)
Participants
The event’s participants will include the representatives of SMEs interested in the issues of SPP, circular economy and resource efficient and cleaner production, as well as the representatives of the Ministry of Finance, UNEP and national experts.
Registration
To participate in the workshop, please fill in the form. After registering, you will receive a link to join the event.
For more information, please contact us by call +7 701 989 6080 or email yerulan_zh [at] mail.ru, the contact person is Mr. Yerulan Zhakipov.
| Time (EKT) | Item |
| 14:00-14:15 | Welcoming Remarks TBC (Ministry of Finance of Kazahstan) Mr. Farid Yaker (Programme Officer, Economy Division, UNEP) Mr. Andrii Vorfolomeiev (Direector, Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production Centre) |
| 14:15-14:20 | Poll on SPP awareness |
| 14:20-14:35 | SPP as a modern approach to efficient production and consumption Mr. Johannes Fresner (Expert, Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production Centre) |
| 14:35-14:50 | Introduction to SPP in Kazakhstan Mr. Kuanysh Baltabaev (Head, OJL EcoJer) |
| 14:50-14:55 | Poll on SMEs' SPP readiness and resource efficiency actions to date |
| 14:55-15:15 | Enhancing SMEs' SPP readiness: possibilites, applications, and procedures Mr. Ivan Omelchuk (Expert, Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production Centre) |
| 15:15-15:30 | Introduction to free expert advisory service to help SMEs improve their SPP readiness Question & Answer Session Mr. Andrii Vorfolomeiev (Director, Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production Centre) |
