The One Planet Network, SIP and UNEP invite you to join us for a webinar on Wednesday, 9 February, 2022: Accelerating sustainable infrastructure development: the power and potential of public procurement (07:00 EST/13:00 CET/17:30 IST). One Planet Network and UNEP have released a policy brief on the topic (available here), and are hosting a conversation with panelists from the Netherlands Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, UNDP, Tata Projects—a private sector infrastructure developer in India, and OECD.

Draft Agenda

-Beibei Gu, UNEP, Opening Remarks
-Dominic MacCormack, UNEP, moderator
-Introduction: Sanjay Kumar, Sustainable Infrastructure interest group of the One Planet Network SPP Programme
-Panelist #1, Jeroen Van Alphen, Project Leader SPP, Netherlands Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management: Incorporating sustainability into Infrastructure projects – The Netherlands national perspective
-Panelist #2, OECD (speaker TBC)
-Panelist #3, Ravishankar Chandrasekhran, Vice President and SBU Head, Tata Projects: Infrastructure Procurement in India
-Panelist #4, Carsten Hansen, Chief, Global Procurement Services, UNDP: UNDP Sustainable Procurement Integration Approaches
-Moderated discussion and Q&A