CE-PRINCE at the 16th Mazovia Development Forum: Green Public Procurement from idea to practice in public administration in Poland

In Person
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Date: 06.10.2026
Dissemination event: “Green Public Procurement – from idea to practice in public administration”

Presented by Dawid Rudolf from Mazovia Development Agency S.A. (ARMSA) within the Interreg Central Europe CE-PRINCE project, the session introduced the project objectives and practical tools supporting the use of Circular/Green Public Procurement (C/GPP) in public administration.

Main topics:
• CE-PRINCE objectives and its transnational approach to strengthening GPP and the circular economy;
• practical use of environmental criteria and ecolabels/certificates in procurement, including durability, repairability, recycled content, EU Ecolabel, FSC and EPEAT;
• advantages and limitations of substantive criteria and certification as verification tools;
• a practical example from the Marshal’s Office of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship: a pilot furniture procurement using quality and environmental requirements, including ISO 14001 and FSC-related requirements;
• project results and long-term use of guidelines, recommendations and knowledge developed within CE-PRINCE.

PROGRAM 16. EDYCJI FORUM ROZWOJU MAZOWSZA – FORUM FUNDUSZY EUROPEJSKICH