Catalan Government: turning Global Climate Challenges into opportunities for the local Green Economy

Catalan Government: turning Global Climate Challenges into opportunities for

the local Green Economy

CARBON EXPO SIDE EVENT, BARCELONA, 28/05/2015

PUBLIC PROCUREMENT OF ACCIÓ, Catalonia’s Government

Commitment from the Government of Catalonia :

to promote sustainability to improve competitiveness to benefit locally and abroad

Catalonia’s pursue towards a Green Economy

to increase employment providing welfare and social equity

SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR CATALONIA.. AND THE WORLD

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Entrepreneurship and employment

Promotion of internationalization: Trade + PP

Research and innovation

Improving access to financing

Generation of demand and creation of markets

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Key policies for transition

Local jobs + knowledge transfer = win-win

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Potential Public Procurement customers

MULTILATERAL INSTITUTIONS OF REGIONAL REACH:

• REGIONAL DEV. BANKS: ASIAN DEV. BANK; AFRICAN BANK; INTERAMERICAN DEV. BANK; ETC.

NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF GLOBAL REACH:

• DEVLELOPMENT AGENCIES FROM DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF GLOBAL REACH:

• EUROPEAN COMMISSION PROGRAMMES

MULTILATERAL INSTITUTIONS OF GLOBAL REACH:

• WORLD BANK GROUP (WBG) • UN AGENCIES LOCAL

INST. Governments Local councils

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Green Economy Opportunities around the World 05

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• 34 offices of trade and investment promotion, with 150 staff • Industrial policy following RIS3 smart specialization strategies • 2 OECI specialized in PP, Washington and Brussel·les • Portfolio of clients, experience and knowledge • Local financial constraints • Legislation limitations and other • But opportunities around the globe, with ACCIÓ as a platform for

the local Green economy

Main features of ACCIÓ’Trade and Public Procurement 07

Knowledge, institutional and business strength 08

Public Procurement of ACCIÓ • 34 offices with 700 Internationalization plans/yr for Catalan firms • Public Procurement unit deals with 20 int. Plans, with two axis • Brussels and Washington are the PP axis, with access to key stakeh. • PP unit focusing on main multilateral donors: EC, WBG, IDB, ADB... • but increasingly developing strategies, locally, around the globe • Sectoral approach: i.e. GREEN ECONOMY B2P SERVICE, providing

collective and individual services to Catalan local firms to help them gain a better access to the PP market, around the globe

• Missions: Bolivia and Paraguay June, Environment and Construction; Cleantech to the EU end June, Brussels; Croatia October, Envir.+Constr.

• Local activities: Training and InFormation events in Barcelona, spreading the world on opportunities for the local Green Economy.

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@accio_cat

Servei d’Informació Empresarial 934 767 206 [email protected]

Alt Penedès, Garraf i Maresme Tel. 934 767 251 [email protected] Catalunya Central Tel. 936 930 209 [email protected] Girona Tel. 872 975 991 [email protected]

Lleida Tel. 973 243 355 [email protected] Tarragona Tel. 977 251 717 [email protected] Terres de l’Ebre Tel. 977 449 333 [email protected]

You can fins us at: Oriol Martínez Alòs-Moner - [email protected] Public Procurement of ACCIÓ – www.accio.gencat.cat/ DGI, Generalitat de Catalunya Pg. Gràcia, 129. 08008 Barcelona . Tel. 93 551 7404 – 665 892 980

Thank you

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