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The Nordic Council of Ministers has long stressed the importance of Green Public Procurement (GPP), and this is seen also in its current Strategy for Sustainable Development and in its Environmental Action Plan 2013-2018. Many Nordic projects have been done about GPP, for example about measuring GPP, common international criteria, and actions needed to mainstream GPP in the Nordic countries. One important finding is that the arrangements for the state framework contracts (SFCs) are different in the Nordic countries and the figure we had about green aspects in SFCs was fragmented. Because SFCs have a central role in public procurement in the Nordic countries this topic quite clearly needed further examination. The purpose of this project was to clear out how Green Public Procurement has been realized in state framework contracts in the Nordic countries, to propose country-specific ways to improve the situation, and to draw a general model of efficient ways to realize green state framework contracts. The target group includes organizations preparing/making state framework contracts in each Nordic country, political representatives, government officials, consumer and environmental agency officials, and others interested in GPP. In addition to this Full Report, the project has also resulted in a short Summary Report and a presentation (slides), including the key findings and conclusions.

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