Water, Procurement
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Jun. 24, 2013
Commissioner Barnier's proposal to exclude water services success for Europe's citizens
European Commissioner Barnier, responsible for the internal market and the concessions directive has announced that he will propose to the Commission to take water and sanitation services out of the scope of the directive on concessions.
Jan. 17, 2014
New EU Directive a step forward for green and social public procurement
A network of civil society organisations welcomes the adoption of new EU directives that allow for social and environmental criteria in public procurement and calls upon Member States to put an end to cost-centred approach.
Jun. 29, 2015
Report on the EPSU/ETUC Public Procurement Meeting "Socially Responsible Procurement"
Brief report of ETUC/EPSU workshop on Public Procurement, 21 May 2015 Introduction Mads Samsing, Chair of EPSU Standing Committee for Local and Regional Government opened the workshops and welcomed all
Jul. 18, 2016
Success for trade unions as Slovenian Parliament green lights inclusion of the right to water in constitution
In a huge victory for the Right2Water movement in Europe, the Slovenian National Assembly has voted to begin the process of amending the constitution to include the right to ‘safe drinking water.’