Within the European project 'Green Team', we make local governments climate proof from within. As part of this effort, we are now looking for inspiring solutions and best practices on how to successfully integrate climate adaptation into design and public procurement procedures. Please share your experience with us, small or large!
Public procurement procedures are an essential part of how local authorities can put plans into action. Indeed, when local authorities start a project to make public spaces climate resilient, they need to convert their plan into public procurement specifications. Yet it is very important that climate adaptive requirements are not lost in translation. Therefore, Green Team is working hard to find solutions for key challenges in procurement.
Our team first identified ten major challenges, as you might have read in this article. We had rich discussions with all partners and presented the result to experts in the field. The most recurring issues are lack of experience, poorly formulated objectives, lack of objectivated standards and insufficiently specified minimum requirements or award criteria.
We need your help!
To address these challenges, we are now collecting inspiring solutions and best practices of local authorities that have successfully integrated climate adaptation into design and public procurement.
We are looking for practical cases (small or large) where local authorities have succesfully embedded climate adaptation into their procurement (process). This can include for example: parts of tender specifications, award criteria, minimum requirements, market consultations, design choices, adapted process approach, etc.
Your input will help us to:
Inspire other local authorities and organisations that are looking to make their projects more climate-resilient.
Contribute to a shared knowledge base on practical approaches to climate adaptation in design and procurement.
Gain visibility - selected cases will feature in the final publication highlighting leading examples from across the region.
You can save your answers and resume the form at a later moment.
All submissions must be completed by 30 January 2026.
Expected output
We are working towards a publication, where we will present the challenges and link them to possible solutions. We aim to inspire, facilitate and strengthen. As such, the folder will be compiled of lessons learned and illustrated with tangible examples.
This means the project team will select a number of cases to feature in the final publication. No case will be published, shared, or reproduced without prior contact and explicit confirmation from the submitting party. The requested contact details will solely be used to reach out in case your example is selected or if clarification is needed. Your information will not be shared with third parties and will be handled in line with applicable data protection standards.
If you have any question (or suggestions), please contact us!
greenteam@provincieantwerpen.be