The webinar unpacks key changes introduced by the PPA, teases out the implications for procurers, and situates the Act in the Commission's broader agenda. Alongside a general overview of the revised rulebook, it will shed particular light on what the Act means for sustainability and circularity.
The speakers:
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Paul Healy is a Policy Advisor for Circular Economy and Sustainable Finance at Germanwatch, an environment and development policy organisation. His work focuses on the intersection of public procurement and the circular economy, in the German and EU contexts.
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Federica Pozzi is Senior Programme Manager at the Environmental Coalition on Standards (ECOS), an NGO working on environmental requirements in EU product and standardisation policy, where her work has focused on decarbonising construction products and the built environment.
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Endowed Professor of Public Procurement Law at Groningen University and Associate Professor of NL and EU Public Procurement Law at Utrecht University. His works focusses on public procurement law in light of societal challenges.
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Viviana Demonte is Project Officer at Eurocities, where she works on the Big Buyers Working Together initiative, supporting cities and public authorities across Europe in embedding sustainability criteria into their purchasing practice.
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Ronja Bechauf is Policy Advisor for Sustainable Infrastructure and Public Procurement at the International Institute for Sustainable Development, where she advises governments on green public procurement and co-authored IISD's 2025 report Strengthening Public Procurement for Climate Action and Competitiveness, setting out reform options for the EU procurement framework.
