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This is one of the conclusions of the report on socially responsible public procurement presented this morning at the Economic and Social Council of the Region of Murcia, and directed by Victor Meseguer, director of the International CSR Chair at UCAM, and in which professors from the Catholic University, and public from Murcia and Alicante, as well as experts in political and anthropology have participated.
"The Region is in a very embryonic situation regarding the use of contracting to make social and environmental policy."
The general picture that is observed in the analysis is that it is still in a very early stage of development in this area.
There are numerous public entities that have barely any experience or have not faced the incorporation of ecosocial clauses.
It highlights that there is a need for greater knowledge and application of these types of clauses in public procurement by the administrations present in the Region.
Among the conclusions, it is worth highlighting that the Public Sector Contract Law allows establishing social and environmental requirements for public procurement to imply additional improvements in these matters.
Hiring people with disabilities or long-term unemployed can be incorporated as contract clauses.
Also the use of energy efficient and environmentally friendly machinery and vehicles.
Based on interviews and real experiences
The realization of the document has been based on in-depth interviews with thirty key informants from the Murcia Region of social, environmental, trade unions, business organizations and public procurement technicians.
The experiences of ten municipalities and three councils of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia were also analyzed after a request made to all public entities in the Region.
The opinion of entrepreneurs: agreement, but without altering competition
On the other hand, the perceptions of the businessmen and the representatives of their organizations share that the public bidding is a positive instrument, but the concern is expressed that this type of clause represents a disadvantage for the small and medium business, since in its Design does not always take into account their size in relation to the size of the contract to be executed.
Teachers from three universities under the direction of UCAM
The study was carried out by Irene Bajo García, Alejandra Selma Penalva and José Luís Durán Sánchez, professors from the public universities of Alicante and Murcia, and UCAM respectively, as well as the political scientist Javier Sierra Rodríguez, the lawyer Fernando López Alonso and the anthropologist Gabriel López Martínez.
Source: UCAM
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