Construction of the Culture and Creative Industries Development Centre (CCID) in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina — UNESCO Program

United Nations Educational, Science and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) hereby invite qualified companies to submit sealed tenders as follows:

Construction of   the Culture and Creative Industries Development Centre (CCID) in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sustainable Procurement practices integrate requirements, specifications, and criteria that are compatible and in favour of the protection of the environment, the social progress and in support of economic development.

These practices seek resource efficiency, improve the quality of products and services, and ultimately optimize costs (HLCM Procurement Network). Sustainable Procurement is one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (goals 12 and 12.7), and it also contributes to the achievement of all SDGs.

This procurement opportunity is considered sustainable as it incorporates at least three sustainability considerations, in accordance with the HLCM Procurement Network's Sustainable Procurement Working Group - Sustainability Indicators Framework.

To learn more about which considerations are included in this procurement opportunity, please see below for a specific description. For more information, contact the procurement official or author of this procurement opportunity.

The tender contains sustainability considerations for preventing or minimizing damage associated with climate change.

Energy efficiency, greenhouse gas reporting and emission offsetting.

The tender contains sustainability considerations related to human rights, fundamental principles and rights at work, occupational health and safety, fairly traded goods, targeted employment of people with disabilities, etc.

The tender contains sustainability considerations regarding local MSMEs, local communities or disadvantaged groups.

Reserved labour opportunities for local communities, use of local materials, reserved procurements for local companies

The tender contains sustainability considerations for the prevention of polluting emissi