Procurement is a weapon in fight for jobs, says EC_2
19 July 2012
Purchasers can use their procurement policies as tools to combat unemployment, especially among the long-term unemployed, according to a clarification document released by the European Commission.
It says that local authorities can require contractors to set up training for the unemployed and recruit disabled people.
The clarifications come in the latest interpretive communication on public procurement, published last month. As public procurement amounts to 14 per cent of European Union gross domestic product, taking into account concerns such as...