Who we are

The International Learning Lab on Public Procurement and Human Rights and the International Working Group on Ethical Public Procurement have come together to provide a hub for public buyers, policy makers, procurement practitioners and scholars to share information, best practice in socially responsible procurement, learn from each other and explore collaborative initiatives to promote public procurement policy as a tool for social sustainability and the protection of human rights. 

The International Learning Lab on Public Procurement and Human Rights was created in 2013 and worked for a decade through the collaboration of the International Corporate Accountability Roundtable, the Harrison Institute for Public Law at Georgetown University, the University of Notthingahm, the Danish Institute for Human Rights and the Business, Human Rights and the Enviornment (BHRE), University of Greenwich. It is currently coordinated by Professor Olga Martin-Ortega and Dr. Laura Trevino-Lozano at the BHRE.  

The International Working Group on Ethical Public Procurement (IWGEPP) is a collaboration of representatives from public contracting authorities, governmental bodies, academia, multi-stakeholder initiatives and NGOs from several countries. Its mission is to work towards socially responsible public procurement becoming a natural and integrated part of public procurement processes in countries around the world.