Continuing the topic from the previous module’s last unit, we’ll approach the following themes: public purchases, sustainable public purchases and the procedures for the organization and acquisition of goods from smallholder farming for the PNAE.
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Do you have any experience with public purchases?
Do you know how public purchases of goods from smallholder farming for the PNAE are carried out?
Do you know the differences and particularities of purchases from smallholder farming for school feeding?
Sustainable public purchases
The continuing and growing degradation of natural resources is currently a serious worldwide issue that has been getting the attention of environmentalists, institutions and movements in search of tools and alternatives that reduce non-sustainable production and consumption patterns. In that sense, there is a proposition of actions to establish mechanisms for environmental sustainable development and to improve the population’s quality of life.
Among the latest actions that took place, we highlight:
- The UN Conference, in 1992, in Rio de Janeiro, that established an Action Plan to promote sustainable development: the Agenda 21;
- The World Summit on Sustainable Development, in Johannesburg, in 2002, that emphasized the need of a public administration to “promote public procurement policies that encourage development and diffusion of environmentally sound goods and services”.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
With this information, ask yourself: what has been changing in public purchases?
Think about this question and find some answers on the following slides.
