Can public procurement help solve gender inequality?

   How can city authorities make gender equality a fundamental, integral part of public procurement? Is it possible to combat gender-based inequalities through procurement processes? These key questions are the focus of a new conversation launched at the June 2021 URBACT City Festival, connecting URBACT’s work on Gender Equality and Public Procurement.   The festival session ‘Unlocking the potential of public procurement to drive gender equality’, built on knowledge from the URBACT procurement networks Procure and Making Spend Matter, as well as URBACT’s online training course on Strategic Procurement – and the Gender Equal Cities initiative.   URBACT city and network representatives showed how cities can ...