We seek to reduce negative impacts and enhance positive actions that will lead to sustainable development in the country. Why the conference is a sustainable event?

The National Directorate of Public Procurement (DNCP) took on the challenge of designing and organizing a sustainable event, seeking to minimize negative impacts on the environment and generating practices that enhance the benefits for the conference audience.

Environmental protection, equal opportunities and inclusion are the main themes adopted by the DNCP to guide the organization of the XVIII Conference of the Inter-American Network of Government Procurement.

Equality and inclusion

The aim is to comply with these axes by promoting the participation of men and women in the lectures and panel discussions, in addition to the participation of an indigenous community.

The conference will hire translators and sign language interpreters, will facilitate access for people with disabilities within the on-site event and will also include the presence of Paraguayan artisans, who will perform pyrography works for the attendees.

Environmental protection 

En este eje se prevén diversas acciones clave, como la reducción del uso de botellas de plástico y la disminución del uso de papel, además de un sistema de separación, manejo y gestión de los residuos generados en el evento involucrando recicladores de base.

In addition to these actions, the process of measuring, reporting and compensating in full the Greenhouse Gases (GHG) emitted during the organization and development of the XVIII Conference of the Inter-American Network of Government Procurement. 

El compromiso de la DNCP, es el de compensar las emisiones de carbono liberadas durante la organización, ejecución y cierre de la conferencia, obteniendo así la categoría de “Evento 100% Carbono Neutro” a través de la emisión de la Declaratoria Internacional de Evento Carbono Neutral otorgado por el Programa 100% Carbon Neutral®  (https://100carbonneutral.com/) which operates from Costa Rica for all of Latin America.