See www.lobbying.scot St Andrew’s House, Regent Road, Edinburgh EH1 3DG www.gov.scot Other recent supporting activity includes: • Delivering ‘Procurement Policy into Practice’ face-to-face online sessions in March and April 2024, with over 300 procurement practitioners from all sectors of the public sector including Housing Associations and Registered Social Landlords upskilled over four 2.5-hour sessions. • Delivering 3 rounds of sustainable procurement face-to-face online training in February and March 2024, to a total of 287 public sector participants across the nine 2 hour sessions: • Introduction to Sustainable Public Procurement • Using Procurement to address the Climate Emergency • Fair and Inclusive Procurement • Leading several, well-attended sessions on sustainable procurement for our colleagues across the public sector including: • Sustainable Procurement Tools Introduction (26 April, 11 and 24 May 2023) • Climate and Procurement, Scotland Excel Conference (10 May 2023) • Climate and Procurement, Scotland Excel/LA Audience (17 May 2023) • Sustainable Procurement/Benchmarking – Scotland Excel/LA Audience (14 June 2023) • Buying Social Justice (June 2023) • Procuring a Sustainable Future for People and Planet panel – Improvement Service/Scotland Excel event (22 November 2023) • Statutory Guidance Stakeholder Engagement Workshop – Sustainable Procurement and Circular Economy – February 2024 • Publishing several Scottish Procurement Policy Notes (SPPNs) and Construction policy notes (CPNs) over the course of 2023, including: o Australia and New Zealand Free Trade Agreements: SPPN 1/2023 o Public procurement - annual procurement reports for 2022-2023 and 2023- 2024: SPPN 2/2023 o Supporting innovation through procurement: SPPN 3/2023 o Legislation changes following the Republic of North Macedonia’s accession to the Agreement on Government Procurement: SPPN 4/2023 o Sustainability in construction projects: CPN 1/2023 • Nick Ford, the Scottish Government’s Director of Procurement and Property also has a number of regular engagements to provide leadership and to share best practice around the Scottish public sector including: o Monthly meetings with the Chief Executives of Scotland Excel, Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges, and NHS National Procurement o Bi-monthly meetings with the Chief Executive of Scottish Future’s Trust o Regular one-to-one with Heads of Procurement from various Local Authorities and other public bodies • Scottish Government officials meet regularly with the business community, supported businesses, social enterprises and charities through formal routes such as the Procurement Supply Group, SME roundtables, and 'Meet the Buyer' events.