Valentina Schippers-Opejko

Coordinator Urban Agenda Partnership on Innovative & Responsible Public Procurement at City of Haarlem | The Netherlands

Valentina Schippers-Opejko uses public procurement as a strategic tool to tackle social, ecological and economic challenges public authorities are dealing with. Her expertise comes from coordinating the Urban Agenda network and Eurocities’ Public Procurement Working Group. For Valentina it is important that people understand how socially responsible and sustainable public procurement can be used for exchanging information, experience, and knowledge to overcome obstacles in the public sphere.