Market Readiness Analysis

2- RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
The MTF Approach on SPP works in the following way (Figure 1). First pilot countries
assess their procurement status through an online questionnaire. Second, a legal review
is undertaken to identify the legislative framework for procurement in the country. Third a
country-based Market Readiness Analysis is carried out. After successful completion of
these three preliminary actions, pilot countries are to develop a SPP Policy Plan. A
subsequent training for the relevant procurement stakeholders is giving guidance for the
implementation.
Figure 1 – The Marrakech Task Force Approach on Sustainable Public Procurement
The current research consists in the Market Readiness Analysis, and will lay the
foundation for the SPP Policy and Implementation Plan in Lebanon.
Its purpose is to define:
- the existing productive capacities for sustainable products & services in Lebanon
and
- the potential responsiveness of the Lebanese market to potential SPP tenders.
Such research is particularly important in Lebanon. Indeed, although Lebanon was a
prosperous upper-middle income country in the mid-seventies, the interest of the
Lebanese authorities showed at that time in the socio-economic field manifested itself in
a logic of development. Environment was not perceived as a
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