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Thanks John. Sustainable procurement and its local/global implications is something we all need to think about - and a real challenge when the focus is often so sharply on the bottom line. Not related to procurement but inextricably linked, is understanding the implications of climate change ondevelopment and poverty - Christian Aid has some interesting work that sets out further justification for why we have to get to grips with SD C -----Original Message----- From: Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Forster Sent: 23 October 2008 11:39 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Promoting poverty aware procurement on campus As a new list member, and to introduce myself want to draw your attention to, and stimulate debate about, this new DFID funded project being managed by me for the EAUC. and see http://www.eauc.org.uk/promoting_poverty_aware_procurement_on_campus Centred mainly on institutions in N England and Scotland this project aims to encourage FHE to be more aware of, and take more accout of, the poverty/development implications of procurement/purchasing decisions. This would include curriculum issues (e.g. ethical fashion, or beauty courses in FE), but particularly would be concerned with decisions being made about the functioning of the institution - e.g. what are the consequences of paper/pulp purchasing from the tropics/sub-tropics on the well-being of the local people involved in cultivation and manufacture? Or timber being used for a new build may be sustainably certified, but what does this imply about the impacts on the commmunity from which it is being sourced? And then we are going on to explore the procurement processes that would enable poverty/development issues to be regularly taken into account when decisions are being made. I am struck when reading the recent literature about institutions and their global role, that this dimension of their interaction with the rest of the world seems not to get a mention - (though there are references to the fact that globalisation affects the catering fucntion because it must make sure that the menus cater for overseas students). So my hope in posting this two fold: To stimulate you to get your institution involved in the project if your are in Scotland or Northern England, and To get some feedback from you about how the global citizenship agenda in institutions can be expanded to embrace the "trade" relations that HE has with the developing world John Forster The UK's no. 1 new university The Guardian University Guide 2009 This email is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete this email, which must not be copied, distributed or disclosed to any other person. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Bournemouth University or its subsidiary companies. Nor can any contract be formed on behalf of the University or its subsidiary companies via email.