ICLEI European Secretariat

Project summary: The LANDMARK project is about enabling European local authorities to act as key drivers for the promotion of fair and decent working conditions in global supply chains for certain products purchased by the European public sector.

The goal is that changing consumption patterns from buyers in Europe will help to improve the living and working conditions of workers in Asia and parts of Sub-Saharan Africa particularly in the textiles, food, construction and electronics sectors.

LANDMARK concentrates on addressing the purchasing practices of public authorities in Europe, particularly those of local authorities. Channelling their buying power towards products and services produced under fair and just conditions will have a considerable impact on improving global supply chains. European public authorities spend over €2,000 billion every year on goods and services. In terms of goods, nearly three million computers and monitors are purchased annually by public authorities in Europe.

LANDMARK is an international project co-funded by the European Union (Europe Aid programme) and is formed on the basis of a partnership between seven European organisations.

It is a three year long project running from the start of April 2011 to the end of March 2014.