Elementos para la formulación del Plan de Acción Nacional de Compras Públicas Sostenibles mediante herramientas de economía conductual

Abstract

Given the limited information available in Colombia regarding progress in the implementation of Sustainable Public Procurement - henceforth SPP, it is necessary to propose the bases for the formulation of the National Action Plan for Sustainable Public Procurement - henceforth SPP NAP, with strategic lines and activities based on behavioral economy tools such as "nudges" or "small pushes", aimed at achieving transformations in the consumption patterns of individuals (citizens), public entities, at the same time, in the productive processes of the private sector, and in this way promote the implementation of SPPs in Colombia. For it, a research methodology with a mixed approach was implemented, which was based on the collection of primary information from consumer surveys and interviews with professionals from public entities, furthermore, secondary information on the Colombian business segment and environmental management and SPP regulations. In this way, the problems of the SPP elements were identified and prioritized, from which five project profiles were formulated, immersed in two programs that include different tools of the behavioral economy.In this sense, the project profiles formulated for the bases of the SPP NAP were oriented towards the elements of the SPP, such as public entities, civil society, suppliers, regulation and institutional integrality, each of these included activities to be developed with behavioral economy tools, to achieve greater effectiveness in its implementation.