GRP Alliance

📢 Announcement! Solvoz in partnership with SheSupplies will present GRP Alliance on next 25th September at Jaarbeurs in Utrecht!!! Discovering how we are supporting international NGOs (#INGO) and donors to drive gender equality and social sustainability through procurement and supply chain processes, while progressing the Sustainable Development Goals (#SDGs) #TakeTheLead #SDGactionweek #SDGactionday

🚀 Empower Social Impact through Gender-Responsive Procurement (GRP)! 🌍 The GRP Alliance is here to help international NGOs (#INGO) and donors make procurement more inclusive, impactful, and sustainable. By collaborating with leading donors, NGOs, and suppliers, they’re unlocking new opportunities to drive gender equality and social sustainability through procurement. 🌟 Why does it matter? #GRP creates better working conditions, empowers women in the supply chain, and promotes supplier diversity—all while supporting the Sustainable Development Goals (#SDGs). Join us to scale your impact and lead the change toward a more equitable world. 🌍 Learn more and get involved: GRPAlliance.org ═══════════════════════ #GenderEquality #SustainableProcurement #SocialImpact #SupplierDiversity #WomenEmpowerment #Inclusion #Sustainability #DonorPartnerships #Solvoz #GRPAlliance

🤔 𝗜𝘀 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗡𝗚𝗢’𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿-𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲? Many large international development and humanitarian NGOs (#INGO) spend 60-80% of their budgets on procurement. Yet, less than 1% of this goes to women-owned businesses (#WOB). This gap highlights a crucial opportunity for change! 🌍 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: The GRP Alliance helps NGOs adopt gender-responsive procurement (#GRP) policies, ensuring that procurement practices align with Sustainable Development Goals (#SDG5: Gender Equality & #SDG8: Decent Work).  By working with gender-responsive suppliers, NGOs can foster positive social change and drive sustainable growth! 👉 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗥𝗣-𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆: GRPAlliance.org ═══════════════════════ Gender equality can’t wait - SheSupplies.org ✨ #GenderResponsiveProcurement #GRPAlliance #Sustainability #InclusiveProcurement #NGOs #WomenOwnedBusinesses #SupplyChainDiversity #SocialImpact

Did you already check out the European Commission's #GenderEquality Index 2023? Explore the insights in the Gender Equality Index 2023 here: https://lnkd.in/gexuheQT Noting that🗺 European Union scores 70.2% for the first time. Biggest area for improvement at EU level? The domain of power measures gender equality in decision-making positions across the political, economic and social spheres. The Gender Equality Index for the European Union (EU) has surpassed 70 points for the first time, showing a growth of 1.6 points since 2022. The increase in the overall EU score is the highest year-on-year rise since the first edition of the Index in 2013. Explore the insights in the Gender Equality Index 2023 here: https://lnkd.in/gexuheQT #genderequality #cyprus #netherlands #sweden #europeanunion

On #ResourceTuesday this week on GRP Alliance we highlight academic contributions towards the case of Gender-Responsive Procurement. Did you already read the article of Barbara J. Orser, Xiaolu (Diane) Liao, Allan Riding, QUANG DUONG, and Jerome Catimel: "Gender-responsive public procurement: strategies to support women-owned enterprises" in the Journal of Public Procurement 👉 https://lnkd.in/dTvhUFsD The "paper aims to inform strategies to enhance public procurement opportunities for women-owned small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). To do so, the study examines two research questions: To what extent are women-owned enterprises under-represented among SME suppliers to government; and Do barriers to public procurement – as perceived by SME owners – differ across gender?" #SMEs #womenowned #genderequality #genderequity #womenenterpreneurship #womeninvaluechain SheSupplies Solvoz #genderresponsiveprocurement

💡On #ResourceTuesday of the GRP Alliance we like to hightlight the issue brief of International Labour Organization and UN Women "Rethinking gender-responsive procurement: enabling an ecosystem for women's economic empowerment" 👉 https://lnkd.in/dKKBUd_u The issue brief, prepared by the International Labour Organization and UN Women, proposes an evolved vision of #gender-responsive procurement (#GRP) that leaves no one behind and creates outcomes for gender equality and women’s empowerment, not only opportunities. Starting from the “buy from women-owned” approach, which seeks to offer equal opportunities for women’s enterprises to access markets, the brief then takes a step forward to consider the potential to leverage gender-responsive procurement for expanded benefits to all women in value chains as a means to address gender inequality. #leavenoonebehind #genderequality #genderequity #womenenterpreneurship #womeninvaluechain SheSupplies Solvoz #genderresponsiveprocurement

Are you interested to become one of the founding partners? Is your #NGO interested to learn more? Are you as a donor interested to drive change towards #genderequality, #genderequity and closing the #gendergap? We are looking forward hearing from you! #sustainabledevelopmentgoals #genderequity #genderequality #genderresponsiveprocurement #procurement SheSupplies Solvoz

📨 On #ResourceTuesday we highlight this week the report "The Business Case for Global Supplier Diversity and Inclusion" of WEConnect International. 👉 https://lnkd.in/dspEWWGd With this #report, you can explore the diversity of approaches and the #diversity of reasons why corporations want to build more inclusive global value chains. You’ll also discover the critical contributions of women and other #underutilised #suppliers that add to corporate success. #genderequality #genderequity #womenenterpreneurship #womeninvaluechain SheSupplies Solvoz #genderresponsiveprocurement

🌏 On #ResourceTuesday of the GRP Alliance, we highlight this week thes insight paper on gender equitable procurement and supply chains from the Australian Government and Workplace Gender Equality Agency. 👉 https://lnkd.in/dn6ED7ZA The Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA, Agency) insight paper and guide reviews Australian and international evidence and case studies with a view to understand how government and business procurement and supply chain processes impact gender equality. The paper profiles the four most common models of gender equitable procurement and examines the range of #societal, economic and organisational #benefits resulting from gender-diverse supply chains. The latter part of the paper sets out options to progress gender #equitable #procurement processes as well as actions to help employers develop strategies to improve #gender equality in #procurement and #supplychain processes. #genderequality #genderequity #womenenterpreneurship #womeninvaluechain SheSupplies Solvoz #genderresponsiveprocurement

🌏 On #ResourceTuesday of the GRP Alliance, we highlight this week thes insight paper on gender equitable procurement and supply chains from the Australian Government and Workplace Gender Equality Agency. 👉 https://lnkd.in/dn6ED7ZA The Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA, Agency) insight paper and guide reviews Australian and international evidence and case studies with a view to understand how government and business procurement and supply chain processes impact gender equality. The paper profiles the four most common models of gender equitable procurement and examines the range of #societal, economic and organisational #benefits resulting from gender-diverse supply chains. The latter part of the paper sets out options to progress gender #equitable #procurement processes as well as actions to help employers develop strategies to improve #gender equality in #procurement and #supplychain processes. #genderequality #genderequity #womenenterpreneurship #womeninvaluechain SheSupplies Solvoz #genderresponsiveprocurement