The team at CCSPI wishes everyone a Happy Holiday-- we hope you get time with loved ones and to relax. Looking forward to an amazing 2020!
2019 Training Review
With the season and year ending, CCSPI would like to say a huge thank you to all of our partners and to every city or organizations that have hosted and participated in the training sessions.
Below are the training sessions that have taken place in 2019. Remember that all webinars are recorded and available to members through the membership portal.
March 27: Introduction to CCSPI -Webinar
May 6: Introduction to Social Procurement for Construction Sector- Webinar
May 28: Introduction to Social Procurement- Campbell River
June 5: Introduction to Social Procurement - Nanaimo
June 6: Social Procurement; What it is & how to implement the strategy -Webinar
June 18: Introduction to Social Procurement
June 24: Social Procurement and Trade Agreements
September 17: Social Procurement 101- Campbell River
September 18: Developing a Social Procurement Policy- webinar
September 23: Social Procurement for Non-Profits and Social Enterprises- Victoria
October 2: Trade Agreements and Social Procurement: What you can and cannot do- webinar
October 3: Social Procurement 201- Victoria
October 8: Social Procurement 101- Port Alberni
October 16: Social Procurement and Local Businesses- Victoria
October 30: Social Procurement 201- Nanaimo
November 1: Social Procurement 201- Tofino
November 14: Social Procurement for Non-Profits, Social Enterprises, and Local Businesses- Nanaimo
November 15: Social Procurement 201- Campbell River
November 27: Social Procurement for Non-Profits, Social Enterprises, and Local Businesses- Campbell River
CCSPI will like to encourage members to schedule consultations before or after their CCSPI trainings. In the New Year, CCSPI will be conducting 'check-ins' and individual consultations with each member organization and community. Teri will be reaching out to member contacts over the next few weeks to schedule dates and times.
Buying Everything From A-Z from whom? -by Larry Berglund
Wouldn’t it be great if you could buy everything you need from just one supplier? Only one contract to manage, only one invoice to pay a month, only one relationship to manage, only one performance to monitor … the nirvana of procurement. But what if it isn’t…?
Have you had the chance to look through the resources drive accessed through the membership portal? There are tons of valuable resources, tools and templates, plus folders for each member community that have a social procurement or purchasing policy, and related RFx.
Contact Teri if you are having trouble accessing the drive-- it is a wealth of information!
Local Businesses generate 4.6x more revenue
LOCO BC has just released its 2019 study on local retailers and restaurants' impact on local economies. Some points of interest:
Independent businesses recirculate up to 4.6 times more revenue in the local economy than multinationals
Independent businesses donate up to 24 times more per dollar of revenue to local charities than multinationals
CCSPI is available for presentations to councils, upon request. The presentation provides a high level overview of what social procurement is and is not and how social procurement can be most effectively implemented with examples provided. Contact Teri to schedule a presentation.