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Main changes introduced by the new Law on Public Procurement
Some of the main changes introduced by the new Law on Public Procurement, approved in January 2019 and published in Official Gazette No. 24/19, include the following:
(...) • new provisions for the promotion of socially and environmentally responsible procurement.

Background
In April 2012, the Secretary-General signed a Financing Agreement with the European Commission for the provision of "Support to the Forum of Caribbean States in the implementation of the commitments undertaken under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)". The Agreement is valued at Euro 46.5 million. Its overall objective is to support the beneficial integration of the Caribbean Forum of ACP States (CARIFORUM) into the world economy. Its specific objectives are to provide support to CARIFORUM in the following areas:
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3. Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary Measures (SPS): to increase production and trade in agriculture and fisheries which meet the international standards while protecting plant, animal and human health and life and the environment.
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The objective of Burundian agricultural policy is food security (in quantity and quality) by switching from subsistence farming to family and commercial farming that offers a decent income for households and shows respect for the environment and the proper management of resources in order to stimulate sustainable development in the agricultural sector

Burundi supports all resolutions in favour of the restoration of damaged telecommunication networks and services in countries affected by natural disasters, earthquakes, landslides, droughts, hurricanes, cyclones, floods and any other forms of damage caused by current climate changes

The aim of the authorities is to support the exploration, exploitation and processing of mineral resources, while safeguarding the environment, among other things, through the strengthening of technological capacity and education and training on environmental issues

The Burundi 2025 vision is a planning instrument for long-term economic and social development which will guide national policies in the area of sustainable development, with a view to satisfying the needs of present and future generations, while the growth and poverty reduction strategy paper aims, inter alia, at land and environmental management for sustainable development

On 9 April 2011, the Government adopted a national strategy for the sustainable development of tourism during the period 2011-2020 offering a development framework for the planning, improvement, promotion and management of the tourism sector to be implemented by the Ministry of Trade, Industry, Posts and Tourism, with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

The National Agricultural Policy (1991) is being reviewed but the conservation of its resources remains, among others, one of its major objectives.

The “ Fisheries and Aquaculture Technology Centre” is intended to serve as a benchmark and provide support for the implementation of regional fishery and aquaculture policies. It will be the means of organizing the common and pooled management of CEMAC territorial waters, with the use of satellite techniques, aerial surveillance and patrols. It will oversee the harmonization of the conditions of approval of fishing vessels and the transition to a single approval system, the build-up of a Community fleet, a coordinated policy for the protection of mangrove swamp and delta ecosystems, the promotion of protected marine areas and the reconstitution of fish habitats. It will handle the technical aspects of fishery agreement negotiations. It will encourage the equipping of landing sheds and industrial and small-scale fish storage and processing platforms. Finally, it will build platforms for the unloading and small-scale processing of fishery products, in particular near river port landing stages.

The “forestry Technology Centre” will be responsible for: (i) assembling and producing the expertise necessary to develop the Congo Basin forest (ii) managing a system for providing information on the state of the forest and improving the effectiveness of the means of control; (iii) supporting with expertise and guidance the sustainable development of the forestry industry and assisting with the certification process (FSC type); (iv) and establishing a training and apprenticeship system to speed up the development of the tropical timber sector.