On the 13th September Avilés Municipality (Spain) will be organizing a Workshop on Social Clauses. The event will be held within the project Atlantic Social LAB will be attended by all project partners and it will have a as keynote speaker Mr. Javier Palmero Zurdo, Deputy Head of Unit G3, Procurement legislation and enforcement at the European Commission.

The Workshop will addressed topics connected to how to integrate the social clauses within the local procurement procedures.

Avilés Municipality integrated the social clauses in its public procurement 9 years ago and as a main result 561 people at risk of exclusion have been hired to develop works and services for the Municipality. The Municipality is at the moment revising the public procedures to enlarge the use of the social clauses to other local public bodies.

 More info available at: Francisco Javier Val Campos. Social Services Dpt. Welfare Area

Ayuntamiento de Avilés- Aviles City Council

Teléfono/Phone: +34 985 549225

E-mail: fjval@aviles.es