Valentina Schippers-Opejko

Urban Agenda Partnership on Innovative and Responsible Public Procurement; Eurocities Working Group on Public Procurement

Valentina Schippers-Opejko is Coordinator of the Urban Agenda Partnership on Innovative and Responsible Public Procurement, Chair of the Eurocities Working Group on Public Procurement and expert on public procurement. In 2021, she served as the Coordinator of the Circular Procurement working group in the Metropolis Region of Amsterdam. With 23 years of experience, she continues to work for a public authority. She is motivated to share her experience and to promote public procurement as a strategic tool for accelerating innovation, circular economy, sustainability, economic recovery, energy transition, and addressing other challenges faced by public authorities.