PUBLIC SERVICES AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND IN-HOUSE PROVIDING

The aim of this paper is to examine the role of environmental issues in the public services sector, with particular reference to the local public services. The survey will be conducted on the basis of a framework of the theme in the light of the contributions of the doctrine, the current regulations and of the case-law tendencies. In the context of this work, some concrete cases will be examined in order to deepen the approach of the public administrations with the transformation, in key of “innovation”, of the public contract system. On the basis of these premises, the analysis deals with the role of environmental criteria in the context of the elements placed at the base of local public administration choices both in the outsourcing of the service and in the application of the in-house providing.