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Promoting quality infrastructure for sustainable development through a trusted certification

About the BLUE DOT Network

The Blue Dot Network provides an internationally recognised certification for quality infrastructure projects that are environmentally and socially sustainable, resilient, open and transparent, and economically efficient.  

Quality infrastructure investment is vital for sustainable economic development, combatting climate change and improving human well-being worldwide. A trusted certification will help increase the confidence of investors and other stakeholders in the robustness, resilience and sustainability of infrastructure projects.

The Blue Dot Network is supported by a global multi-stakeholder community committed to quality infrastructure that brings together all the relevant stakeholders including governments, investors, business, civil society and trade unions.

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News and events

Edwin Lau
High-Level Leaders’ Dialogue

8 April 2024 | 17:00 - 17:45 CEST | OECD Conference Centre

The High-Level Leaders’ Dialogue explored how governments and the private sector can work together to promote the global take up of the Blue Dot Network certification. It brought together leaders from the Blue Dot Network member governments and business, represented in the Executive Consultation Group, a community of over 200 business and civil society leaders who have supported the Blue Dot Network’s development.

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Release of Blue Dot Network certification framework

7 May 2024

After three years of development involving extensive input from the private sector, civil society, trade unions and BDN member governments, and road-testing on a number of infrastructure projects, we are releasing the Blue Dot Network certification framework.

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Conference
5th Executive Consultation Group meeting

8 April 2024 | 14:00 - 17:00 CEST | OECD Conference Centre

The Blue Dot Network Executive Consultation Group met at the OECD in Paris to help set the priorities for the global roll-out of the Blue Dot Network, identify enabling factors for successful adoption, particularly in developing and emerging economies, and help to define the role of technology in the implementation of the certification.

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Launch ceremony
Launch Ceremony of the Blue Dot Network certification

8 April 2024 | 09:00 - 09:30 CEST | OECD Conference Centre

The OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann hosted the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard R. Verma and the Swiss State Secretary for Economic Affairs Helene Budliger Artieda and other members of the Blue Dot Network Steering Committee to officially launch the Blue Dot Network certification framework hosted at the OECD. 

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Certification

A Blue Dot certification designates a quality infrastructure project that has been developed in line with international standards. In order to be certified projects need to fulfil a core set of essential requirements across 10 BDN elements that encompass the key environmental, social and governance dimensions of quality infrastructure investment. 

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How to apply

To be considered for Blue Dot Network certification, projects should first apply by providing some basic information through the expression of interest form.

Applicants considered for certification will be invited to perform a self-assessment based on a template provided by the Secretariat.

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