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Want to know how much the public sector in your country invests in adopting innovations compared to others, and in which sectors they invest most (health, ICT..)? Keen to find out if your country has ... read more
The Open Contracting Partnership (OCP), an independent organization spun out of the World Bank in 2015, offers help to public buyers worldwide that are struggling with less capacity or resources because... read more
Adopted in the context of the Communication on “A renewed European Agenda for Research and Innovation –Europe’s chance to shape its technological leadership” and the input to the Leaders’ informal dinner... read more
This brochure provides an overview of projects that are focusing on innovation procurement in the ICT domain funded by the EU's research and innovation funding programs FP7, CIP and Horizon 2020. This... read more
The objective of this study is to provide the background for the ProcurCompEU competency framework. Itgivesan overview of the state of play in public procurement professionalisation in the EU and internationally... read more
A good practice example published in the December edition on the GPP News Alert presents recent work carried out in the City of Koprivnica (Croatia). The example presents the City’s Public Procurement... read more
Interested in the impacts achieved by pre-commercial procurements (PCPs) funded by the EU's research and innovation program? Check out new data about the link between PCP and venture capital and its impact... read more
The European Commission, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Open Contracting Partnership are joining forces to improve the quality and transparency of public tenders co... read more
The Western Balkans Common Regional Market – a catalyst for deeper regional economic integration and a stepping stone towards EU Single Market At the Sofia Summit on 10 November 2020, the leaders of... read more
MSCA celebrates International Day of Women in Science 2021 with researchers' insights & interviews read more
ProcurCompEU, the EU's new competency framework for the professionalisation of public procurement reinforces the strategic role of public procurement for modernizing public services with innovations, ... read more
There are few Green Public Procurement Projects with WB participation (based on https://ec.europa.eu/environment/gpp/projects_en.htm). These are following: read more
A 1-hour webinar for European public buyers offered through European Assistance for Innovation Procurement (eafip) was held on 3 April 2020. This one-hour webinar provided guidance to public buyers... read more
Interview with Anastasia Zacharopoulou, Greek Competence Centre for Innovation Procurement read more
This study draws on evaluation data to investigate the success of collaborative R&D project proposals submitted to Horizon 2020, the European Union’s Framework Programme for Research and Innovation... read more
"Dare the unexpected" read more
The book presents tools for measuring, monitoring, and reporting upon the Responsible Innovation process and the social, environmental, scientific, and economic impacts of innovations. This book aligns... read more
The 2nd on-line stakeholders consultation is being launched! read more
A new Forum aiming at designing and advancing the agenda for the new European Research Area and its initiatives and actions held its first meeting on 4 February 2021. The Forum for Transition is technically... read more
Western Balkans Info Hub - powered by "Policy Answers" - is funded by the European Commission through the Horizon Europe project "R&I policy making, implementation and support in the Western Balkans", grant agreement: 10105887. The portal builds upon previous initiatives, such as for instance WBC-RTI.INFO and WBC-INCO.NET, which were funded under different Framework Programmes (FP) for Research and Technological Development (RTD) of the European Commission and other contracts.
