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The 2022 journey to award the game changers of European Innovation Procurement has started. The second edition of the European Innovation Procurement Awards (EUIPA) has been launched today by the European...
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[Event Announcement] Mysteries unveiled: Innovation Procurement in practice
September 30th, from 10.00 to 11.30, the European Commission’s Directorate General GROW will continue its webinar series on innovation procurement with a session dedicated to « Preliminary market...
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On 16 September, four European innovation experts will present their public procurement on Innovation projects, focusing on different aspects of innovation procurement.
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The Greek and the Irish National Competence Centers, members of the Procure2Innovate Network, presented the principles and the benefits of innovation procurement in the Conference of the Vice Rectors ...
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A new P2I expert document, discussing the best ways to evaluate the impact of public procurement competence centers is now available. The document is the result of a knowledge exchange meeting between...
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[Call Announcement] Job opening: Officer in Sustainable and Innovation Procurement
The Sustainable Economy and Procurement team at ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability is looking to fill the position of a Sustainable and Innovation Procurement Officer at its European Secretariat...
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€820M fund set up to boost the commercial prospects of green energy
Bill Gates is teaming up with EU to finance large scale demonstration projects and boost the commercial prospects of green energy. It is hoped the initiative will attract wider private sector investment...
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Registration for the European Research and Innovation Days 2021 open!
The European Research and Innovation Days is the European Commission’s annual flagship Research and Innovation event, bringing together policymakers, researchers, entrepreneurs and the public to debate...
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[Event Announcement] Skopje Economic Forum
The Skopje Economic Forum aims to develop into a high-level meeting of the most influential local and international political, corporate, and intellectual leaders to address pressing challenges facing...
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An online summit with focus on tips and best practices on each Horizon Europe Pillar and its sub-programmes as well as to tools/platforms and networking for thoise interested in Horizon Europe grant...
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EC publishes Programme of R&I Days 2021
The European Commission has published the programme of this year's Research and Innovation Days taking place on 23-24 June.
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Want to know how much the public sector in your country invests in adopting innovations and in which sectors they invest most? Keen to find out if your country has an action plan, target, financial incentives...
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Creating new jobs: EU4Business supports ambitions of entrepreneurs from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Thirty-five small and medium-sized agri-food producers from Bosnia and Herzegovina were supported through EU4Business project, financed by European Union and the Federal Republic of Germany, contributing...
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Want to know how much the public sector in your country invests in adopting innovations and in which sectors they invest most (health, ICT..)? Keen to find out if your country has an action plan, target...
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[Call Announcement] EAFIP Call for Assistance in Innovation Procurement
EAFIP provides local assistance to selected public procurers in the preparation and implementation of a PCP or PPI procurement, covering for instance scoping an already identified procurement need...
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24 Member States commit to take innovation procurement actions to support growth of EU Startups
At the Digital Day 2021, 24 Member States and Iceland signed the declaration on the Startups Nations Standard of Excellence. Ministers pledged to support actions that aim to boost the growth of startups...
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[Document Announcement] The design and implementation of mission-oriented innovation policies
A new systemic policy approach to address societal challenges
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Public Procurement in Montenegro and North Macedonia, 2019
SIGMA has carried out reviews against the Principles of Public Administration in the EU candidate countries and potential candidates since 2015. Monitoring reports covering the full scope of...
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This COSME call for proposals will support beneficiaries, who will act as Innovation Procurement Brokers, to develop and implement a sustainable method for facilitating public procurement of innovation...
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[Call Announcement] RYCO: Invitation to Tender for Procurement Manual
The Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) is looking for a relevant expertise/consultancy for developing the internal Manual of Procurement procedures that will be applied in the frame of RYCO’s procurement...
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Impacts of EU funded Pre-Commercial Procurements
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...
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Benchmarking of national innovation procurement investments and policy frameworks across Europe
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 ...
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[Event Announcement] Webinar on Innovation procurement
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Ongoing Green Public Procurement Projects with participation from the Western Balkans
There are few Green Public Procurement Projects with WB participation (based on https://ec.europa.eu/environment/gpp/projects_en.htm). These are following:
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Why did Greece decide to establish a national competence centre for innovation procurement?
Interview with Anastasia Zacharopoulou, Greek Competence Centre for Innovation Procurement
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WEBINAR – Opportunities to tackle the COVID-19 Crisis through Innovation Procurement
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...
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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...
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[Document Announcement] Commission Notice: Guidance on Innovation Procurement
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...
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Innovative use of data in public procurement involving EU funds
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...
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[Document Announcement] Innovation Procurement - The power of the public purse
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...
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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...
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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, ...
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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...
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[Document Announcement] Making Public Procurement work in and for Europe
This Communication of the European Commission presents a public procurement strategy which sets out the overall policy framework and defines clear priorities to improve procurement in practice and support...
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Training opportunity also for WB: Benefitting from public procurement opportunities in Canada
Would you like to make the most of government procurement opportunities in Canada? Let us hear from you!
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Western Balkans in the EU Innovation Scoreboard
The recently published European Innovation Scoreboard 2020 provides a comprehensive and comparative analysis of innovation performance in EU countries, other European countries, and regional neighbors...
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[Document Announcement] Innovation Procurement - The power of the public purse
Check out the updated brochure that provides an overview of EU funded innovation procurements in the ICT domain. Find out how they are bringing ICT based solutions to the market to address challenges ...
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This comprehensive seminar will provide you with an understanding of the principles and procedures of European public procurement policy, focusing on the Public Procurement Directives and relevant case...
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[Event review] Western Balkans Research and Innovation Meeting, June 2017, Podgorica
The Western Balkans Research and Innovation meeting was successfully held in Podgorica on June 12-13, 2017. The meeting was co-chaired by the European Commission and the Ministry of Science, Montenegro...
