The PPI Platform is providing a number of opportunities for public authorities to further expand their PPI and PCP skills. Several one-day training sessions will be held across Europe, each focused on the practical side of implementing procurement of...

A webinar on organising GPP internally will be held on November 26 2013 as part of the EU Helpdesk on green public procurement (GPP). The webinar will look at how GPP policies can be translated into effective initiatives and processes. It will also...

Preliminary registration has opened for the Nordic Public Procurement Conference 2013. These registrations are non-binding, and an invitation to confirm registration will be sent upon finalisation of the conference programme.Open to lawyers, all...

The Scottish Fair Trade Forum will be hosting a conference on Fair Trade and public procurement on 19 November. Held in conjunction with the Fairtrade Foundation and looking specifically at ethical procurement in the Scottish public sector, the event...

The European Commission services will present 2014 Horizon 2020 future calls for proposals as well as future financial instruments (Horizon 2020, CEF, Structural funds 2014-2020) to support the demand for innovation and innovative procurement. A...

The 15th Forum on Eco-Innovation and the UNEP Roundtable on Eco-innovation will take place on 13 - 13 November 2013 in Hanoi (Vietnam). The free forum will bring together key European and Asian players from the private and public sectors, technical...