23 November 2016, 9:00 - 18:00 - Stockholm, Sweden - Europahuset

WORKSHOP FOR ENERGY SECTOR PUBLIC PROCURERS

The eafip Workshop for public procurers in the Energy sector (ministries, regional and local authorities, agencies, public utility entities, etc.) will be held in the [url="http://www.europahuset.eu/index.asp"]Europahuset[/url] in Stockholm, Sweden on the 23rd November 2016. The aim of the event will be to highlight the benefits of innovation procurement of ICT solutions through the [url="https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/pre-commercial-procurement"]Pre-Commercial Procurement[/url] (PCP) and [url="https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/public-procurement-innovative-solutions"]Public Procurement of Innovative Solutions[/url] (PPI) approaches across Europe, with a particular focus on the framework of exploration, extraction, production, transport and distribution of energy. The workshop will feature:

• Presentation / networking discussion on the EU funding opportunities for PCP and PPI (in the framework of the Horizon 2020 calls).
• Presentation of case examples and lessons learned.
• Presentation / networking discussion on the [url="http://eafip.eu/toolkit/"]eafip Toolkit[/url] (aimed to support you in preparing your innovation procurement).

The workshop is open to public contracting authorities who have a unique chance to openly discuss unmet procurement needs, innovation concepts, project ideas, and much more. All procurers have an opportunity to briefly present their ideas / plan / projects in the parallel sessions. This event is free of charge and it will be held in English. Registration via this [url="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kkVeOnuXT1w_3NO6TygGuDUtrTRYJt2099ZV8FztXhg/viewform"]website[/url] is compulsory and places will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis.