How to turn innovative public procurement from an underused option to a powerful boost for innovation in energy? This question was discussed in a workshop organised as part of the European Week of Regions and Cities 2019, by the Smart Specialisation...

ICLEI’s Sustainable Economy and Procurement team has been at the forefront of the sustainable, circular, strategic and innovation procurement topic globally for 23 years. In more recent years our work has expanded to cover the topics of...

The World Economic Forum published a set of 10 guidelines for public procurement on Artificial Intelligence. First off, why do we need procurement guidelines on AI? One of the key reasons is that AI advanced rapidly over recent years, offering many...

The European Assistance for Innovation Procurement initiative (eafip) has launched its third 2019 call for assistance for pre-commercial procurement (PCP) and PPI of ICT solutions. These include solutions in areas such as virtual/augmented reality,...

The Procura+ Awards Ceremony saw three cities and a European research organisation going up on the stage to get their recognition for their biggest successes in public procurement: Zurich won in the category ‘Procurement Initiative of the...

The final countdown for the Procura+ Awards ceremony, taking place next September 24 at the Nordic Edge Expo, has started. The eight finalists of this edition are getting ready to find out if their candidacies are selected by the jury as the winners...