Organisations with experience and expertise in public procurement of innovation (PPI) and pre-commercial procurement (PCP) are invited to act as "host" organisations for the PPI platform's experience exchange programme. Those with little experience...

To tackle the problem of high-energy consumption in buildings, wide-spread renovation is required, with an emphasis on getting as close to zero-energy as possible. Taking up this objective, the INSPIRE project aims to find solutions to meet the...

The CloudforEurope project aims to use Pre-Commercial procurement (PCP) to increase the uptake of cloud computing - the connection of multiple computers through a real-time network (such as the internet) - solutions in the public sector. To do so,...

The project iMobility Support is inviting procurement experts to provide input into a survey on Pre-commercial procurement (PCP) activities in Europe. The results of the survey will be used to develop a European level PCP manual. Experts sought after...

As Europe faces an increasingly aged population, new market demands in care for the elderly are opening. Recognising the need for innovative methods of care, Örebro University in Sweden is has created a telepresence robot, called GiraffPlus. The...

Lighting accounts for 50 percent of energy consumption in European cities, and up to 60 percent of municipal expenditure. To help cities reduce these figures and meet the targets set out in the Europe 2020 goals, the European Commission has produced...