Nordic Prime Ministers have identified GPP as an essential means to encourage green growth, citing that public procurement of goods and services in the region amounts to 16 - 20 percent of GDP. In an effort to capitalise and expand on this, experts...

On 26 June 2013 the European Parliament and the Council reached an agreement on the revision of the EU Public Procurement Directives (the ‘classic’ and the ‘utilities’ directives). The agreement is still provisional, however the final...

A wide range of eco-innovative ideas for urban sustainability were discussed at the 14th European Forum on Eco-Innovation, from electromobility to the power of innovative public procurement. The forum took place in Prague (Czech Republic) from 23 –...

Nordic Innovation, an institution working to promote cross-border trade and innovation within the Nordic countries, has launched a call for proposals on developing the links between standards and innovation. Although standardisation is implemented as...

Public purchasers in the healthcare sector, representatives from the industry and other organisations operating in the field gathered at the first European Forum for Public Procurement of healthcare Innovation in Paris (France) on 30 May 2013 to...

HAPPI (Healthy Ageing - Public Procurement of Innovations) is a European project which aims to identify innovative products and services in the field of “ageing well”. Funded by the European Commission, HAPPI addresses the challenges of the...