The first of a series of trainings on public procurement of innovation (PPI) was held on 28 November 2013 in The Hague (the Netherlands). Participants, comprised of public procurement officers and policy makers of public authorities and ministries...

A range of funding opportunities for PCP and PPI related projects will be available under the EU's Horizon 2020 programme, which runs from 2014 - 2020. Horizon 2020, which focuses on research and innovation, will replace current funding programmes...

Critics of the UK's National Health Service (NHS) procurement strategy, which has been warmly received overall, contend that it neglects innovative technology, inhibiting the NHS's ability to most effectively meet the needs of patients and staff....

The Danish government is attempting to make savings in its public procurement by promoting innovation and sustainability. Government departments spent 290 billion Danish krone last year, and a new strategy for public procurement will help to ensure...

Public sector procurement rules in the UK are changing to make public contracts more accessible to small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The move follows recommendations made in a recent Government consultation on public procurement. The document...

Faced with rising traffic congestion, a major source of environmental and economic costs, a consortium based in the Czech Republic has developed an innovative "dynamic mobility model", which predicts traffic flows and enables traffic management...