This year in the category “Innovation Procurement of the Year”, the Procura+ Awards have selected two finalists: the City of Lisbon (Portugal) and the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy. The winner will be announced at...

This year, for the first time in their history, the Procura+ Awards have included the category ‘Circular Procurement of the Year'. This is an important signal that European public authorities increasingly, and successfully, uptake circular...

The finalists for the 2022 Procura+ Awards have been unveiled. The Awards, supported by ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability, reward successful, sustainable, circular and innovative public procurement projects. These year awards will be given...

The EU-funded project PROTECT has launched a questionnaire to gather information about the needs and challenges of public procurers in five application domains (Utilities, Green communities, Circular and Bioeconomy, Land use and Marine environment...

ICF, on behalf of the European Commission, is conducting an exploratory study supporting DG Connect with evidence and operational recommendations to support public procurement of AI (Artificial Intelligence) systems. The aim of the survey is to...

The New European Innovation Agenda, published this month by the European Commission, envisions a key role for innovation procurement. Citing EU-wide benchmarking, it notes that in order to modernise public services and boost the EU’s industrial...