For the first time ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability organised an ePitching to Procurers Day on behalf of the European Innovation Council, together with the Vienna’s public transport operator, WIENER LINIEN and the...

The shortlisted candidates for the Procura+ Awards have been selected in all four categories: Sustainable Procurement of the Year, Innovation Procurement of the year with the subcategory Outstanding Innovation Procurement in ICT, and Procurement...

Innovative services, if they include the introduction of new technologies, can be associated with technical risks, e. g. failure of systems, susceptibility to maintenance, etc. The risks are not easy to assess. However, this must not mean that...

Consip is announcing the publication of the first "Consip Digital Auction" a new completely digital way of meeting demand (Public Authority needs) and supply (economic operators enabled for the Dynamic Purchasing System - Sdapa), aimed at...

When we talk about digitisation, we can look at it from two different perspectives. On the one hand, it is about how purchasing can digitally map its own processes. On the other hand, purchasing plays an important role when digital solutions have to...

The first edition of the European Innovation Procurement Awards recognises powerful cases of public and private buyers on using innovation procurement practices across Europe and emphasises the importance of close buyer–supplier cooperation in...