The European Commission has launched a call for an Innovation Procurement Broker to develop and implement a sustainable method to facilitate public procurement of innovation (PPI), with a special focus on environmental sustainability and energy...

The Province of Zeeland (Netherlands) has undertaken an innovation procurement to commission a public works contract to widen a major road in the Netherlands from one to two lanes, and to build four new viaducts. Zeeland carried out a process of...

After almost 3 years, the Horizon 2020 PPI4Waste project ended with an international conference in Brussels on 12 September bringing together public procurers and suppliers committed to boost innovation in the waste sector. One major conclusion from...

The UrbanWINS project's CityMatch Exchange Programme has announced its first two study visits in Procura+ network participant cities Rome and Cremona. The aim of the CityMatch Exchange Programme is to foster staff exchange between public authorities...

A new national research and communication project dealing with bio-based products in public procurement is being carried out by the University of Würzburg, Germany. The project’s aim is to bring together and intensify information exchange between...

Six finalists for the 2017 Procura+ Awards have been announced, representing outstanding sustainable and innovation procurements carried out in Europe. All six are competing across three award categories: 'Sustainable Procurement of the Year',...