ICLEI has launched the 2017 Procura+ Awards, which reward sustainable and innovative public procurements leading to significant improvements of public good, services, process and infrastructure. Procura+ Awards highlight sustainable and innovation...

The PPI4Waste project, which explores mechanisms to overcome barriers to public procurement of innovation in the waste sector, held a webinar on 29 March reflecting on some of the project’s pilot activities. The webinar, hosted by ICLEI and...

The European Commission's DG CONNECT has released an update version of its brochure "Innovation Procurement: The power of the public purse - EU-funded projects in the ICT domain." The brochure features the results of the first EU-funded joint...

The InnProBio project has launched a "Frequently Asked Questions" resource on its website as part of the development of the project's Decision Support Tool. Aimed at answering questions frequently traded between procurers and other public servants on...

UrbanWINS, an EU-funded project aiming at developing and testing methods for designing and implementing eco-innovative strategic plans for waste prevention, has launched its “UrbanWINS agora”, a participative virtual community to share knowledge...

The CEPPI project, involving Birmingham (UK), Budapest (Hungary), Castelló & Valencia (Spain) and Wrocław (Poland) has released its March 2017 newsletter. The 3-year project aims to save at least 33GWh/year and to develop the capacity of public...