The biotech event ‘BioSpain’, one of the largest biotech events in the world, will take place in Bilbao, Basque Country, from 28 - 30 September 2016, and will include a session on innovation in public procurement. Speakers from the Regional...

Three EU projects came together in a workshop in Brussels (Belgium) in November 2015 to discuss their experiences of implementing public procurement of innovation (PPI). The workshop, which involved the PAPIRUS, SPEA and PROBIS projects, took a...

The Galician Public Healthcare Services (SERGAS), the body responsible for providing medical care to more than 95 percent of the Spanish city’s population, managed to significantly reduce carbon emissions by optimising the energy consumption of the...

Members of the PPI4waste Interest Group are invited to take part in a webinar on 11 February 2016 that will explore the impact of the new EU Circular Economy Package on waste management and how it can best be used to promote innovative waste...

The CEPPI team, comprised of expert partners Jera, Optimat, Steinbeis Transferzentrum and ICLEI, has launched the CEPPI project website to showcase the sustainable energy solutions being developed by the five participating cities: Birmingham (UK),...

The newly launched SPP Regions website showcases the creation and strengthening of networks of public authorities focused on sustainable public procurement (SPP) and public procurement of innovation (PPI) in seven European regions.The networks in...