Public Procurement of Innovation (PPI) Award finalist AWABOT was recently invited to present their innovative distance learning robot to the General Assembly of DG Growth (formerly DG ENTR and MARKET). The innovative procurement activities of Région...

A new initiative funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme aims to make it easier for public sector authorities to procure cloud computing services, as well as spreading awareness about the possibilities offered by cloud computing in general. To...

A review of the implementation of Austria's action plan on promoting innovation within public procurement has shown that good progress has been made, and that the plan has been received positively by the Austrian procurement community. Adopted in...

The European Union is recruiting the most innovative small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to join an elite group dubbed the "champions' league" of European innovation. The group will help ideas move from labs to the market, bolstering Europe’s...

The City of Chicago (USA) is set to install 40 sensor nodes on light poles at the University of Chicago, School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory, with the partial aim of optimising traffic lights for pedestrians. The...

Warp It is a UK reuse scheme established in 2011 that reduces council waste and saves money by providing an online platform for councils to loan or give away unwanted public resources. Public authorities, schools, charities and other organisations...