To stimulate the uptake of public procurement of innovation (PPI) and pre-commercial procurement (PCP), the European Commission funding programme Horizon 2020 has released a budget of €130 - 140 million. Funding for PPI and PCP activities has been...

The importance and potential of procurement of innovation is outlined in the latest edition of Cities Today magazine, in an article written by Mark Hidson, Deputy Regional Director and Global Director of the Sustainable Procurement Capacity Centre at...

A survey has been released by the PPI Platform to gather feedback on the website www.innovation-procurement.org, with the aim of developing an even better resource for visitors. The survey allows the PPI Platform team to gain an insight into the...

A Danish company is in the process of patenting an innovative CO2 scrubbing technology that could produce environmental and financial benefits for the brewing industry. The technology, known as ECO2Brew, and first developed in Denmark in 2006, has...

Water Board Limburg (WBL) is responsible for the transport and treatment of municipal and industrial wastewater and the treatment of sludge in Limburg province (The Netherlands). In 2011, WBL tendered for a new sludge hydrolysis plant at their waste...

The CHARM Pre-Commercial Procurement project (PCP) project is searching for innovative solutions to make road transport safer, faster and more reliable in Europe. The project, funded by the European Union under the 7th Framework Programme, will focus...