The revised World Trade Organisation (WTO) Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) entered into force on 6 April 2014, following approval of the Protocol of Amendment by Israel on 7 March. The new GPA is intended to streamline and modernise its...

To promote investment in research, development and innovation (R&D&I), the European Commission has inserted elements providing a clear legal basis for pre-commercial procurement (PCP) into public procurement and EU competition rules. As uncertainty...

The important work of ICLEI, UNEP and the Korea Environmental Industry and Technology Institute (Keiti) in launching the Sustainable Public Procurement Programme has been highlighted by the Guardian newspaper, in an article that claims that...

Municipalities in the Netherlands were invited to learn more about engaging in circular procurement, a process in which buyers only purchase recycled products to prevent further exploitation of raw materials, at the first working group meeting of...

To reduce the existing knowledge gap on public procurement of innovation (PPI), the EU-funded Public Procurement of Innovation Platform project has launched a comprehensive guide. The guide, which is available online and in print, offers explanations...

A hospital project in Värmland (Sweden) that saw environmentally friendly and sterile materials used in the construction of a new department for premature babies has won the 2014 Regional Innovation Award. The materials employed eliminate the need...