The current crisis has caused a major shift to online distance learning, affecting classrooms and lecture halls around the world. What can institutions of higher education do to be better prepared in the future? How can technology support and enhance learning outcomes for university students? What role can procurement play in ensuring that the technology developed suits students needs?
The LEA Project’s (learntechaccelerator.eu) goal is to accelerate knowledge transfer, dialogue and awaren...
The LEA Network ‘Procuring Resilient Education Technology’ series will bring five webinars to you this April – June, exploring the basics of how procurement can learn from this current crisis, and procure effective learntech now and in future.
In Webinar 3 of the LEA-N series, procurers will learn how innovation procurement can be used to procure learntech which meets user needs and which have all the necessary features, even those not currently available on the market.
Innovation procure...
AI suppliers, climate change experts and cities can register to the AI4Cities Open Market Consultation webinar
The AI4Cities project has opened registration to its first global Open Market Consultation webinar, taking place next May 28 (10.00 to 11.30 CET). In this webinar, the AI4Cities consortium will introduce the project and its ambitions, and will open the dialogue with potential suppliers of artificial intelligence solutions to accelerate carbon neutrality.
AI4Cities is a three-y...
Corvers Commercial & Legal Affairs and Vtrek present webinar on Covid-19 & Innovation Procurement: Applying the EAFIP business case methodology. The COVID-19 crisis presents unprecedented challenges to the public sector at all levels, and our response to it will shape the way the world looks going forward. Innovation procurement has a critical role to play in shaping this future.
This one-and-a-half-hour interactive webinar presents the methodology for conducting an accelerated business case...
Dear Elsa,
TCO Certified is a sustainability certification for IT products. The strategy to reduce hazardous substances in certified IT products is to only accept substances tested and verified according to Clean Production Action GreenScreen® method. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohI9FyrZLAI
Substances accepted for use in certified products are listed on TCO Certified Acceptance...
Dear all,
Last week the report on the evaluation of the GPP Programme of the Basque Country for year 2019 was finalised and we want to share with you some of the findings.
According to data from the Basque electronic procurement platform, the level of GPP in the region for 2019 (all tenders considered) was 24% in number of tenders and 22% in economic volume.
However, not all entities contribute equally. By type of entity, those classify as "Other" (such as consortia, foundations, the...
We are very glad to share our new paper on "Public food procurement for sustainable diets and food systems: The role of the regulatory framework" just published at the Global Food Security Journal. Until June 12, it is possible to access and download it for free at the following link: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1ayCD7sxZ%7E5XMZ
The article builds on our FAO work on sustainable food procurement and aims to contribute to the debate on the use of public food procurement as a policy instrume...
Corvers Commercial & Legal Affairs and the Corvers Chair on Innovation Procurement at the University of Zaragoza, Spain, are proud to announce that our Position Paper on 'Opportunities to tackle COVID-19 and similar crises through Innovation Procurement' is now available!
Prof. Dr. Pedro José Bueso Guillén, Mr. Stephan Corvers, Prof. Nicola Dimitri, Prof. Dr. Carmen de Guerrero Manso, Ms. Ana Lucia Jaramillo Villacís and Dr. Ana Isabel Peiró Baquedano offer a legal and economic perspectiv...
The Contract Notice ‘Results of the procurement procedure’ of the Call for tender of the SHUTTLE PCP project has been published in the European Tenders Electronic Daily (Document number: 2020/S 067-159980)
The SHUTTLE consortium is pleased to announce the awarding of the Framework Agreements and the contracts for the Phase 1 of the SHUTTLE PCP Tender.
The awarded tenderers that will implement Phase 1 – Solution Design are:
I know many of you are in the midst of Covid-19 crisis mode, doing your best in assuring city services and continuous supply of important products, especially for health care entities. We want to support that work by fostering the exchange between each other during a session focussed on procurement at the European Urban Resilience Forum, organised by ICLEI Europe, 27th May, online only.
We can explore questions such as:
- How has the Covid-19 crisis impacted your (sustainable) procurement...
I know many of you are in the midst of Covid-19 crisis mode, doing your best in assuring city services and continuous supply of important products, especially for health care entities. We want to support that work by fostering the exchange between each other during a session focussed on procurement at the European Urban Resilience Forum, organised by ICLEI Europe, 27th May, online only.
We can explore questions such as:
- How has the Covid-19 crisis impacted your (sustainable) procurement...
ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability Europe and Electronics Watch published “How to procure fair ICT hardware - Criteria set for socially responsible public procurement” as part of our work in the Europe-Aid funded project ‘Make ICT Fair’.
The criteria document aims to support experienced procurers in leveraging public purchases of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) hardware to positively impact working conditions across the electronics supply-chain. The criteria set covers...
is there anybody interested in the pilot of Upper Austria within the COSME-project "InnovationBroker"?
La Cátedra Corvers de Compra Pública de Innovación presenta el WEBINAR GRATUITO sobre Consultas del Mercado y Compra Pública de Innovación en crisis COVID-19.
Un webinar dirigido a compradores públicos y poderes adjudicadores españoles ofrecido a través de la Cátedra Corvers de Compra Pública de Innovación de la Universidad de Zaragoza.
09.30 CET 22.04.2020
El webinar estará disponible para un número limitado de asistentes, así que no lo dude más y regístrese ahora. El registro...
The COVID emergency has ignited many innovation driven procurements. The rule makers have actively encouraged the use of innovation focused tools. Can this unconstrained approach to innovation procurement be sustained post COVID? What policies and skills will boost innovation in the post COVID economy? How can places emerge from this crisis with deeply embedded innovative approaches? On May 12th you are invited to discuss your ideas and experiences with our expert panel from Connected Places Cat...
On behalf of the EU GPP helpdesk ICLEI Europe is organising a webinar to introduce the new EU GPP criteria for food, catering services and vending machines, on April 23 from 14:30 - 16:00.
Register here: https://iclei-events.webex.com/iclei-events/onstage/g.php?MTID=e59c82cffc0ae1f9ca07d2e0c36e866f0
Programme
The EC invites all interested market parties to participate in the open market consultation for its upcoming European Blockchain Pre-Commercial Procurement. We are looking for novel blockchain solutions for the European Blockchain Service Infrastructure. The consultation offers a unique opportunity to provide feedback on the scope of the future PCP and to be involved in and co-create the future development of EU-wide blockchain solutions. Register for the open market consultation event on 27 Apr...
A technical workshop took place in the Universitat Politècnica de València, focused on small and medium enterprises, as well as research and technological organisations, to share the lessons learnt during the implementation of PROMINENT MED. The main highlights of the experts who participated in the panels are gathered in the following lines.
Juan Carot, representative of the Valencian Agency of Innovation in Spain, highlighted that:
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EAFIP presents WEBINAR on Opportunities to tackle the COVID-19 Crisis through Innovation Procurement.
- a legal and economic perspective -
EAFIP presents a 1-hour webinar for European public buyers offered through European Assistance for Innovation Procurement (eafip).
This one-hour webinar provides guidance to public buyers for how to proceed in...
The catalan government has approved recently the objectives and the minimum content of the Catalan Strategy on Public Procurement.
The main objectives of Catalan Strategy on Public Procurement are:
A technical workshop took place in the Universitat Politècnica de València, focused on small and medium enterprises, as well as research and technological organisations, to share the lessons learnt during the implementation of PROMINENT MED. The main highlights of the experts who participated in the panels are gathered in the following lines.
Javier Mateo, Representative of VALENCIACTIVA, Office of Development of Entrepreneurship at the Municipality of Valencia, highlighted that the initiativ...
Education is currently facing a challenge like never before. To slow the spread of COVID-19, schools and universities in 188 countries have been closed, impacting almost 90% of the world’s student population.
As classes move online, it has become essential that schools have effective learning technology, in order to continue teaching young people at home.
The LEA Network ‘Procuring Resilient Education Technology’ series will bring five webinars to you this April – June, exploring the...
IT products in data centers are connected to both social and environmental sustainability risks throughout their life cycle. Whether you host your own data center or purchase the service, as a purchaser you can make responsible choices that help reduce the negative impact these products pose on the environment as well as improve the social conditions in the supply chain. In this webinar, we talk about the risks and challenges connected to data center products and learn about opportunities throug...
Collegae,
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Dear Sander
The ePitching event on 30 of April was organized for companies already selected by the European Innovation Council Business Accelerator Service.
On 24, 25 and 26 April 2020 the Pan-European hackathon took place which was open to all companies.
We would appreciate your participation in similar events in the future.
Kind regards