Next January 22 (11.15 - 12.30 CET), the Procure2Innovate Network will host a special session as part of the 30th RESER Congress, focused on value co-creation and innovation as new dynamics shaping services today and aimed at improving the transformative power of services in modern societies: new avenues for a new services world.

Three competence centres for innovation procurement will join the session starting at 11.15 am (CET) to present some good practices that have taken place in Germ...

The webinar will take place on 28 January 2021, 14.30 - 16.00 CET and is co-hosted by European Parliament vice presidents Heidi Hautala and Marcel Kolaja and co-organised by Electronics Watch and ICLEI.

The main objective of the webinar is to demonstrate what kind of public procurement policies and practices are possible in information and communications technology (ICT)/electronics for public purchasers at the European Union, national, regional or local level.

The webinar will provi...

The CIVILnEXt Consortium is proud to organize an online event that will be held on January 29th, 2021 10:00 CET on exploring and identifying the Innovation Potential regarding the development of an operation control platform for civilian missions.

As CIVILnEXt is running a transitional phase of introspection and redefinition of its research objective under the new coordination of KEMEA, we are now oriented to a more specific spectrum of project outcomes / applications, leading to enhanced...

Innovation procurement to boost Regions in post COVID Recovery

DATE : 12 January 2021
LOCATION : Online Event
START TIME : 2:30 pm UK END TIME : 4:00 pm

Academic and Regional leaders discuss the role of innovation procurement in regional growth, their current initiatives, and the potential for these approaches to strengthen economic recovery in the wake of the COVID pandemic

Organised by Connected Places Catapult as part of the Challanging Procurement programme.

https://cp.catapult...

• Big buyers for Climate and the Environment
• Interview: Using university procurement as a leverage point for collaboration - Peter Hayakawa, University of Edinburgh (Scotland, UK)
• Good Practice: Refurbishing an old building with minimal environmental impact (City of Koprivnica, Croatia)
• Zoom in on… Batteries
• Zoom in on… New energy efficiency labelling system
• Zoom in on… Fair ICT hardware
• Zoom in on… GPP and food in Swedens

Link to GPP News Alert December edition: https://ec.e...

Read the interview also about using ecolabels in public procurement and the Slovenian government's national joint green procurement for office paper. https://ec.europa.eu/environment/gpp/pdf/news_alert/Issue_100_NewsAlert_November_2020.pdf

A leading group of European public authorities, guided by ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability and Electronics Watch, have piloted socially responsible procurement of ICT hardware. The group includes ICLEI members and Procura+ Participants Barcelona City Council (Spain), Municipality of Haarlem (Netherlands), City of Stavanger (Norway) as well as Procura+ Participant APUC Scotland (UK) and Region Stockholm (Sweden). Ranging from including award criteria, conducting market dia...

As part of the #WeBuySocialEU video series, DG GROWTH has published its third video, focused on the case of the City of Toledo, that required bidders to accept gender equality requirements when tendering out gardening services.

Hope this is an inspiring example for buyers interested in introducing social criteria in their tenders:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx6XVjkabZg

ICLEI and EUROCITIES are launching the second phase of the Big Buyers for Climate & Environment (BBCE) Initiative. The initiative funded by DG Grow offers support to procurers implementing innovative solutions. Four working groups for joint collaboration will be established, based on the concrete needs and interest of public entities toward procuring new sustainable solutions which are currently not available on the market.

Why get involved?

We are looking for ambitious public entities int...

Safeguarding human rights due diligence in supply chains of minerals used in ICT.

This webinar on 19 January 2021 [2:00 - 4:00 PM CET] explores opportunities for applying social criteria to ICT procurement with a focus on minerals.

It examines experiences, strategies and methods used in European countries, where public authorities have actively included contract clauses related to responsible sourcing of minerals in ICT products. Furthermore, it provides insights into the risks involved...

AI4Cities, an EU-funded Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP), has launched its Request for Tenders (RfT). Tenderers are invited to submit innovative AI solutions in the fields of energy and mobility. These solutions should contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions in the six cities and regions involved in the project: Amsterdam (Netherlands), Copenhagen (Denmark), Helsinki (Finland), Île-de-France – Paris Region (France), Stavanger (Norway) and Tallinn (Estonia). The call is open until...

Are you introducing sustainability considerations regarding chemicals in your procurements or policies? Do you want to be featured for your good practices? This is your opportunity!

Together with UNEP, ICLEI is working on a global guidance for public procurers to tackle chemicals of concern in electronics. A crucial element of making it meaningful is featuring your good practice. Your example can inspire others who also want to move in that direction!

The work takes place in the context of t...

Arkivum, LIBNOVA, and T-Systems are the leaders of the three projects selected via the ARCHIVER Pre-commercial Procurement Tender to build prototypes for hybrid cloud end-to-end archival and preservation services for European Research communities.

30 November 2020

Started in January 2019, the ARCHIVER project is one of the Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) initiatives funded by the H2020 programme of the European Commission. With a procurement budget of €3.4 million, ARCHIVER will procure...

Dear colleagues,

it's with pleasure that we invite you to join the ARCHIVER Prototype Phase Kick-off Event, organised as a virtual event on th 7th of December starting at 14:00.

The story behind

Following the closure of the ARCHIVER Tender, on the 8th of June 2020 five bids had been selected as a result of the ARCHIVER Pre-Commercial Procurement Request for Tenders for the provision of R&D for hybrid end-to-end archival and preservation services meeting the innovation challenges of...

The Muntstroom PCP, initiated by the leading Brussels mobility partners (STIB-MIVB (lead), CIRB-CIBG, Brussels Mobility and Parking.Brussels) launches the market consultation for the first European PCP on people flow data & analytics. This ground breaking initiative supported by Eafip and Innoviris, intends to be the launching customer for an integrated end-to-end solution for the outdoor and indoor monitoring of people flow. For more information click the link below.

http://muntstroom.brusse...

After one year of collaboration, the public procurers who participated in the Big Buyers Initiative (BBI) presented key takeaways and results at a final event on 23 October. The initiative - consisting of working groups on circular construction materials, zero-emission construction sites and heavy-duty electric vehicles - published lessons learned reports on each topic, including practical case studies and example award criteria. The zero-emission construction sites and heavy-duty electr...

ReWORKing Health and Safety – Protecting Workers and Promoting Resilient Public Sector Supply Chains, 30 November – 3 December, 2020

With this event Electronics Watch will make the case that workers’ occupational health and safety is fundamental to resilient supply chains. We will explore the role of public buyers in ensuring resilience by protecting workers’ health, safety, and other rights. Throughout the event we will emphasize the workers’ own perspectives to give voice to the affected.

A new energy labelling system is being introduced in all EU countries. Starting in March 2021, it will progressively be rolled out to 9 product categories.

The product groups of household appliances with "rescaled" labels include: dishwashers, washing machines and washer-dryers; refrigerators, including wine storage fridges, lamps, electronic displays, including televisions monitors and digital signage displays.

Currently, products are labelled on a scale from A+++ (most efficient) to E (l...

Governments around the world are recognising the importance and power of public procurement to address global challenges, connecting the needs of place with innovative suppliers. What innovation procurement approaches have demonstrated impact? What policies and skills will boost innovation? How can places embed these practices within their procurement approaches? Join this webinar, organised by Connected Places Catapult, the first n a series orhanised by th Challenging Procurement programme. We...

RESECO, le conseil régional Centre-Val de Loire et l’ADEME Centre-Val de Loire organisent le 11/12/2020 une matinée sur la commande publique et l’économie circulaire. L’occasion de s’intéresser à la prise en compte de l’économie circulaire dans son acte d’achat et d’avoir les éléments clés pour le faire. Des retours d’expérience d’acheteurs et d’entreprises viendront alimenter cette journée.

Objectifs :

- Donner aux élu(e)s et acheteurs des pistes de réflexion sur les modalités d’in...

A series of activities including webinars, questionnaires and Q&A are planned during October-November 2020 for the eCare Open Market Consultation.

The eCare procurers are conducting an Open Market Consultation (OMC) for potential suppliers and end-users. The goals are to bring the market-perspective to the procurement process and to give the supply chain advance notice about the forthcoming call for tenders.

Webinars in October-November 2020

Each procurer is holding an OMC webinar in...