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  • European Smart Cities Stakeholder Platform - Meeting of the "Finance Group" - 14.12.2012 Public space
    The second meeting of the Finance WG will take place on Friday 14th December at Place du Congr s in Brussels.   In this session, the chair will present the three Topic Groups, that will from now on be used as the standard working method of the group.At the meeting, the members will have the opportunity to contribute to the ongoing discussions with their expertise and discuss potential issues both with all Finance Group members as well as within their Topic Group separately.
     
    The topics c...

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  • Press Conference "Public Procurment of Innovation in Torino" -Turin, 14.12.2012 Public space

    - co-funded under the  3 new PPI projectsCall  Supporting Public Procurement of Innovative Solutions: Networking And Financing Procurement  (ENT/CIP/11/C/N02C011) - with 1 or more partner from Torino, will be presented tomorrow at the press conference "Public Procurement of Innovation in Torino".

    The 3 projects deal with PPI in 3 relevant challenges: Energy efficiency, Sustainable mobility and healthcare and namely:

              -) City of Torino   Procuring Lighting Innovation and Te...


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  • European Social Innovation Competition - One month to go.pdf Public space

    This Competition is launched by the European Commission to find the best social innovation solutions to help people move towards work or into new types of work.

     

    The competition may be useful for organisations looking at employment aspects from a procurement perspective.

     

    For more information please see attached flyer.


    Continue reading 07/12/12
  • Call for for submission of bids EcoProcura Conference 2014.pdf Public space

     

    Dear all

     

    Following the success of EcoProcura 2012 in Malmö, Sweden, we would like to invite your organisation to consider hosting the ninth EcoProcura Conference 2014.

     

    The EcoProcura conference series is the only European-wide forum to promote exchange and dialogue amongst purchasers from all levels of governments, suppliers and policy-makers on strategies towards a sustainable public procurement.

     

    For further details, please consult the call for submission of bi...


    Continue reading 06/12/12
  • SCI Network - Guide for procurers: New language versions + Case studies now available! Public space
    At the SCI Network folder: https://procurementforum.viadesk.com/do/folder?id=65463-666f6c646572

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  • HAPPI - Healthy Ageing in Public Procurement of Innovation Public space

    Dear Procurement Forum,

     

    I would like to present the HAPPI (Healthy Ageing in Public Procurement of Innovation) project. This project, supported by the European Commission   Directorate General Enterprise, brings together a consortium of ten partners from five Member States to establish the conditions for health institutions throughout Europe to collaborate in the purchase of  ageing well  and health innovative products, services and solutions.

     

    As one of the key tasks of the proje...


    Continue reading 27/11/12
  • Guidance on verifying social responsibility available Public space
    Looking for guidance and good practice how to make social responsibility in procurement reality?
     
    Please, check the latest guidance from the LANDMARK project available at https://procurementforum.viadesk.com/do/folder?id=67443-666f6c646572

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  • Toni Saraiva Public space
    Dear all This might be of interest to you: I am currently curating stories on procurement from all over Europe (or trying to) to inform / interest people / keep things interesting. Pretty much updated on a daily basis. Your events and stories can also be featured, just send me a link to where your story is on your website. The link: http://www.scoop.it/t/public-procurement-europe all the best T

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  • Innovation and growth through demand: Helsinki conference on demand-driven innovation and public procurement in Nordic countries Public space
    Innovation and growth through demand Helsinki conference on demand-driven innovation and public procurement in Nordic countries

    Time: November 7th-8th 2012 (1st day is policy-oriented, 2nd day focuses on practical experiences and cases)

    Place: Hilton Helsinki Strand (John Stenbergin ranta 4, Helsinki)

    Recommended hotels: Hilton Helsinki Strand, Sokos Hotel Helsinki, Radisson Blu Plaza, Scandic Grand MarinaHelsinki conference on demand-driven innovation and public pro...


    Continue reading 29/10/12
  • New guidance documents on sustainable procurement of construction and timber available! Public space
    For more information and to download the guidance documents please click on the following folders:
     
    - Sustainable Timber Action (STA): https://procurementforum.viadesk.com/do/folder?id=65443-666f6c646572
     
    - SCI-Network: https://procurementforum.viadesk.com/do/folder?id=65463-666f6c646572
     
     

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  • UNEP Survey on the State of Sustainable/Green Public Procurement Public space
    Dear Forum Members, The United Nations Environment Programme is conducting a global survey on sustainable/green public procurement. The purpose of the survey will be to identify and map all relevant stakeholders, as well as their activities in the field of sustainable procurement. The survey will be used to validate and strengthen a UNEP Report on the “State of Play on Sustainable Public Procurement” written by Dr. Anastasia O’Rourke, Big Room Inc. and Dr. Charlotte Leire. As you may know,...

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  • Don’t miss EcoProcura 2012, less than one month to go! Public space

    Don’t miss EcoProcura 2012, less than one month to go!Opportunities to deliver sustainable procurement and innovation19-21 September 2012, Malmö, Sweden

     

    Register today and save your spot!

    There is less than one month until the biggest event on sustainable public procurement in Europe, EcoProcura 2012! Take this opportunity and join us in Malmö!

     

    The conference programme is now complete, read about our newly confirmed high-level speakers:

     

    • Sue Bird, Policy Coordinato...

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  • Reform of Procurement Directives: Council's draft offers some progress on SPP Public space
    Reform of Procurement Directives: Council's draft offers some progress on SPP

    Hi Simon, I think the distinction is supposed to be between social aspects of the production process, which could only be addressed in award criteria and contract performance clauses, and social characteristics of the end-product, which could also be technical specifications. But it is not clear on what basis this distinction is being made, because it only applies to social criteria and not environmental. Article 40 states that technical specifications may address any stage of the life-cyc...


    Continue reading 02/08/12
  • EcoProcura 2012 Conference update! Public space

    EcoProcura 2012 ReminderOpportunities to deliver sustainable procurement and innovation19-21 September 2012, Malmö, Sweden

    With only two months left until the EcoProcura 2012 conference, both the programme and the participants’ registrations are growing quickly! We are pleased to send you the latest updates on EcoProcura 2012.

     

    Market Lounge Speakers!

    International experts will be hosting a series of roundtables in the Market Lounge on Wednesday 19th September and Friday 2...


    Continue reading 20/07/12
  • European Conference - Public and Private Procurement of Innovation (5 July, Paris) Public space
    Please make note on the above conference on the topic of public and private procurement of innovation. Among other, the following topics will be discussed:
     
    ?innovation of public and private procurement- What are the challenges surrounding
    procurement of support that and abroad EuropeWhat are the main initiatives in- innovation?public procurement of innovation on existing European programs What are the - ?
     
    The conference is organised by the Ile de France Region together wit...

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  • Latest information on EcoProcura 2012: download our Invitation! Public space

    Latest information on EcoProcura 2012Opportunities to deliver sustainable procurement and innovation19-21 September 2012, Malmö, Sweden

     

    Register today! Places are filling up quickly

    The EcoProcura 2012 conference is just around the corner and the programme is quickly advancing. We are pleased to send you the detailed Invitation to the conference, which contains all the latest information about the conference programme, session details, new speakers and much more. Click on t...


    Continue reading 13/06/12
  • Grounds for change: ECJ judgment in Dutch coffee case points to need for reform of procurement rules Public space

    Case C-368/10 Commission v Netherlands

    May 201214

     

    Abby Semple , LL.B.

     

           1.   Introduction

    On 10 May the European Court of Justice (ECJ) delivered its judgment in a case brought by the Commission against the Netherlands relating to the procurement of coffee machines and ingredients. The ECJ found that the province of North Holland had violated the Public Se...


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  • EcoProcura 2012: Opportunities to deliver sustainable procurement and innovation Public space
    EcoProcura 2012: Opportunities to deliver sustainable procurement and innovation Three days left until the deadline! Submissions due on May 11 2012! Make sure you submit your GPP & PPI good practice examples to our Call for Contributions! Email your form to: ecoprocura2012@iclei.org

    Continue reading 30/04/12
  • Webinar on SEAD Street Lighting Tool Public space

    and Thursday, 19 April at 13:00 GMT. Please see following link: Thursday, 12 April at 18:00 GMT The webinars are on

     

    http://engage.ase.org/site/MessageViewer?dlv_id=0&em_id=4404.0


    Continue reading 12/04/12
  • Introduction to SEAD Procurement Public space
    Introduction to SEAD Procurement Message from SEAD They wonder if you can provide procurement specifications of your governments, SEAD would very much appreciate that. They already have Sweden, Netherlands and Denmark. So if they can get some more, they can bolster the catalog of procurement specifications, with an eye to gap analysis. Of course, SEAD would be happy to share the catalog when it is done. Thanks again for helping with this, Regards, Kavita Kavita.Ravi@Hq.Doe.Gov

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  • Which expert on sustainable procurement in buildings can present in Dublin on April 25th. Public space

    The Irish building council is organising a sustainable building conference on April 25th 2012 in Dublin. See

    http://www.betterbuilding.ie/index.php

    . One of the sessions is on Green Public Procurement. The Irish Government has just published its action plan on Green public procurement.

     

    Because of the dutch experiences on GPP in buildinsg I have been invited to present their experiences in green public procurement in buildings,...


    Continue reading 10/04/12
  • Join us at EcoProcura 2012! Public space

    Join us at EcoProcura 2012 New opportunities to deliver sustainable procurement and innovation Malmö (Sweden) on 19-21 September 2012

    The enormous potential of public procurement is continuously gaining recognition as a new policy tool to support the shift towards a resource-efficient and socially responsible society. EcoProcura 2012 will look at the arguments surrounding this discussion and examine solut...


    Continue reading 15/03/12
  • Input on GPP training package Public space
    Input on GPP training package Dear Sonsoles, Many thanks for your input! //Peter

    Continue reading 28/02/12