In December, the UK Government published a Green Paper on "Transforming Public Procurement". Responses to these significant proposals for the UK's post Brexit Procurement regime must be submitted by March 10th. On February 10th, Connected Places Catapult is holding a Webinar to discuss the proposed changes. We are posing the question - do the Green Paper proposals really unleash the full potential for innovation? There's a great line up of speakers who will share their practical experience of in...
On 11 February (14:30 – 15:30 CET) ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability will organise the webinar ‘WeBuySocialEU, and You?’. The webinar will highlight good practice cases from the EC report "Making Socially Responsible Public Procurement. 71 Good Practice cases", showcasing the diverse ways in which SRPP can make a social impact.
Public authorities can engage in socially-responsible public procurement by buying ethical products and services, and by using public tenders to create jo...
Starting from March 1st 2021, a new EU labelling system for 9 categories of electronic appliances is going to be introduced. In this way, public and private procurement personnel will be able to make more cost-effective and environment-friendly. To help you understand and prepare for the change, ICLEI together with the BELT project has put together a 1mn video explaining everything you need to know about the new regulations.
Have a watch and get ready for the change!
On behalf of Het Waterschapshuis (hWh) in the Netherlands, Corvers Commercial & Legal Affairs has the honor to invite you for a webinar on an OMC (OpenMarketConsultation) on the 4th of February 15.00-16.00 CET. hWh is looking for a long term strategic partnership for cloud technology and its related products and services as the trends suggest that many applications and solutions are needed to better manage water, water treatment and water systems.
For more information on the webinar and the O...
The Alu Circles project: first non-EU funded Pan-European innovation partnership project in the water sector awarded.
On December 30st, 2020, a pan European consortium of the Dutch water companies (AquaMinerals B.V.), De Watergroep in Belgium and Scottish Water in Scotland, awarded an innovation partnership agreement to NETICS BV - The Sediment Engineers - in the Netherlands. The aim is to develop a circular, innovative and cost effective solution of alum sludge (a residual from drinking wate...
Province of Zeeland is involved in the CBCI project (circular Bio-based construction industry). Part of this project is the design of a circular purchasing model that allows circularity and biobased materials to be easily incorporated into utility construction. Subscribe to the newsletter to follow the project.
Circular Bio-based Construction Industry: Newsletter January 2021 (office.com)
A group of Nordic Cities declared a joint statement of demand towards fair and circular smartphones with ambitious goals until 2025.
In collaboration with other public entities, the City of #Malmö, the City of #Helsinki the City of #Copenhagen and the City of #Oslo are committed to leveraging procurement as a tool to create change. They aim to transition towards circular Information and Communication Technology (ICT) whilst improving the conditions of workers across the entire value chain.
...The Urban Agenda Partnership on Innovative and Responsible Public Procurement delivered seven actions that help procurers to implement sustainable and innovation procurement, including guidelines, toolboxes and handbooks. To make these deliverables user-friendly the partnership developed an interactive e-Learning module.
A webinar provides more indepth information on the E-Learning module. It will take place on Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021, 10:00 - 12:00 (CET).
No pre-registration requ...
ICLEI together with Electronics Watch has put together a market engagement guidance with the focus on dialogue events and an overview of the European legal framework. The step-by-step guide aims to enable public procurers across Europe with a clear pathway towards a meaningful dialogue event, online or in-person.
Explore the practical guide here and the overview of the European legal framework here.
What is socially responsible public procurement (SRPP)? Who benefits from SRPP? How does SRPP differ from ‘traditional’ procurement?
These are some of the 15 Frequently Asked Questions compiled in an FAQ document published by the European Commission and written by ICLEI to support public buyers in their implementation of SRPP. This FAQ is part of the #WeBuySocialEU campaign.
Check the document here:
https://ec.europa.eu/info/policies/public-procurement/support-tools-public-buyers/social...
The webinar will take place on 28 January 2021, 16:00 - 17:30 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 Public Procurement Office of Poland has published a book on public procurement of innovation.
The publication provides a detailed description of several public sector projects and the related legal framework.
The following institutions share their experiences:
- representatives of government administration: GovTech Poland, National Center for Research and Development, National Center for Agricultural Support,
- local government administration: Regional Water and Sewage Management...
Public procurement of innovation in Poland – EVENT, 21 January, 9.00 AM -12.00 PM CET
Free registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/public-procurement-of-innovation-tickets-136279741375
The seminar is organized jointly by the Permanent Representation of Poland to the EU and the Polish Public Procurement Office
Agenda
9.00 Welcome by the Permanent Representative of Poland to the EU, Andrzej SadoÅ›
9.10 – 9.20 Keynote speech, Hubert Nowak, the President of the Polish Public Pro...
Nature-based solutions are increasingly recognised as a powerful tool to address diverse challenges facing our cities and regions – from degradation of natural capital and ecosystem services to vulnerability to pandemics, climate change and natural disasters. The potential of nature-based enterprises to generate new innovations, jobs and wealth creation has also been recognised in the EU Green Deal and Recovery Plan.
Despite the clear case for investment, public procurement of nature-based s...
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 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...
Link to GPP News Alert December edition: https://ec.e...
Deadline to fill out needs assessment is extended until January 13.
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
Dear EIC,
I would like to come back to my question, since you did not answer my questions but just diverted the discussion to another topic/event, namely the hackaton.
The hackaton event is irrelevant to my question because it was not advertising/consulting the industry on any concrete sales opportunities. It were simply policy makers/governments (not in their capacity as public procurers) that were announcing general issues (not ooncrete procurement/sales opportunities) that were already...
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:
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...
Fantastic thank you!