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...
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,
We gaan binnenkort een aanbesteding opstarten voor de bouw van een nieuwe (combi) sporthal. Wij zijn geïnteresseerd en benieuwd naar gemeenten die dit al hebben gedaan via de Meervoudig Onderhandse aanbestedingsprocedure. We komen graag in contact met die gemeenten.
Gelieve reacties te mailen naar: inkoop@werkorganisatieduivenvoorde.nl of bellen met: 06-23662277
Werkorganisatie Duivenvoorde is een ambtelijke gemeenschappelijke regeling die werkzaam is voor de gemeenten W...
In Spain, as in the rest of the countries, the covid crisis19 is having a serious economic impact. The Spanish State has adopted different measures on public procurement that I explain in the videos (in Spanish) on this channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiJTlpsQyefm09qwqJiNmBQ
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.
Sonia Ortuondo, Representative of ENERLIS, Secretariat of the Network of Cities for the Innovation, Spain, highlighted the following items:
Does anyone know of any organisation in the EU or UK who has successfully deployed an innovation partnership project or programme? if so, could you kindly provide me with contact details, as I would like to have a discussion around the strategy, procurement and implementation of deploying successful partnership with a service provider.
Lessons learnt at the Transferability workshop in UPV – Highlights by Fernando Conesa, Director of the Service of Research, Innovation and Transference of the Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
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...
Dear all,
We are excited to share with you the launch of the European Commission’s Intelligent Cities Challenge (ICC), which is now open for applications.
Building on the success of the Digital Cities Challenge (DCC), the ICC will help 100 EU cities tackle their urban challenges to support green, sustainable and inclusive development. This 2.5 year programme will help 100 cities across the EU achieve greater sustainability through the uptake of advanced technologies, targeting the bigges...
In response to the current sanitary crisis, EIC Accelerator and ICLEI will organize online market engagement events – e-pitching - to connect public and private procurers from the health sector with EIC companies providing medical supply (personal protective garments, medication, test kits, respiratory machinery,) and innovative technology (e.g. tele-medecine, remote solutions). A first E-pitching event is planned for the beginning of April.
The European Innovation Council (EIC) can connect...
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.
Carmina Gil, Representative of the Vice-Principal of Entrepreneurship and Employment of the Universitat Politècnica de València in Spain, highlighted...
Due to the situation regarding COVID-19 the European Assistance for Innovation Procurement (EAFIP) initiative decided to extend the deadline of the call for applications to receive free assistance on innovation procurement to 31 May 2020.
Furthermore the EAFIP initiative widens the focus of the call and also welcomes project applications on ICT solutions aimed to tackle COVID-19 or similar crises through innovation procurement.
Don’t miss the extended deadline for the call for assist...
