In TCO Development's Progress report – year one IT industry sustainability impacts of new generation TCO Certified.

You will learn about the positive changes TCO Certified has contributed to in the IT industry. The sustainability criteria in TCO Certified aim to address sustainability risks in all phases of the product life cycle.

http://tcodevelopment.com/2016-progress-report/

Circular economy is now on every lip, for a valid reason of course. But are we sure that this concept is clearly understood by all? Nothing is less certain, when some people are often only referring to recycling and waste management when talking about circular economy. Or when others are not aware that their activity – at least some aspects of it – is actually part of circular economy.

Circular economy is a key concept, but it is also very complex. Through its activities ACR+ has been in touc...

Dear colleague,

We are pleased to announce the publication of the February issue of the EU GPP News Alert.

In this issue you can read about the new Green Public Procurement Programme of the Basque Government (Spain). The Project Director for the Procurement of Lighting Innovation and Technology in Europe (PRO-LITE), Dr. Leon Smith also shares his views on how adopting new practices in procurement can lead to more sustainable results and product innovations.

Two good practice example...

Interested to know more about realising benefits from energy-saving and environmental data centre best practices? Curious about local and European examples, tools and solutions that contribute to successful Public Sector procurement endeavours? Join us in Stockholm on 22 and 23 March.

The programme includes case study presentations, training sessions (on data centre energy efficiency best practices) and live EURECA tool demo. The event is particularly suitable for both public and privat...

Dear all,

just a heads-up that the new GPP criteria are now available in 23 languages, to be found here:

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/gpp/eu_gpp_criteria_en.htm

Best regards,

Robert

The Swedish and German governments established a joint partnership to create electrified roads for hybrid trucks. As a result of an extensive public and private cooperation the world first e-motorway has been constructed in the Swedish Region Gävleborg. Since last year the German state Schleswig-Holstein is also testing the new technology on a 6km long part of the A1 motorway (and more states about to follow the practice).

If you want to learn more about the story and the technology see:

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Envision a city that self-adapts to citizen and community needs! Create the future, enter @SELECT4Cities call - goo.gl/V0ydcX

Watch now the eafip video which shows how Rotherham NHS Foundation and its partners successfully brought to the market an innovative solution for refurbishing hospital ward lighting systems in an efficient and unusual way - Future Hospital Ward Lighting PPI! http://eafip.eu/resources/videos/

Thinking of starting an innovation procurement, be it PCP or PPI? If so, the eafip Toolkit is designed to give you practical support in designing PCP and PPI strategies and in implementing innovation procurements. Download your free copy now and share with your colleagues! http://eafip.eu/toolkit/

Sustainable Procurement

Here are some facts about sustainable procurement:

http://www.hec.edu/News-Room/News/The-State-of-Sustainable-Procurement-Latest-EcoVadis-HEC-Paris-Barometer-is-Released

Best,
Bogdan

IMAILE partners are planning to prepare a PPI (phase 4) after ending our project in January 2018. To strengthen this work we work on a proposal to the following H2020 call: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/ict-33-2017.html (theme A).
In the project we will create a network of European procurers for Education, detect common future demands, prepare a PPI & a PCP and create a roadmap that can accelerate the use and development of Education t...

IMAILE seeks innovative technology to support STEM (Science, Technology, Engendering and Mathematics based subjects) personalized learning in Primary and Lower Secondary Education at the EU level. The project started in February 2014 and we are now entering our last project year in 2017, devoted to the implementation of tests in schools in different countries (Sweden, Finland, Spain and Germany). IMAILE is a unique project within learning technologies being the first pre-commercial procurem...

Check out the yearly update about the results of the first 15 Pre-Commercial Procurements funded by FP7 and H2020 that are already procuring or have already finished procuring:

• Opening a route-to-the market for new market players: 71% of PCP contracts are won by SMEs, more than twice the average in public procurement across Europe (29%).
• Helping also larger market players bring products to the market: 17% of PCP contracts are won by large companies as single bidder. 12% of PCP contracts...

Don’t miss your chance! Do you have a concrete interest in conducting an innovation procurement project? If so, take just 5 to 10 minutes to fill-in the eafip Assistance Application form to find out if you can benefit from the aid of experts in the field of innovation procurement – for FREE! http://eafip.eu/assistance/

Contractmanagement speelt een belangrijke rol bij het gehele proces van het tot stand komen van de contracten tot en met het managen van de leveranciersprestaties. Hieronder valt onder andere: het opstellen van een programma van eisen, KPI`s formuleren, contractafspraken maken, het opstellen van een dienstverleningsovereenkomst, beoordeling geleverde kwaliteit etc.
Wij zoeken een stevige Contractmanager met ervaring in het beheren en uitnutten van facilitaire contracten. Ook zoeken wij iemand d...

Today, the SELECT for Cities Initiative launches its call to support the development of an Internet-of-Everything (IoE) platform for open innovation in Europe. Selected organisations will receive support and funding from EUR 36,000 up to EUR 800,000 each. The grants are funded by three cities – Antwerp, Copenhagen and Helsinki - with support from the European Commission Horizon 2020 programme.

To learn more about the innovation competition and access the tender documents please visit www.sele...

The Digital Health & Wellness Summit 2017 (DHWS17) attendees have the great opportunity to attend the final event of this EU project, which will be held the 1st of March during the MWC in Barcelona.

DECIPHER invites people, organisations, companies and decision makers interested in Innovation Procurement and health services, to participate to the seminar on lessons learnt by the Pre-Commercial Procurement in mHealth. This is the final seminar of DECIPHER PCP project and it introduces the expe...