A joint initiative by the European Commission and the European Economic and Social Committee, the platform brings together stakeholders active in the broad field of the circular economy in Europe and bridges existing initiatives at local, regional and national level, and supports the implementation of the circular economy.

This observatory aims to become the “one stop” for all stakeholders – public sector officials, policy makers, private companies, academia – who search resources on latest trends and developments on how emerging technologies improve public sector operations and service delivery. The final aim is to contribute to public sector innovation and digitalisation.

Foresight is the discipline of exploring, anticipating and shaping the future to help building and using collective intelligence in a structured, and systemic way to anticipate developments. Strategic foresight, on the other hand, seeks to embed foresight into European Union policy-making. It builds on collective intelligence in a structured and systematic way to help better develop possible transition pathways, prepare the EU to withstand shocks and shape the future we want.

CAMSS is the European guide for assessing and selecting standards and specifications for an eGovernment project, a reference when building an architecture and an enabler for justifying the choice of standards and specifications in terms of interoperability needs and requirements.

The Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs is working to uphold and manage the Single Market for goods and services and to strengthen its governance.

The Agency implements the European Innovation Council and manages other EU programmes focusing on SME support, innovation and the single market.

Connecting all those willing to make a difference in innovation procurement.

Connecting all professionals and practitioners who want to promote the use of procurement as a tool to achieve social impact and mitigate social issues.