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  • 192 members

Support public buyers in procuring AI-enabled solutions that are trustworthy, fair and secure.

  • 17 members

Network of Competence Centres aims to develop international bonds between competence centres by promoting sharing, collaboration and learning from one another.

  • 68 members

CFIT brings together public and private ICT procurers and governments in a collective movement.

  • 93 members

BIM is a valuable tool and collaboration method in the design, construction, maintenance and management of built assets.

  • 68 members

A network of Alumni of the EU-funded Public Procurement Excellence (PPE 2018 - 2023) training programme and Alumni from the PPE+ Europe 2024-2028 project funded by the European Commission.

  • 85 members

Organisation of workshops in the 27 Member States to develop a dialogue on use of strategic public procurement to achieve green, social and innovation policy objectives.

  • 27 members

This CoP collaborates on challenges related to the public procurement of vehicles for environmental services, particularly street cleansing and waste collection.

  • 21 members

This CoP aims to explore innovative solutions in terms of materials and methods to improve circularity.

  • 25 members

The Community on Sustainability in ICT drives Europe's green and digital transformation by promoting sustainable public procurement and eco-friendly ICT practices.

  • 35 members

The Social Procurement CoP seeks to promote labour rights in public construction and services contracts, encouraging the fulfilment of labour rights in the supply chain.

  • 19 members

This CoP aims to facilitate communication and coordination across public buyers about efficiency in the healthcare sector throughout Europe.

  • 22 members

This pioneering group will be the first initiative connecting sustainable public procurement to NEB.

  • 20 members

The CoP aims to facilitate communication and coordination across public buyers about sustainability in the healthcare sector throughout Europe.

  • 88 members

This CoP aims to enhance the uptake of innovation procurement in the European Economic Area (EEA).

  • 83 members

For a future that starts in Europe, we empower public authorities across the EEA to accelerate the intake of innovation by building their own Innovation Procurement Hubs.

  • 20 members

The Public Procurement Network (PPN) is an informal coalition of representatives from European Economic Area (EEA) member countries.

  • 34 members

The objective of this CoP is to fully support and inspire members to start working with the CO₂ Performance Ladder to achieve ambitious decarbonization objectives.