On 13th November 2025, over 30 participants from EU Member States came together online for the “Procurement Dialogues” Community of Practice. The meeting spotlighted progress on strategic public procurement roadmaps, shared challenges and successes.

We are pleased to announce the first meeting of the new phase of the Strategic Public Procurement Dialogues Project. This online event for Public Procurement Dialogues community members will take place on Thursday, November 13, 2025, from 13:00 to 15:00 CET. 

In the evolving landscape of strategic public procurement, collaboration and dialogue hold the key to crafting policies that drive innovation, sustainability, and social improvement. Building on this ethos, the Strategic Public Procurement Dialogues Project is embarking on a new phase. 

Fergal Grogan, Assistant Principal Officer at the Office of Government Procurement, discusses Ireland's progress on its first National Public Procurement Strategy. Learn about the key themes and actions shaping the future of public procurement in Ireland by reading the full interview.

The final conference on the Strategic Procurement dialogues took place! Read about the project's outcome

On 29 October 2024, a workshop on green public procurement was held in Madrid, hosted by the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO).

The workshop on the use of public procurement as a strategic lever for innovative and sustainable public policy development in Bulgaria took place on 28 November 2024 in Sofia, hosted by the Public Procurement Agency.

The workshop on the use of public procurement as a strategic lever for innovative and sustainable public policy development in Sweden took place on 16 October 2024 in Stockholm, Sweden, hosted by the National Agency for Public Procurement and the Ministry for Public Administration.

The workshop on the use of public procurement as a strategic lever for innovative and sustainable public policy development in Slovakia took place on 12 June 2024 in Bratislava, Slovakia, hosted by the Office of Public Procurement.

The workshop on the use of public procurement as a strategic lever for innovative and sustainable public policy development in Denmark took place on 27 June 2024 in Copenhagen, hosted by the Danish Competition and Consumer Authority.

The workshop on the use of public procurement as a strategic lever for innovative and sustainable public policy development in Romania took place on 11 June 2024 in Bucharest, hosted by the National Agency for Public Procurement.

As part of the ongoing ‘Organisation of workshops in the 27 Member States to develop a dialogue on the use of strategic public procurement (green, social and innovation)’, Luxembourg hosted two insightful half-day workshops which were held on April 22 and on May 3, 2024.

On April 9th 2024 a workshop was held in the Netherlands to discuss the way forward on strategic public procurement matters.

The workshop on the use of public procurement as a strategic lever for innovative and sustainable public policy development in Finland took place on 12 April 2024 in Helsinki, hosted by the Ministry of Finance at the Ministry of Transport and Communications.

The workshop on the use of public procurement as a strategic lever for innovative and sustainable public policy development in Estonia took place on 8 April 2024 in Tallin, hosted by the Ministry of Finance.

The workshop on the use of public procurement as a strategic lever for innovative and sustainable public policy development in Croatia took place on 5 March 2024 in Zagreb, hosted by the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development.

The workshop on the use of public procurement as a strategic lever for innovative and sustainable public policy development in Lithuania took place on 22 February 2024 in Vilnius, hosted by the Ministry of Economy and Innovation.

The workshop on the use of public procurement as a strategic lever for innovative and sustainable public policy development in Latvia took place on 20 February 2024 in Riga, hosted by the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Latvia at the State Chancellery’s Innovation Laboratory.

The workshop on the use of public procurement as a strategic lever for innovative and sustainable public policy development in Italy took place on 18 January 2024 in Rome, hosted by the National Anti-Corruption Authority (ANAC).