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Start connecting the dots: SPP Criteria tool - Circular and Fair ICT Pact
Empower your organization with the Circular & Fair ICT (CFIT) Pact framework for sustainable ICT procurement. Make it actionable through your tenders with the Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP) criteria tool, featuring nearly 900 above-legal standards.
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- Circular and Fair ICT Pact
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Public Procurement Data Space (PPDS) Day – The Grand Opening
The European Commission is hosting a full day event to celebrate the go live of the Public Procurement Data Space (PPDS) on 24 September.
Procure Innovation EU - 2nd edition Training Programme - Decision Makers
Join the second edition of Procure Innovation EU - Training Programme aimed at Decision-Makers to gain practical insights into successful public procurement implementations from innovation procurement experts from the cities of Amsterdam and Haarlem. Register now!
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- Procure Innovation EU
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Co-Creation session on the Public Procurement Data Space
The next co-creation session will take place on 27 June (online), showcasing the latest developments of the Public Procurement Data Space (PPDS).
Sustainable public procurement to take central stage at the BEE Symposium
BEE is a bi-annual symposium and forum of choice for European public and private stakeholders in the field of sustainable public procurement.
Advancing Climate, Environmental and Social Goals Through Public Procurement.
On April 2024, RREUSE launched its new research report: Advancing Climate, Environmental and Social Goals Through Public Procurement. The publication covers EU socially responsible and green public procurement best practices focusing on social enterprises active in reuse-oriented activities.
BBWT Social CoP seeks to define Socially Responsible Public Procurement
In June, the Big Buyers Working Together (BBWT) project organised the third meeting of its Community of Practice on Social Procurement.
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- Social Procurement
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- Social Services
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Commission closes two in-depth investigations in the solar photovoltaic sector following the withdrawal of the companies from public procurement
ENEVO and Shanghai Electric have announced their withdrawal from the public procurement procedure for the construction of a photovoltaic park in Romania. The withdrawal follows the European Commission's opening on 3 April of an in-depth investigation under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation.
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EXPP meeting: Insights on the key public procurement issues for the next future
The latest meeting of the Commission Government Experts Group on Public Procurement (EXPP) addressed critical topics shaping the future of public procurement within the EU.
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Coming soon! New SME friendly strategic procurement training for central purchasing bodies
The European Commission will soon be launching PPE+ Europe, a new training programme for professionals working in central purchasing bodies (CPBs) across Europe.
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First IPI case
The Commission has identified measures and practices in the Chinese procurement market for medical devices that lead to discrimination. You can use the same picture as in the news item and title can also be the same.
Council Conclusions on the ECA’s Report on Public Procurement
The Council Conclusions on the European Court of Auditors’ (ECA) Special Report 28/2023 on Public Procurement were published in the Official Journal on 3 June 2024.
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EIC to launch 2024-2025 edition of the European Innovation Procurement Awards
On 26 June, the European Commission will officially launch the 2024-2025 edition of the European Innovation Procurement Awards. Winners in each category will receive up to EUR 75,000.
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Towards Strategic Procurement: BBWT's In-Person Annual Conference insights
The Big Buyers Working Together (BBWT) team organised its first in-person annual conference on 24 April. The event offered a unique opportunity for sharing knowledge, forging connections, exchanging insights, and weaving the fabric of collaboration among public buyers on innovative and sustainable p
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Driving collaboration: Big Buyers Working Together Annual Event Brings Together its Communities of Practice
The first in-person annual event of Big Buyers Working Together was an occasion for the Communities of Practice to meet allowing members to meet face-to-face for the first time and deepen their connections in both formal and informal settings. This landmark event also marked the official kick-off of
SPIN4EIC Pitching Session at Big Buyers Annual Event: Innovate and Connect
Innovation took centre stage on 24 April 2024, as the Big Buyers Annual Event played host to a pitching session organised with the SPIN4EIC Programme, and powered by EIC Business Acceleration Services. EIC Beneficiaries from across Europe gathered to showcase their innovative digital solutions to an
EU funded innovation procurement project Drug Detect reaches its Operational Validation phase
Learn how the project has reached its Operational Validation phase and how the follow up Validation Phase will be organised
Artificial intelligence (AI) act: Council gives final green light to the first worldwide rules on AI
After being signed by the presidents of the European Parliament and of the Council, the legislative act will be published in the EU’s Official Journal in the coming days and enter into force twenty days after this publication. The new regulation will apply two years after its entry into force.
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- Procurement of AI