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The Circular and Fair ICT (CFIT) Pact is pleased to launch its latest manual for public buyers: “Promoting Due Diligence through ICT Procurement”. This manual was developed by KU Leuven as part of Community of Practice on transparency and due diligence facilitated for CFIT. Download your copy here.
We are pleased to inform you that BBWT is an official collaborative partner of the Busworld Europe 2025 Congress and the Zero Emission Bus (ZEB) 2025 Conference, which will take place in Brussels from 6 to 9 October 2025. As part of this partnership, exclusive benefits are available for all CoP ZEB.
In the context of the Community of Practice on Circular Construction, Big Buyers Working Together’s members will organise a learning expedition to the Faroe Islands from the 15 to 18 September 2025.
New EHDS (European Health Dataspace) is about to reshape European healthcare landscape.
The Big Buyers CoPs dealing with healthcare aim to bring in interests of buyers into the develeopment ot the dataspace.
In the context of the Community of Practice on Circular Construction, Big Buyers Working Together’s members will organise a learning expedition to the Faroe Islands from the 15 to 18 September 2025.
Following an extensive application process, PPE+ Europe 2025 has selected 43 public procurement professionals from 21 European countries for its second training programme aiming to support public buyers to get better value for public spending.
The Big Buyers Working Together community has kicked off a series of virtual meetings with decision-makers to discuss EU developments in areas not directly connected to procurement, but still relevant to public buyers. Join the next one dedicated to the Net Zero Industry Act!
Check out this CFIT Mini-Guide that provides practical, step-by-step strategies for driving meaningful action at every stage of the procurement cycle: pre-tender, tender, and post-tender. The guide is also packed with practical examples!
Download your copy of the guide here.
What does GPP and sustainable procurement look like in practice? 🌍
This was the focus of the recent Procura+ City Match in Utrecht where public buyers from the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, England, Portugal and Spain came together to learn about the CO2 Performance ladder in practice!
What innovative, data protection-compliant, and userfriendly solution enables fast and precise communication between clinical staff and non-German-speaking patients?
This challenge was initially developed during a Hackathon of the CoP Healthcare Efficiency.
CFIT participants, consultants and the secretariat have set several publication deadlines during this summer! You can expect publications on at least the following three topics: carbon, due diligence and life time extension. Are you keen to be alerted for some summertime reading materials?
Agency for Digital Italy received 52 project proposals, with a total of more than 160 economic players involved
The Procurement for Buyers tool helps contracting authorities identify eligible third-country bidders and, from 1 July, will include an add-on to check relevant sectoral acts.
On 19 June, the European Commission adopted its first International Procurement Instrument measure, excluding Chinese companies from EU public procurement contracts for medical devices valued over €5 million to protect EU firms and promote fair competition.
Public tenders should create space for community-led initiatives for renewable energy, allowing local actors to develop their own projects and to access the grid on equal footing with professional/market actors.
As part of the Big Buyers Working Together (BBWT) initiative, members of the Community of Practice on Sustainability in ICT gathered in Brussels from 16 to 18 June 2025 for a study visit organised in collaboration with Paradigm Brussels. The three-day programme included a focused training on respons
How can Europe’s public buyers accelerate the rollout of smart, flexible, and shared charging infrastructure to meet their climate-neutrality targets? This question was at the heart of the BBWT Hackathon on Charging and Energy Infrastructure for the Green Transition, held in Oslo on 13–14 May 2025.
Translations now available! The EU AI model contractual clauses – including full, light and guidance versions – can now be accessed in 24 EU languages.
