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News article18 July 2023

The EU-funded project InnoBuyer has selected 15 Challengers

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InnoBuyer Project announces the 15 organisations selected to accelerate Innovation Procurement

The Challengers selected operate in the Education, Energy & Water, Healthcare, Public Administration, Manufacturing and Transports sectors

 

The EU-funded project InnoBuyer has just announced the selection of 15 organisations with unmet innovation needs, set to embark on a fast-paced journey to co-create innovative solutions in collaboration with top-notch SMEs. This innovative approach aims to become a testing ground towards the implementation of a demand-driven methodology, and speed-up the process leading to a concrete innovation procurement.

From 1 February to 31 March InnoBuyer Project ran a Call for Challengers, looking for public and private organisations from any sector to join the programme and benefit from the 1.1 million euros available. The process ended-up with the selection of 15 Challengers to receive the programme support, along with 1 additional organisation from the reserve list who accepted to join the programme on a voluntary basis.

The 12 public and 3 private organisations chosen operate in different sectors, such as Education, Energy & Water, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Public Administration and Transports.

Read the full Press Release here.