In this item you will find the agenda and meeting minutes of the the 8th Community Leaders Coordination meeting.

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 procurement. With participation from all 10 communities of practice that are part of the BBWT project, the discussions covered three key themes: green/digital, social, and health procurement.

Acces the presentations given during the session on Facilitating the access of startups and SMEs to the public procurement market that took place as part of the conference on innovation procurement hosted by the Belgian Presidency

GPP Webinar - Mainstreaming a Profession : The Professionalisation of Public Procurement

This paper aims to stimulate dialogue and to provide public procurement policy makers, buyers, and contract managers with an introduction to some human rights risks and considerations when procuring digital technology to deliver essential public services.

All presentations, the recording and additional material from the webinar are available here.

The Dutch national knowledge platform, Ikwilcirculairinkopen.nl, is now available in English. You can visit it at https://ikwilcirculairinkopen.nl/en/. This knowledge platform contains relevant information on circular procurement and best practices from the Netherlands.

Healthcare Managers Webinar Series 2020-2023:A Summary Report: Delivering Efficiency, quality and sustainability in healthcare through innovation procurement.

What will the legal landscape of public procurement in the European Union look like in the future? Will mandatory green and social procurement become the standard? And if so, what to think of it and how to ensure effective regulation that works in practice?

Find out more on the Study of the European Parliament on the Social Impact of Public Procurement

Discover the Public Buyers Community’s main objectives and the platform’s sections in this infographic.

Find here all information on the new proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on combating late payment in commercial transactions (“Late Payment Regulation”).