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  • European commission
  • 27 SEPTEMBER 2022
  • FACTSHEETS

Innovation Partnership: Quick Guide from Practitioners

This brief and easy-to-use guide describes the functioning of Innovation Partnerships step by step, explaining how to carry out market consultations and how to organize the preparation, negotiation and implementation phases.

  • European commission
  • 21 JUNE 2022
  • ACADEMIC PAPERS

Study on the Value of the Innovation Partnership – Prof R. Servajean-Hilst

Learn how to assess the value of Innovation Partnership in the last lesson of our master class series on innovation! Discover the importance of conducting a cost and value breakdown analysis and evaluating potential risks. Our expert speaker will also share tips on involving innovative suppliers and assessing the cost and future value of innovation. With these insights, you can encourage suppliers to commit fully to the partnership while maintaining a fair and reasonable business relationship.

  • European commission
  • 10 DECEMBER 2021
  • WEBINARS AND TRAINING MATERIAL

Webinar on Human Rights Due Diligence in Public Procurement

Discover how public buyers can promote sustainable production by addressing the risk of human rights violations in the industrial supply chain! Join us to learn about the latest techniques and practices for responsible procurement.

  • European commission
  • 27 NOVEMBER 2021
  • FACTSHEETS

Public Procurement Procedures and Instruments in Support of Innovation

This brief and easy-to-use guide introduces the concept of public procurement of innovation and helps you identify the best procedure for you to engage in this process. It describes both procedures with and without Research and Development and helps you navigate the world of procurement procedures according to the EU Public Procurement Directives. Available in all languages.

  • European commission
  • 25 MAY 2021
  • TEMPLATES & GUIDANCE

Buying Social Guide

This Guide offers support in covering the social dimension of sustainable public procurement. Public procures can make a major contribution to sustainable development by using their purchasing power to opt for goods and services that deliver positive social outcomes.

  • European commission
  • 21 MARCH 2021
  • WEBINARS AND TRAINING MATERIAL

Webinar on Heavy Duty Electric Vehicles

The second of a cycle of webinars on the achievements of the Big Buyers project! How can public buyers drive the market through public procurement? This second event will focus on the Working Group that learnt how to procure «Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicles for Waste Collection and Street Cleaning».

  • European commission
  • 1 FEBRUARY 2020
  • REPORTS, STUDIES AND INSIGHTS

Emerging technologies in public procurement

In 2019, the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs commissioned under the ISA2 a study on the uptake of emerging technologies in public procurement. This study examined how public authorities around the globe are using new technologies when procuring goods and services