Resources

A new report explores responsible business conduct in public procurement and examines how the Public Procurement Directive can be better aligned with the evolving EU legislative framework.

The European Cluster Collaboration Platform, on behalf of the European Commission, hosted the EU Clusters Talk: “Revising the EU Public Procurement Directives: A Strategic Tool for Europe’s Competitiveness” on 11 February, from 08:30 to 9:45 CET. The recording is available!

In this resource you will find links to the evaluation of the Public Procurement Directives and the studies that examines he relevance and EU added value of the Directives, their internal and external coherence, transparency and integrity, cost-benefit and efficiency considerations, and levels of competition in EU public procurement

A podcast exploring how public buyers can identify, prevent, and address human and workers’ rights risks and violations across their supply chains.

Discover how the Public Buyers Community platform helps public procurers across Europe navigate change and deliver better services to citizens.

Tune in to our new podcast episode to learn about sustainable procurement, the process of sourcing goods, services, and works with a reduced environmental impact. Discover how it can help public buyers create a greener Europe using the EU Ecolabel.

Get key insights on the upcoming revision of the EU’s Public Procurement Directives as Nathalie Berger and Henning Ehrenstein unpack the findings, challenges, and innovations set to shape public procurement for the decade ahead.

An innovation partnership is a specialised procurement procedure designed to purchase innovative solutions that are not yet available on the market. Explore statistics on innovation partnerships involving AI across various sectors, real-world examples, and more insights in our latest study.

This resource contains the Report on the use of Innovation Partnerships (IPs) for the period 2016-2024. This year’s analysis includes IP cases up to 2024 under the EU Public Procurement Directives (2014/24/EU, known as classic, and 2014/25/EU for utilities), based on data from the TED database.