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  • 6 AUGUST 2026
  • CRITERIA AND REQUIREMENTS
  • PUBLIC
Sustainable Solar Panels Guide

The Sustainable Solar Panels Guide, developed under the responsibility of the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), provides sustainability information on solar panels, with the aim of supporting more informed purchasing decisions based on a range of environmental and social criteria, such as carbon footprint, circularity, harmful substances and supply chain considerations.

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Community of Public Buyers for Sustainable Solar PV
  • 17 FEBRUARY 2026
  • WEBINARS AND TRAINING MATERIAL
EU Clusters Talk: Revising EU public procurement: A strategic tool for EU competitiveness

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!

  • 27 JANUARY 2026
  • LEGISLATION AND POLICY
Evaluation of the Public Procurement Directives: external studies

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

  • 3 DECEMBER 2025
  • WEBINARS AND TRAINING MATERIAL
New podcast episode: The Future of Public Procurement in the EU

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.

  • 28 NOVEMBER 2025
  • REPORTS, STUDIES AND INSIGHTS
Innovation partnerships of AI 2024

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.

  • 28 NOVEMBER 2025
  • REPORTS, STUDIES AND INSIGHTS
Report on the use of Innovation Partnerships (IPs) EEA over the period 2016-2024

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.