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  • 18 OCTOBER 2024
  • REPORTS, STUDIES AND INSIGHTS
  • PUBLIC

Adopt AI Study

A new EU study reveals how Artificial Intelligence could revolutionise public sector services, boosting efficiency and citizen engagement in areas like healthcare, mobility, and e-Government. While highlighting challenges such as data management and regulatory clarity, the report offers strategic recommendations to accelerate AI adoption across the EU.

Community
Procurement of AI
  • 27 SEPTEMBER 2024
  • FACTSHEETS
  • PUBLIC

Join the Public Buyers Community Platform!

Discover the Public Buyers Community Platform—an initiative by the European Commission’s DG GROW aimed at transforming public procurement in the EU. Access valuable resources, connect with peers, and collaborate on sustainable procurement practices to make a meaningful impact together!

Community
Coordination Group Public Buyers Community
  • 23 JULY 2024
  • REPORTS, STUDIES AND INSIGHTS
  • PUBLIC

Insight No3. How to increase R&D and Innovation investment through Public Procurement of Innovation?

When facing this question, the usual answer is to increase budget allocations for traditional tangible assets such as infrastructure, laboratories, etc., but what about increasing investment in R&D and Innovation through intangible assets? Explore more!

Community
Procure Innovation EU
  • 9 JULY 2024
  • WEBINARS AND TRAINING MATERIAL
  • PUBLIC

PPE+ Europe 2024 Strategic Procurement Training for Centralised Procurement Organisations

The new PPE+ Europe training programme offers a unique combination of an academic and a practical approach. The goal is to provide state-of-the art knowledge, tools, and methods for modern public procurement, including policy objectives like SME-friendly, green, and innovative procurement. Additionally, in-depth training modules on topics including Food, Security & Defence, Health & Medical and ICT procurement are offered.

Community
PPE+ Europe 2024 - 2028
  • 14 MAY 2024
  • MEETINGS’ MINUTES

BBWT's In-Person Annual Conference insights

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.

  • 26 OCTOBER 2023
  • REPORTS, STUDIES AND INSIGHTS

Report: The Future of Sustainable Public Procurement – Legal Possibilities and Obligations (Main Conclusions of UU Meeting)

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?

  • European commission
  • 5 JULY 2023
  • DATABASES

European Product Registry for Energy Labelling (EPREL)

Discover the potential of EPREL (European Product Registry for Energy Labelling) - an invaluable for public procurement. Explore its vast database of over 1.5 million registered models, allowing buyers to effortlessly search, select and sort products based on specific parameters, enabling accurate assessment of the most populated energy efficiency classes and informing optimal minimum requirements.