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SPICE workshop: Common Buyers Groups
3 May 2018
Hamburg, Germany
The SPICE project will host a workshop in Hamburg, the 3 May 2018, on joint procurements, Common Buyers Groups and procurements of innovation in the urban mobility context. The workshop aims to give an insight into the SPICE project, g ...
11th International Conference on Bio-based Materials
15 - 16 May 2018
Cologne, Germany
Bio-based building blocks and platform chemicals will be one focus of the conference. Plenty of new bio-based building blocks, such as furan derivatives, succinic acid and 1,4-butanediol, are entering the market and thus give the opport ...
3rd Global Procurement Conference
2 - 3 July 2018
Rome, Italy
This event, taking place the 2-3 July 2018 in Rome, Italy, aims to raise awareness about the planetary implications of joint decisions regarding what is purchased, how and for whom in the public domain. The event, organized by the Unive ...

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European Parliament endorses Circular Economy Package
19 April 2018
The European Parliament endorsed the EU Circular Economy Package at its plenary session on 18 April, aiming not only at waste targets but "profoundly innovating our system of production" and implementing sustainability measures impactin ...
EU Ethical Trade Award open to social and innovative procurements
12 April 2018
The European Commission's DG Trade has extended the deadline for the EU Cities for Fair and Ethical Trade Award until 20 April, and entrants with sustainable and social procurement success stories are invited to apply. The award is ...
SPP Regions project meets energy and emissions targets
29 March 2018
The SPP Regions project concludes this month having generated over 1000 GWh of renewable energy and achieving its carbon and energy savings targets through eco-innovative tenders carried out in the project's 7 regional sustainable procu ...

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DEADLINE EXTENDED: 2018 Procura+ Awards
23 Apr 2018 - John Watt
The deadline for applications to the 2018 Procura+ Awards has been extended until 18 May 2018 in all three award categories - Sustainable Procurement, Innovation Procurement and Procurement Initiative of the Year. Hosted by Procura+ network coordinators ICLEI in cooperation with the Procu ...
Vote now for the EURECA project - DCS Awards
18 Apr 2018 - Julie Chenadec
The European Commission funded EURECA project supported procurement & innovative consolidation of new build and retrofit data centre projects in European states leading to savings of over 131 GWh/year of primary energy in pilots from Ireland, Netherlands and United Kingdom. https://d ...
SPICE workshop: Common Buyers Groups
11 Apr 2018 - Giuliana Longworth
The SPICE project will host a workshop in Hamburg, the 3 May 2018, on joint procurements, Common Buyers Groups and procurements of innovation in the urban mobility context. The workshop aims to give an insight into the SPICE project, gather more knowledge on the EC Directive on public pr ...

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Resources

PICSE Roadmap on Cloud Service Procurement for Public Research Organisations
Procuring Cloud Services Today
The Brasilian Procura+ Manual. 3rd Edition. A Guide to Implementing Sustainable Public Procurement.
Sustainable Public Procurement of School Catering Services: A Good Practice Report
Public Procurement of Innovation Policy Framework

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The number of European companies involved in public procurement of innovative solutions since January 2011.