On 2 May, procurement experts came together in Brussels to discuss the state of innovation procurement in Europe and find a solution to better reap the benefits of procuring ICT solutions for both public administrations and SMEs.
Currently, innovative and data-driven solutions are successfully being developed and tested during (EU-funded) projects such as SynchroniCity. While innovation is happening in Europe, SMEs and start-ups are facing barriers to accelerate market uptake. Procurement can be a concrete tool to foster European innovation, but during the workshop it has become clear that public procurers need to open up procurement processes and integrate SMEs and start-ups to stimulate innovation. Also, it was evident that a clear policy and pre-defined objectives are needed to push investments in innovative and data-driven solution to drive large-scale adoption.
The discussion will be continued at upcoming events and stakeholders are invited to provide feedback to the upcoming consultations on Digital Europe and Horizon Europe programmes.
Re-live the workshop
The workshops presentations and debates are available as:
- Recording: Available soon on the website of the European Commission
- Photos: Get an impression of the day on Flickr
- Presentations: Each presentation is available for download by clicking on “Slides” in the agenda below:
| Welcome and Opening Remarks | ||
| Peter Wintlev-Jensen, European Commission | EU Tech Agenda and the Internet of Things | Slides |
| Martin Brynskov, Open & Agile Smart Cities | Introduction | Slides |
| Setting the Scene | ||
| Davor Meersman, Open & Agile Smart Cities | The valley of Death for Smart City Investment | Slides |
| Benefits and Challenges of Experiments and Procurement | ||
| Lieve Bos, European Commission | Innovation Procurement in Europe | Slides |
| Jaroslav Kracun, European Commission |
Public Procurement Package and innovation related initiatives | Slides |
| Karin Goedheid, Digipolis Antwerp | How to enable innovation in the public service | Slides |
| Nathan Pierce, Greater London Authority | Insights from SharingCities | Slides |
| Catherine De Dorlodot, GOVERN & LAW | Legal perspective of innovative public procurement | Slides |
| SMEs & Public Procurement | ||
| Sebastiano Toffaletti, Digital SME Alliance | The role of open standards to foster the European SME ecosystem | Link |
| Marlene Grauer, Coordinator, Procure2Innovate Project | European Network of Competence Centres for Innovation Procurement | Slides |
| Joao Rodrigues Frade, European Commission | CEF Digital Building Blocks and Their Role for Procuring Digital Services | Slides |
| Chiara Frencia, SERN & LEA project | Learntech Accelerator | Slides |
| Best Practices & Next Steps for Innovation Procurement | ||
| Bernadett Köteles-Degrendele, EUROCITIES | Introduction | No slides |
| Ian Makgill, OpenOpps | Insights from OpenOpps | Slides |
| Wim De Kinderen, Brainport Eindhoven | The Power of Procurement | Slides |
| Saied Tazari, Fraunhofer / ActivAge | Experiences with Public Procurement in Smart Living | Slides |
| Martin Serrano, OASC Ireland Insight Centre | Rapid Prototyping” for Efficient Public Procurement | Slides |
| Conclusion and Main Takeaways | ||
| Martin Brynskov, Open & Agile Smart Cities | Main Takeaways | Slides |