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The Commission's first annual progress report on the Transition Pathway for the Chemical Industry highlights significant progress towards net-zero and digital transformation. Approximately 80% of the identified measures have been supported, underscoring the sector's commitment to sustainability and resilience. The report includes a revised regulatory roadmap and outlines 187 actions for investment in clean technologies and sustainable chemicals. The Commission plans an ongoing stakeholder dialogue and will launch a support platform by 2025, providing resources and collaboration opportunities. Stakeholders can contribute by submitting their transition initiatives via an online form.
Amendment of 13 May 2024 to Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/1586
The Resilience, Skills & Inclusion Subgroup of the Commission expert group "Together for EU Tourism" (T4T) held the webinar "Tourism Strategies Towards Resilience" on 28 June 2024. The webinar aimed to raise awareness around two key elements of tourism strategy: 1) How to improve social sustainability strategies for tourism at the destination level with commensurate benefits for communities, for visitors and for businesses; and 2) How to empower public authorities and local decision-makers in rural areas to evaluate, benchmark and enhance their tourism strategies and policies.
The Green subgroup of the Commission expert group "Together for EU Tourism" (T4T) held the webinar "Food waste management in tourism" on 10 June 2024. The webinar aimed to raise awareness about the general issue of food waste and specifically within the tourism sector; provide actionable guidance for stakeholders; and showcase effective practices for reducing food waste.
The Digital subgroup of the Commission expert group "Together for EU Tourism" (T4T) held the webinar "Mainstreaming Tourism Indicators for Sustainable Development" on 22 March 2024. The webinar aimed to to catalyze collaborative efforts towards a more robust and sustainable future for European tourism, underpinned by comprehensive data insights and strategic partnerships.
Don't miss the opportunity to contribute to the creation of a new landscape for public procurement support for innovation with the European Innovation Council! The call for tenders and all related documents are published and available on TED by clicking on the link.
Are you a public or private entity with unmet innovation needs? The InnoBuyer Call for Challengers is looking for you! Apply and be selected to join the InnoBuyer programme: it offers funding support, expertise and connections, to speed up all the steps from the identification of unmet innovation needs to the procurement of innovation.
Organisation of Workshops in the 27 Member States to launch a dialogue between stakeholders on the use of strategic public procurement as a lever for the development of innovation and sustainability. New deadline to submit a bid 24/10/2022 !
The Commission's proposal on Ecodesign for Sustainable Products aims to make products sold in the EU subject to performance and information-related requirements, to ensure greater sustainability. The Commission seeks views on the categories of new products and measures to address first, in order to set priorities transparently and inclusively.
This legislative initiative will lay down rules on minimum criteria for sustainable procurement of food.
In the Commission Communication ‘Upgrading the Single Market: more opportunities for people and businesses’ of October 2015, the Commission undertook to introduce a voluntary ex ante mechanism to assess the procurement aspects of certain large-scale infrastructure projects.
The European Commission published a Communication on the data space for public procurement that will improve public spending, boost data-driven policymaking and improve access to tenders for SMEs. Click on "more" and get access to the article. Follow the link for the official Communication and see also a comprehensive YouTube video!
The European Commission published a Staff Working Document on the data space for public procurement data that will improve public spending, boost data-driven policymaking and improve access to tenders for SMEs.
Digital building logbooks are common repositories for all building-related data, increasing transparency, trust and informed decision making. The outcomes of the study on an EU framework for logbooks resulted in proposals for future steps the Commission can take.
Short-term accommodation rentals are now widespread in the EU, boosted largely thanks to online platforms. This Regulation proposal defines an EU framework which allows public authorities to collect data on short-term rentals from hosts and online platforms. It will help to enhance transparency in the sector, support better policy making and ensure a more sustainable development of the tourism sector.
The Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, an Important Project of Common European Interest (‘IPCEI') to support research and innovation and first industrial deployment in the hydrogen technology value chain. As part of this IPCEI, 35 companies with activities in one or more Member States, including small and medium-sized enterprises (‘SMEs') and start-ups, will participate in 41 projects.
This fifth episode of EcoQUIP+’s procurement series for health managers focuses on co-creation initiatives that have been launched to implement innovative digital healthcare solutions. Find the full webinar in the YouTube link!
The recording of the second webinar of the Big Buyers project focused on Heavy-Duty Electric vehicles for waste collection and street cleaning is now available!
We are thrilled to launch “The Public Procurement Gazette”. As the unit of the European Commission responsible for public procurement policy (DG GROW C.2), we will regularly cover news, events and funding opportunities. This space will be the main channel of communication between the ecosystem of public buyers across Europe and us. The symbol of the newsletter is Hermes, the messenger of the Greek gods: we will bring buyers the latest research and initiatives. These can help to make public purchases smarter, faster and more affordable, for better outcomes.
