Public Procurement

A new Action Plan of the Innovative and responsible public procurement Partnership has been endorsed as a continuation of its work. 3 new Actions have been chosen, focusing on a procurers platform and reflection board, achieving EU Green Deal goals by using public procurement and innovation as strategic instruments and Sustainable economic recovery through public procurement. Please see the link below to access the Action plan.

The Partnership has decided to continue its activities and the partners are currently working on developing new Actions and a new Action Plan which will guide the work of the Partnership in the coming period. Read about their new proposed Actions here.

The case studies on the impact of COVID-19 on public procurement practices were commissioned by the Urban Agenda for EU Partnership on Public Procurement, with the aim of examining to what extent (if at all) European cities changed their public procurement approach as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. You can find the report here.

On February 2nd 2021, the Partnership on Innovative and Responsible Public Procurement held an online webinar. The focus of the session was to present and answer questions about the Partnership's free E-learning modules. Follow the link below to view the webinar and presentations.

The URBACT Knowledge Hub brings together good practices from across the EU to make sure that learning is within everyone's reach. In this context they've developed a free online course targeted at anyone with an interest in procurement and changing the way it is undertaken in cities.

In this 5th edition of the newsletter you can find news on their new e-learning module, insights into the relationship between public procurement and the EU Green Deal, details for online training on public procurement, and much more!

The Urban Agenda Partnership on Innovative and Responsible Public Procurement is hosting an online webinar on Tuesday, February 2nd, from 10.00 to 11.30 CET, where you can gather information on it's free E-learning module on Public Procurement.

The Urban Agenda Partnership on Innovative and Responsible Public Procurement published the link to their e-learning module. The module will guide you through 7 topics under the theme of responsible and innovative public procurement.

This session organised by the Partnership on Public Procurement at the European Week of Regions and Cities took place on 14 October and presented the work of cities on procurement, their goals and challenges and the role of the Urban Agenda in supporting these efforts.

The Partnership on Innovative Public Procurement has released an infographic outlining the various Actions developed by the Partnership on Innovative and Responsible Public Procurement, available in 11 different languages.

The 4th newsletter of the Partnership is now available. In this edition, you will find contributions by Karen Van Dantzig, Dutch Urban Envoy; Catrien Lenstra, managing director city of Haarlem; and Vassilis Tsanidis, representative of the Region of Central Macedonia; a Summary of the February Partnership Meeting, and much more.

This publication explores the contribution of the Urban Agenda for the EU to Europe’s sustainable transition by looking at its ‘green’ Partnerships.

On 21 and 22 January 2019, the 8th meeting of the Public Procurement Partnership took place in Haarlem, the Netherlands. This meeting had several important tasks: to make concrete agreements about the further implementation of the Action within the action team, and to formulate the deliverables per action and specify the expert days’ request for the period February-May 2019.

The Partnership on Innovative and Responsible Public Procurement is launching a survey! The objective is to inquire about experiences and knowledge regarding Management Strategic Procurement, Financing of Innovative Procurement and Local Competences Centres.

Watch the video and discover what the partnership on Innovative Public Procurement is about!

The online Public Feedback of the Innovative and Responsible Public Procurement Partnership kicked-off on Monday 11 June 2018 and will last for 6 weeks, until 22 July. You can contribute to the draft actions from the Draft Action Plan. All the information and summaries in English, French, German, Dutch, Italian and Bulgarian are available online.

Valentina Schippers-Opejko is the Coordinators of the Innovative and Responsible Public Procurement Partnership from the City of Haarlem, the Netherlands. She answered our questions on the work of the Partnership on Public Procurement.