communities involved in the translation of biomedical innovation and health technologies from the laboratory bench to point of …

Public procurement offers an enormous potential market for innovative products and services. Used strategically, it can … help governments boost innovation at both the national and local level and ultimately improve productivity and … inclusiveness. Based on good practices in OECD and partner countries, this report analyses the state of play of procurement for …

instruments directed to SMEs. This is in part due the pace of technological innovation, which often exceeds the time it takes for … relations between SME intellectual asset management, innovation and competitiveness in different national and sectoral contexts …

This Public Procurement Brief presents two new EU public procurement Directives (2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU) on … procurement by public and utilities sectors. The Directives are part of a recently adopted EU legislative package reforming the EU … public procurement rules. The Brief provides an overview of the new regulations, focusing on the following issues: general …

Public Procurement is a voluntary instrument, which means that individual Member States and public authorities can determine … alternative energy sources) and how these considerations can be incorporated into the procurement process in line with EU law. …

SIGMA Brief 28 aims to give guidance to auditors dealing with public procurement processes. Based on audit experience … mainly concentrates on individual procurement procedures but concessions and public-private partnerships are also touched on …

The EU Public Procurement Directives cover three main types of contract: works, supplies and services including design …