Tartu is an Estonian city with approximately 100,000 inhabitants. Its Municipality doesn’t have a separate procurement department. Despite that, Tartu showcases that size does not limit the capacity for innovation. As the smallest municipality participating in the BUILD project, the recent staff exchange demonstrated its ability to lead in public procurement of innovation.
Learning between diversity and shared challenges: The first BUILD staff exchange in Turku
The sixth largest city in Finland, Turku’s population amounts to just over 200,000 citizens. Our partner procurers from the Municipality of Turku and Valonia recently hosted the inaugural staff exchange of the BUILD project here. This event brought together procurement professionals from Rotterdam and Tartu, highlighting the benefits of learning from diverse municipal approaches while addressing shared challenges.
Strategies for Successful Innovation Procurement Through Staff Exchanges
Innovation procurement is a key mechanism for governments and cities to encourage innovation, aligning with economic, environmental, and social policy objectives. However, it is often unclear what innovation truly entails. And how it is possible to break the traditional procurement frame with innovative solutions. BUILD’s public procurers gathered to exchange the best strategies on innovation adoption. So, what does it take to organise a successful procurers’ exchange?
Building Partnerships Training Session: Consortium Building in Innovation Procurement
This extensive training session, presented by PROCEDIN and their experts, is specifically designed for SMEs and startups aiming to excel in consortium building within the innovation procurement field. Participants will learn from best practices and real-world examples, focusing on collaboration, innovative solutions, and procurement processes.
Join Us at the SIPE Conference: Scaling-Up Innovation Procurement in Europe
The SIPE Conference is a unique opportunity to deepen your understanding of innovation procurement, connect with like-minded professionals, and contribute to shaping the future of innovation procurement in Europe. It is a must-attend for procurement professionals, offering unmatched opportunities for learning, networking, and collaborating to scale-up innovation adoption.
5 Lessons Learned from BUILD’s Innovation Procurement Training Sessions
The BUILD project organised a series of transformative, practical training activities in March and April 2024 that brought together stakeholders from across Europe. Although they were based on local successes and tools available in Finland, Estonia, Slovakia, and The Netherlands, the impact of Innovation Procurement can extend across all European communities. We invite you to get familiar with key insights and future direction of innovation procurement.
Empowering Sustainability: Slovakia Hosts Training on Innovation Procurement
The Energy Management International Conference 2024 in Slovakia was the perfect incubator to host BUILD’s training event. In this enchanting hub, high in the Tatra mountains, over 100 stakeholders were united in their commitment to driving sustainability through innovative procurement solutions. Let´s have a closer look at this unique event.
Geemente Rotterdam Hosts Innovative Training on Public Procurement
Innovation adoption is a hallmark of the procurement process in Rotterdam. Results speak for themselves, considering the Procura+ Innovation Procurement of the Year award, which focused on providing user-friendly and eco-friendly public transport designed around diverse target groups. The innovative procedure used, Forward Committed Procurement, together with a competitive dialogue process, ensured great results and showcased Rotterdam’s significant innovation capacity. Thus the decision to organise one of the national training sessions within the BUILD project here was more than obvious.
Innovation Procurement Capacity Building: Insights from Estonia’s Training in Tartu
In the picturesque city of Tartu (Estoni, the BUILD training took place, igniting conversations and fostering insights into the realm of innovation procurement. On 3. April 2024, procurement specialists and stakeholders met at the VSpa Conference Center, for a dynamic exploration of innovative procurement practices..
BUILD Training Sessions for Public Procurers: Insights from the Finnish Procurement Landscape
In the heart of Turku, Finland, a groundbreaking training event unfolded on Wednesday, March 27th 2024. Procurement specialists and public buyers converged for a transformative journey into the realm of innovative public procurement. This free training represents a core activity in the BUILD project. The goal is indeed to enhance capacities of cities in providing innovative and sustainable products and services to their communities, with the lead of local national partners, like the Municipality of Turku and Valonia.
