Once per year the Big Buyers Working Together (BBWT) brings together all 10 of its Communities of Practice (CoPs) in a special in-person event. In 2025, this annual event will be organised by ICLEI Europe and take place in Helsinki, Finland, on 24 and 25 March, with the first day exclusively reserved for CoP members.

The event will focus on how public buyers can drive a more sustainable, social and innovative Europe, befitting the broader aims of the project. BBWT seeks to strengthen the collaboration between public buyers with strong purchasing power, and promote the wider use of strategic public procurement for innovative and sustainable solutions.

During panel discussions and interactive sessions, the event will bring CoP members and other relevant stakeholders together to reflect on BBWT’s progress in the past year, and discuss the future of strategic public procurement in Europe. It will do so by facilitating collaboration and interactions between members from different thematic CoPs, and other stakeholders. Participants will also get the opportunity to find out some great examples of how host city Helsinki has implemented public procurement in practice.

To register, click here. More details about the programme will follow soon.