EC GPP Case Study - Consorci de la Ribera & Alzira Municipality (Spain) used an innovation procurement approach to sustainably refurbish an unused warehouse and transform it into a Youth Centre (“Casal Jove”) for Alzira. Suppliers were asked to provide innovative façade renovations which would significantly reduce the overall building energy consumption and associated CO2 emissions without compromising the building’s functionality and comfort.

The report compiles procurement case studies from across the HCWH Europe network, covering a variety of products and services such as food, plastics, and mobility. Case studies from Vienna, Catalonia, Sweden, The Netherlands, and more all showcase progressive innovation, and a more holistic and strategic approach to procurement, as well as highlighting the challenges and opportunities for the future. These case studies also offer a varied perspective of initiatives from differing levels of administration – from the individual hospital or regional level to national legislative efforts or international collaboration.

Discussion Paper - This discussion paper aims to contribute to the European Union (EU) ‘Farm to Fork’ Strategy for sustainable food, which should be launched early in the EU’s 2019-2024 legislative cycle. The paper discusses the potential of public food procurement to leverage a sustainable food systems transition, and explores how the EU can contribute to advance national and local strategic public
food procurement policies.

As circular procurement requires tailored solutions, this book is a guide for both newbies in the field of circular procurement as well as people who already have some experience but are looking to scale these activities. This book is a hands-on guide and offers practical insights in how to pursue circular procurement.

Guide where both public purchasers and companies can consult concepts of Public Purchase of Innovation, Circular Economy and a large set of practical examples - in a single document.

The report is centered on the exemplary case of the Republic of Korea’s Green Public Procurement policy explores the state of the art in impact measurement, with an overview of other successful international experiences.

A guide aimed at presenting the legal tools available to buyers and companies to develop new solutions through innovation procurement. The document also highlights some
feedback on the application of the different tools but also of good practices to be disseminated and of the points of vigilance on legal pitfalls to be avoided.

What are the main fields of innovation in public IT? What are the most important developments, what application options exist and what effects can be expected? Where are opportunities, where are risks lurking? In order to answer these questions, five key areas of innovation in public IT in a data analysis of almost two million scientific publications were identified: resource-efficient AI, new developments in blockchain technology, artificial realism, weaknesses in AI systems and the automated detection of human emotions , Intentions and behaviour. In addition to a detailed look at the current fields of innovation, we also take a quick look back and give recommendations for the future design of developments triggered by the fields of innovation.

Artificial Intelligence (AI), one of the fastest-growing technologies in recent years, has the potential to play a mission-driven role in cities’ climate action plans. The AI4Cities project aims to harness this potential by bringing together leading European cities looking for energy and mobility solutions to reduce GHG emissions and support their climate action commitments towards carbon neutrality. Helsinki (Finland), Amsterdam (Netherlands), Copenhagen (Denmark), Paris region (France), Stavanger (Norway) and Tallinn (Estonia) are the six European cities and regions involved in this project.

In AI4Cities, these six cities will go through a Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) process. PCP is an innovation procurement tool to stimulate market innovation as it enables the public sector to steer the development of new solutions directly towards its needs.

In this context, the six cities will define the needs and requirements of the energy and mobility solutions to be developed, and challenge start-ups, SMEs and companies to design innovative solutions applying the use of AI and related enabling digital technologies, such as 5G, Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing and big data applications.

The AI4Cities project is divided into five main phases (0-4): one preparatory phase (0), three standard PCP phases (1 – solutions design, 2 – prototype phase, and 3 – prototype testing phase) and one final impact assessment and follow up phase (4). A group of follower cities will be recruited throughout the project to enhance the market uptake of the developed solutions.