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The European public sector faces major challenges, including the need to modernise internal processes while delivering high quality public services. By introducing a comprehensive procurement strategy that uses Pre-Commercial Procurements (PCP) and Public procurement of innovation (PPI) in a complementary way, public procurers can drive innovation from the demand side.\u00a0 But while Public Procurement represents approximately 14% of the EU GDP, less than half of this budget is purchased from SMEs. They play a vital role for the European market, as they are considered crucial engines for growth and job creation – however, SMEs have only limited possibilities of exploitation and international opportunities.<\/p>\n

The Innovation Procurement Network has been launched as a response to the need of supporting SMEs and public buyers in the process of innovation procurement in order to over-come current barriers such lack of interaction with procuring organisations, the use of over-specified tenders and poor management of risk.<\/p>\n

The network is working closely with its members to fully capture innovation through procurement by launching sustainable partnerships and making use of digital tools for open collaboration. As innovation intermediary the network will contribute to building up capacities on both supplier\u2019s and buyer\u2019s side enhancing dialogue and innovation diffusion at all levels.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\t\t

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Interdisciplinary as well as international research collaboration is key to achieving innovation and encompassing progress. Therefore, the Innovation Procurement Network pursues the target of interconnecting primarily SMEs with all relevant stakeholders in order to foster research projects and thereby generate increased quality and higher output within the field. Being connected facilitates the establishment of matching research consortia for either totally new project creations or in order to bring additional members on board of already ongoing projects.<\/p>\n

Public procurement of innovation needs an intermediation structure that is appropriate to support companies and public bodies across the various procurement situations and their corresponding challenges and as such: The Innovation Procurement Network aims to intermediate innovation by:<\/p>\n