iProcureNet is a network of European public procurers, all of them facing the challenge of medical equipment becoming scarce due to shortage of offer coupled with colossal demand from numerous countries worldwide. Here, five of them share their experiences and recommendations for the future.

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The Nordic Public Procurement forum is the most important independent public procurement event in Northern Europe. The scope of NPP 2020 is to give you thorough insight on the implications of the EU Public Procurement Directives, access to the latest research, knowledge and inspiration through relevant case experiences and an update on recent developments in case law of the Court of Justice in the field of PP.

A unique opportunity to learn more about the legal feasibility study conducted within iProcureNet!

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Some new and interesting insights, however, must be underlined. It appears that it is easier to identify existing JPP from sectors other than the security & defence sector. Recommendations include to put special emphasis on the pre-tendering phase; to identify key stakeholders and end users and involve them from early on; to adopt a project-management attitude with key performance indicators and clear rules for decision-making, and to pay special attention to assessment and long-term needs.

iProcureNet was also able to identify seven potential candidate groupings for joint public procurement from the analysis of seven investment plans collected by WP2. A list of segments with special potential for innovation procurement was also identified.

Upcoming activities for the next period include the release of the Toolbox and the publication of the detailed survey results. The second cycle will be started by WP2, who will collect further investment plans and update the existing ones, while WP3 will take over the list of potential candidates for a feasibility study.

Find the full April 2020 report on findings here.

The SRE is co-organised by the European Commission and the Ministry of the Interior in Finland as a side event of Finland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

This year’s theme “Towards Increased Synergies Between Different Funding Schemes and Market Uptake” will be explored by the high-level panel on the first day of the SRE 2019. The panel will gather high-level policy makers, industry representatives and researchers who will debate the notion that security research is not a stand-alone process, and that it is necessary to establish structured links between different funding instruments to achieve the desired market uptake of positive research outputs.

On the second day of the event, six thematic panels will cover issues such as terrorist content online, border security, artificial intelligence, disaster management, hybrid threats and immediate procurement.

More information on SRE here.

eBF – corporate procurement, public procurement, digitalisation, atmosphere, festival is a professional meeting focused on the digitalisation of procurement in both the public and private sectors.

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