Procure

Driving innovation in public procurement

Edited on 28/07/2025

15/09/2015 03/05/2018

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  • Action Planning Network
  • Local economy
  • Participative governance
  • Entrepreneurship and SMEs
  • Jobs and skills
  • Public procurement

The goal of this Action Planning network was to explore how to harness the spending power through procurement of public and anchor institutions in the partner cities to bring about economic, social and environmental benefits for businesses and people which in turn will have a positive impact on the city and its local economy. The topics to be explored include: the regulations and law at both European and national level, and what cities are able to do around innovative procurement; how to analyse procurement spend and develop a procurement strategy; the use of social criteria and environmental criteria in procurement; and how to raise awareness of procurement amongst local businesses and SMEs.

Summary

Partners

Lead Partner Preston
  • Albacete - Spain
  • Almelo - Netherlands
  • Bologna - Italy
  • Candelaria - Spain
  • District 9 Prague - Czech Republic
  • Koprivnica - Croatia
  • Koszalin - Poland
  • Lublin - Poland
  • Nagykálló - Hungary
  • Satu Mare - Romania

Timeline

Kick-off meeting in June (Lublin). Transnational meetings in September (Satu Mare and Nagykallo) and December (Albacete).

Transnational meetings in March (Koprivnica), June (Candelaria), September (Koszalin), November (Prague).

Final event in March (Bologna).

Network Outputs

Procurement infographic

Preston City Council
Town Hall, Preston, PR1 2RL

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