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8 August 2019

Interested in setting up a new competence centre on innovation procurement?

The Procure2Innovate team has recently produced two useful documents for those interested in setting up a new competence centre on innovation procurement in their country: FAQs when setting up a new competence centre and a Services List guidance. Both shed light on what should be considered when starting a new competence centre and what services can be offered.

A competence centre on innovation procurement is an organisation/organisational structure that has been assigned the task by its government and has a mandate according to national law to encourage wider use of pre-commercial procurement (PCP) and public procurement of innovation (PPI) that includes among others providing practical and/or financial assistance to public procurers in the preparation and/or implementation of PCP and PPI across all sectors of public interest.

The FAQs when setting a new competence centre lists several questions that should be taken into account and that have individual responses, specific to the national and institutional context. These questions are organised in topics: reason for setting up a new competence centre, location of the new competence centre, mission and scope, budget and employees, stakeholders and other partners, target group and services. The Services List document gives an overview on the services, tools and materials used and developed by the five existing competence centres part of the Procure2Innovate Network.