Modernizing the public sector and boosting economic growth through Innovation Procurement 26 – 27 November 2014, Milan

A high-level event on Pre-Commercial Procurement and Public Procurement of Innovative Solutions is being held in Milan on 26-27 November 2014.

Join European Commission, Euro Cloud Italia, Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri and Regione Lombardia on 26-27 November 2014 in Milan (Auditorium Gaber - Palazzo Pirelli, via Fablo Filzi n. 22) for the next European event on innovation procurement to:

• Discuss with the European Commission representatives about the EU support for Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) and Public Procurement of Innovative Solutions (PPI) in Horizon 2020 and the possible synergies with the European Structural and Investment Funds.
• Learn from public procurers and companies about the latest new PCP and PPI experiences around Europe.
• Meet new and on-going European projects about their plans and achievements in doing joint cross-border PCPs and PPIs.
• Network with other procurers and stakeholders in preparation of the calls for proposals in the 2015 Horizon 2020 work programme.

This high-level event is hosted by the region of Lombardy and co-organized together with the European Commission under the Italian Presidency of the EU. For details on the speakers and the topics to be addressed please see - http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/news/modernizing-public-sector-and-boosting-economic-growth-through-innovation-procurement

Want to get involved in the debate around this event? Sign-up on the Procurement Platform or the LinkedIn group "Supporting public procurement of innovation" and have your say!