ICLEI Europe invites procurers to join opportunities to engage with suppliers and public authorities across Europe to discover and shape innovative and sustainable solutions to their purchasing needs. ICLEI is ready to link procurers’ plans and needs with funded projects – such as the Big Buyers Initiative and the Innovation Procurement Brokers – that bring procurers closer to other buyers and to suppliers.

The Big Buyers Initiative is a European Commission platform that promotes collaboration between big public buyers as they implement strategic public procurement. Ambitious and committed public authorities willing to work together to develop pioneering approaches to procurement and strategic joint actions to help move the market are invited to join. Working groups on different procurement sectors are currently being established as part of the initiative. Practitioners interested in joining can do so by simply visiting the Big Buyers Initiative webpage.

The Innovation Procurement Brokers project brings public buyers and suppliers of innovation together. Procurers are invited to reflect on and report their needs so that ICLEI and other expert partners can connect you with start-ups and small- or medium-sized enterprises from across Europe that can provide or develop innovative solutions to your challenges. The Innovation Procurement Brokers team can also support procurers in identifying and refining exactly what those needs are.

For more information on the Big Buyers Initiatives, click here. To read more about the Innovation Procurement Brokers programme and to join, please click here.