The 2021 Procura+ Awards winners will be revealed in an online ceremony, live-streamed on YouTube, on 23 November 2021 (10:00 – 11:30 CET). Click here to follow the ceremony.

The Procura+ Awards, an initiative of ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, in cooperation with the EU-funded Procure2Innovate project, reward successful, already running, sustainable and innovative public procurements. Public authorities compete in four categories: Procurement Initative of the Year, Innovation Procurement of the Year, Outstanding Innovation Procurement in ICT and Sustainable Procurement of the Year. 

In the category ‘Procurement Initiative of the Year’ the finalists competing for the Award are the Province of Zeeland (Netherlands) and ICLEI Member Helsinki (Finland). The Supreme Audit Office of the City of Prague (Czech Republic) is a finalist in the category ‘Innovation Procurement of the Year’ and is joined by the City of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), which showed it can use procurement to develop innovative solutions for its citizens, while respecting the complex and specific needs of being a World Heritage City.

In the category ‘Outstanding Innovation Procurement in ICT’, two Spanish authorities are competing for the win. Murcia Health Service (Spain) used a co-creation model to improve communication between doctors and epilepsy patients, bringing together procurers from three different regions. While the Provincial Council of Barcelona used innovation procurement to improve its telecare services.

Finally, in the category ‘Sustainable Procurement of the Year’, ICLEI Member City Copenhagen (Denmark) introduced social and environmental considerations into its food purchases, guided by the SDGs. The Agglomeration of Dinan (France) created a tender for cleaning services, aiming to reduce environmental harm. They are joined by the South Moravian Region (Czech Republic), which identified the need to build a new sanitarium for children.

The entries for the 2021 Procura+ Awards were assessed by a jury of four procurement experts and policy makers. The jury will reveal its winners on November 23. The online ceremony will take place from 10:00 – 11:30 (CET).

More details about each of this year’s finalists can be found on the Procura+ website.

The Procura + Awards ceremony will be live-streamed via ICLEI's YouTube channel. Please register to receive the YouTube link.