On 26 June 2024, the European Commission will officially launch the 2024-2025 edition of the European Innovation Procurement Awards.
Innovation procurement boosts the process of transforming research results and ideas into innovative solutions. It represents an untapped potential to stimulate the demand for innovation.
By putting in place dedicated strategies aimed to lift and enhance the use of innovation procurement, the public and private sectors can provide state-of-the-art services and goods to the society and, at the same time, offer new growth and commercialisation opportunities for suppliers of disruptive solutions, particularly start-ups and SMEs.
On 30 May 2024, the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) organised an informative webinar to learn more about the European Innovation Procurement Awards (EUIPA).