public procurement

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Public Procurement of Innovation Development Open Call

Are you a cluster or SME in innovation? The European Commission is looking to further develop the potential of innovation in public procurement across the EU. In order to achieve this, the Commission has launched an open call to increase innovation in public procurement strategies. The call aims to...
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Health Technology Assessment Framework: Adaptation for Digital Health Technology Assessment

Digital health is the use of digital technologies to improve people's health and well-being, as well as the smarter use of clinical and genetic data for patient healthcare. Digital technologies bring an opportunity to address the main challenges facing the Catalan healthcare system such as the...
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EXTRA LIGHT Exploratory International Mission to Canada!

From 27th November to 1st December 2023, EXTRA LIGHT partners met in Toronto, Canada for their 2° exploratory international mission! Cluster managers had the opportunity to get valuable insights on the #public #procurement in Canada and engage in productive discussions with the strategic Canadian...
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EXTRA LIGHT MISSION TO TORONTO, CANADA!

Extra Light clusters are organizing their second international mission to Toronto (Canada) in on 27 November – 01 December 2023! Cluster managers will have the opportunity to get first-hand information on public procurement in Canada thanks to meetings and discussions about the tendering processes...
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Extra Light ONE-TO-ONE ADVISORY SERVICE for SMEs!

Extra Light project has launched the one2one advisory services to assist SMEs’ access to the public procurement process in the USA and Canada with the support of specialized experts, Avv. Isabella Pulcinelli and Dott. Mario Giacomelli. SMEs, belonging to the Extra Light partnership, will have the...
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EXTRA LIGHT Mission to Japan

On 27.02 - 02.03.2023, the EXTRA LIGHT Consortium organized its first project #exploratory mission to #Japan where the partner #clustershad the opportunity to learn more about the #publicprocurement and #business market entrance opportunities for the #EU #lighting and #furniture #SMEs associated to...

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EXTRA LIGHT Webinar: How is the public sector facilitating SME participation in public procurement?

Do you know how the access of new innovative players like startups and SMEs to the public procurement market can be facilitated? If not, join our webinar and learn more! On Tuesday 08.03.2022 from 10:00 to 12:00 CET, ELCA European Lighting Cluster Alliance and EXTRA LIGHT consortium is organizing...

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P2GreenEST published a market screening on Moldova and Ukraine!

In order to give insights of the public procurement markets of Moldova and Ukraine, P2GreenEST partnership worked on building a market screening document. This report targets European SMEs interested in bidding into these target countries’ public procurement markets. The document gives them an...
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Government Procurement opportunities for EU Companies in Canada

The Canada- European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (“CETA)” makes it possible for EU-based companies to participate in government procurement processes in Canada, not only to the general procurement for federal departments and ministries, but also, to those of the provinces and...
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European Commission: How can public buyers make fast and efficient purchases during coronavirus crisis? EU guidelines here

The European Commission has made available guidance on how to use all the flexibilities offered by the EU public procurement framework in the emergency situation caused by the coronavirus outbreak. The guidance outlines the options and flexibilities provided by the EU legislation and provides an...