EAFIP assistance for increasing participation of public procurers in H2020

EAFIP assistance for increasing participation of public procurers in H2020

The European Commission, in collaboration with the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) on Water, is organizing a workshop which targets public procurers in the water sector (ministries, regional and local authorities, public utility companies, etc.).  The workshop will be held in the Water Campus (Leeuwarden, the Netherlands) on 9th February 2016.

The workshop is only open to public contracting authorities who will have a unique chance to openly discuss unmet procurement needs, innovation concepts, project ideas, and much more.  All procurers will have an opportunity to briefly present their ideas / plan / projects in the parallel sessions.  The following four relevant calls relevant to the water sector will be targeted:

• ICT-34: Open to any area of public interest needing ICT based solutions (€ 4 million; deadline 12 April 2016).

• ICT-33(a): European wide networks of public procurers preparing future PCPs or PPIs in any area of public interest that requires ICT based solutions (€ 4 million max; deadline 25 April 2017).

• SC5-27: Preparing PCPs and PPIs in climate action, environment, resource efficiency, raw materials (part of a larger call of € 8,55 million; deadline 8 March 2016).

• ICT-27(d): Robotics based solutions for smart city applications (€ 7 million; deadline 25 April 2017).

This workshop is free of charge and features presentations and networking discussions. More information:

http://eafip.eu/events/workshops/2nd-eafip-workshop-water-and-innovation-procurement/