Public procurement accounts for some 19% of GDP in the European Union and offers an enormous potential market for innovative products and services. Several EU countries have participated successfully in a pioneering set of programmes with European public sector partners to spread best practice in new approaches for the procurement of R&D, innovative products and services.

• More information: Conference on Innovation Procurement, Kraków, 14-15 November 2013
• Draft Agenda: Innovation Procurement for the benefit of industries, SMEs & stronger public services