Useful Links

Public Sector Tech Watch (PSTW) is a dedicated observatory that monitors, analyzes, and disseminates information on the use of emerging technologies (e.g., Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence) in the European public sector. It serves as a “one-stop shop” for public sector officials, policymakers, private companies, and academics interested in leveraging technological advancements to enhance public sector operations and service delivery.

The European Assistance for Innovation Procurement (EAFIP) initiative supports public procurers across Europe in designing and executing innovation procurements. Its primary goal is to promote best practices and build a strong evidence base for completed innovation procurements. By encouraging new PCP (Pre-Commercial Procurement) and PPI (Public Procurement of Innovative Solutions) initiatives, EAFIP aims to foster innovation, drive the digital-green economic recovery, and inspire others to adopt these practices.

The European Innovation Council (EIC) fosters collaboration between its leading innovators and public or private buyers, investors, technology leaders, and industrial stakeholders to create new partnerships and modernize services for the EU economy. Through its Strategic Use of Innovation Procurement programme, the EIC facilitates access to procurement markets in Europe and globally. This initiative creates opportunities for SMEs and start-ups, enabling their scaling while driving innovation and economic growth.

The European Innovation Council (EIC) fosters collaboration between its leading innovators and public or private buyers, investors, technology leaders, and industrial stakeholders to create new partnerships and modernize services for the EU economy. Through its Strategic Use of Innovation Procurement programme, the EIC facilitates access to procurement markets in Europe and globally. This initiative creates opportunities for SMEs and start-ups, enabling their scaling while driving innovation and economic growth.

The Public Buyers Community Platform connects public authorities and stakeholders involved in procurement. Public procurers can join communities of practice aligned with their interests, collaborate with peers, and share resources, tools, and expertise. This platform enables participants to enhance their purchasing power, promote sustainable solutions, and maximize impact through collective efforts.

‘Big Buyers Working Together’ project supports collaboration between public buyers with strong purchasing power and promote the wider use of strategic public procurement for innovative and sustainable solutions. By working together and pooling their resources, cities, central purchasing bodies, and other major public buyers can maximise their market power and impact.

TED (Tenders Electronic Daily) provides free access to over 3,000 public procurement notices daily from the EU, EEA, and beyond. Users can browse, search, and sort notices by country, region, or sector. Available in all 24 official EU languages, TED opens extensive opportunities for businesses to participate in procurement activities across Europe.

The EDIH4IAE.LT is a one-stop-shop that enables Public Authorities in Western and Central region of Lithuania to integrate environmental, digital, and societal solutions into their activities. EDIH4IAE.LT is best positioned to build and deliver digital competencies in high performance computing, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and advanced digital skills.

Esinvestcijos.lt provides comprehensive information on EU-funded programs and opportunities in Lithuania. It serves as a central hub for guidance on accessing financial resources, including those specifically aimed at fostering public sector innovation. The platform offers updates on relevant calls for proposals, best practices, and tools that cities can leverage to develop innovative procurement processes.

The Enterprise Europe Network Lietuva helps businesses innovate and grow on an international scale. As the EEN Lietuva maintains a large database of innovative SMEs, research organizations, and other potential suppliers, public sector bodies can use this to identify innovative partners or solutions that align with their procurement needs.

GovTech Lab Lithuania is a team in public sector focused on encouraging the creation and use of innovative solutions for the government. GovTech Lab helps the public sector identify challenges that can be solved by emerging technologies, engages startups and SMEs to create innovative solutions and accelerates teams in the governmental technology field.

The VAUHTI Network operated by Motiva supports the development of responsibility, impact, and innovation in the procurement processes of participating organizations.

Hankinta-Suomi is a joint initiative by the Ministry of Finance, the Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities, the Confederation of Finnish Industries, the Federation of Finnish Enterprises, and the wellbeing services company Hyvil Oy. The aim of this program is to promote the sustainability of public finances and the societal impact of public procurement.

The aim of the competence centre for innovative procurement is to permanently strengthen the innovation orientation of public procurement in Germany and to increase the proportion of innovation procurement in the total volume of public procurement in Germany.

The association represents the interests of German cities and communities and gives municipalities a strong voice at state, federal and EU levels. Through consistent engagement with political decision-makers at the federal and European Union levels, the association ensures that locally relevant topics and perspectives are integrated into political decision-making processes.

Verband kommunaler Unternehmen e.V. (VKU) is the German Association of Local Public Utilities of municipally determined infrastructure undertakings and economic enterprises. These are companies that provide services of general interest in Germany within the framework of local self-government. Working in the context of an economic system driven by competition, they serve the interests of citizens by maintaining a service structure that counteracts the forces of market concentration.

The Smart City Dialogue is an offer from the German Federal Government for all those who are concerned with the opportunities of digitalisation in urban development. Organization provides inspiration, solutions and offers for sustainable and liveable smart cities and regions.

The Association represents the interests of all autonomous cities and most county-affiliated cities. As a community of solidarity of cities it represents the idea of local self-government to Federal Government, Federal States (Bundesländer), European Union, governmental and non-governmental organisations. The work and services are primarily geared to the needs and interests of the member cities and their citizens.

LIAA offers funding opportunities, support for business development, and information about public and private investments in Latvia. It frequently organizes workshops, conferences, and training sessions aimed at capacity building.

LPS supports local governments through advocacy, capacity-building initiatives, and the organization of regional and national events. It also provides guidance on accessing EU funding for municipalities

ALTUM specializes in financial tools, such as loans, grants, and guarantees, for municipalities, businesses, and non-profits. It also supports green and digital transformation projects across Latvia.

VRAA coordinates regional development projects, provides funding for local initiatives, and hosts capacity-building events for municipal employees and stakeholders

AddSmart supports small and medium sized manufacturing SMEs on their journey to become more digitalised for them to become resilient and gain a competitive edge. The focus of this proposal is to deliver services to manufacturing SMEs within the fields of I4.0 with the general objective of developing capacities in HPC, AI, Cybersecurity, Advanced Digital Skills and accelerating the best use of technologies for this target group.

The Enterprise Europe Network In Denmark has six offices in cities across the country: Aalborg; Tjele; Aarhus; Odense; Sorø; Copenhagen. In cooperation with Enterprise Europe Network offices around the world, EEN Denmark helps you and your organisation get the first contact and establish cooperation with foreign companies and research institutions - free of charge!

CO-PI drives public-private innovation through targeted initiatives that enhance collaboration and capability building. It introduces scaling processes to unite multiple public actors around shared challenges, making it more attractive for the market to deliver innovative solutions. By focusing on innovative public procurement, CO-PI provides practical support, tools, and methodologies to guide both public and private sectors in achieving successful procurement outcomes. Additionally, CO-PI strengthens innovation capacity by serving as a trusted resource for knowledge, tools, and advisory services that elevate innovation efforts across sectors.

Danish Industry is a private business and employers' organisation representing approximately 20,000 companies in Denmark. DI offers companies a broad portfolio of member services to support them in their collaboration with public customers, including: • Sparring and advice on specific tenders. • Courses, webinars, and newsletters. • Public-private sector networks and panels. • Preparation of strategic tenders with significance for the industry. • Proactive dialogue efforts to enhance public-private cooperation, such as mayoral visits. • Political advocacy