Session 4 – Day 2 Broadening the scope of support to the demand side

Political encouragement -Modernising public sector 'a priority' Quality-efficiency improvement targets e.g. Lombardia/IT, UK, Flanders/BE -Target % proc budgets to innovation Monitoring framework e.g. UK, NL, ES, Nordics, FR Implementation - Innov Proc Competence center Training / assisting procurers (e.g. SE, FI, ES, Flanders/BE, DE) -Innov Proc financial support (e.g. SE, FI, ES, Flanders/BE, DE, AT) Leverage EU funding -Horizon 2020 Increased -ESIF support for -EIB loans innov proc Encourage demand side to meet supply side -Early notification innov proc needs -Open market consultations Meet the buyers events What are countries/regions already doing?

-Career incentives/promotion for procurers doing PCP/PPI? -Alike in Lombardy region -Innovation Procurement Prizes rewarding good practices? -Alike the German annual prize (BME/ko-inno) -Competence centers providing national assistance and/or financing - Innovation Procurement Vouchers? -Alike the Austrian BBG assistance & vouchers -Special entities forming/leading national buyers groups? -Alike Swedish Energy Agency teknikupphandlings/PPIs for large buyers groups of smaller Swedish procurers -Other ways to broaden scope of support to demand side? Ideas to change culture/create right incentives?