What we did
“The Procura+ Network and Conferences have been at the forefront of advancing the sustainable, circular and innovation procurement agenda for over 25 years. The 11th Procura+ conference aimed to showcase how cities and public authorities are making step changes in procurement to achieve a transformation to a sustainable, circular and resilient society. It offered participants the opportunitiy to Perfect their procurement skills in specialist Breakout Sessions, be inspired to think more strategically by Disruptors and Game Changers, learn from the wisdom of experienced procurers, engage with procurement peers and learn about their latest tools, actions and initiatives, hear how public money has been directed towards technologies, infrastructure, and businesses that support an innovative, net zero and just sustainable city and society and explore the latest international policy updates and the future of procurement
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What we achieved
The Procura+ conference series (formerly EcoProcura) has been running for 25 years and is a dynamic and unique meeting place to exchange and equip participants with the latest professional information, advice and networking opportunities wanting to implement high quality, cost effective, sustainable, circular and innovation procurement practices.
Public procurement can play a key role in strategic governance, ensuring service delivery that achieves value for money and generates benefits not only for the organisation, but also for the environment, society and the economy. By using procurement strategically organisations can ensure that their purchasing reflects broader goals, for example procurement can steer new developments such as AI and digitalisation, act as a lever for innovation, new technologies and provides access to markets for SMEs, start-ups and social enterprises. Local issues, such as employment generation, working conditions, and the marginalisation of certain groups can be addressed through procurement. It can also be used to address global issues such as child labour and fair trade.
The Procura+ conferences look at the role of procurement in AI; access to markets for SMEs, start-ups and social enterprises; deep tech; digitalisation; e-Procurement; life cycle costing; monitoring; professionalisation; smart cities; social responsibility and supply chain management. Procura+ 2024 presented good practices and approaches for strategic procurement across thematic areas, key product and service sectors such as biodiversity, buildings; construction, energy, food and catering; ICT; mobility and textiles. This year the Conference took place in the Lisbon Congress Centre.
At the heart of the Procura+ Conference series is the Procura+ European Sustainable Procurement Network. This is a network of European public authorities that connect, exchange and act on sustainable, circular and innovation procurement. The combined knowledge and experience allows the network to provide advice and support any public authority no matter what size or level of experience. The Network also joins forces to champion sustainable, circular and innovation procurement at the European and international level. The Procura+ Network, led by ICLEI Europe, has been developed by and for procurers and staff dealing with sustainability and innovation issues in public authorities
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