GSS EU Science Funding Gateway

The applicants are encouraged to consider a project duration of at least five (5) years and the proposals should focus on strategic oriented joint innovation programmes (multi-annual action plans), that will include activities aimed to enable national and/or regional and/or local authorities and/or municipalities, in association with the public and private buyers, to:

• develop long-term innovation procurement policy frameworks and integration of innovation procurement in sectoral policies;
• develop action plans, including spending targets and monitoring system to be implemented by different levels of public authorities; develop a set of incentives mechanisms to stimulate innovation procurement;
• develop and improve data collection and monitoring of results to demonstrate the positive long-term impact for society in adopting the innovative solutions;
• design a strategy and supporting tools for the further exploitation of the results and outputs of innovation procurement procedures by other EU actors;
• support matchmaking, brokering and expertise gathering entities (including specialised buyers, facilitators/brokers, competence centres) at national but also at regional/city or sector level encouraging dialogue and co-design;
• create and establish capacity in Member States and Associated Countries, support the competence building and preparation of innovation procurement (including legal advice, tender preparation, training);
• contribute to the development of innovative solutions/products (development of product benchmarks, setting up of piloting spaces);
• facilitate exchange of best practices on the legal set up, design and implementation of innovative public procurement.