Dublin City Council has been shortlisted for a European Innovation Procurement Award 2022 under the procurement leadership category.
The European Innovation Procurement Awards recognise powerful cases of public and private buyers promoting innovation procurement practices across Europe. They also emphasise the importance of close buyer-supplier cooperation in bringing the innovative solutions to the market. The award winners will be announced at the European Innovation Council Summit on December 8, 2022.
Supported by the European Innovation Council under Horizon Europe, the European Innovation Procurement Awards recognise powerful cases of public and private buyers promoting innovation procurement practices across Europe. It also emphasises the importance of close buyer–supplier cooperation in bringing the innovative solutions to the market.
The 2022 semi-finalists selected by a jury of independent experts are (in alphabetical order):
The Innovation procurement strategy category
- AIRBUS (France)
- Ente Público Augas de Galicia (Spain)
- Fundacio Pac Tauli (Spain)
- Nido, Innovation lab of the Belgian federal government (Belgium)
- RITMOCORE (UK & Spain)
- YQ Purchasing bv (Belgium)
The Facing societal challenges category
- Gobierno de Navarra (Spain)
- Iniciativa Social Integral Per Al Benestar (Spain)
The Procurement leadership category
- Agencia de Qualitat / Avaluacion Sanitaries de Catalunya (Spain)
- DMHI (Turkey)
- Dublin City Council (Ireland)
- Forschungszentrum Julich GMBH (Germany)
- Sardegna Ricerche (Italy)
- The Norwegian Agency for Public and Financial Management (Norway)
What happens next?
Each semi-finalist will be invited to a private hearing with the jury members in October 2022. The hearings will follow a strict procedure that allows each applicant to present their application and answer to questions related to the award criteria laid out in the rules of contest.
The jury members will then select one winner and one runner-up per category which will be announced at the European Innovation Council Summit, on December 8, 2022.
Apart from the prestigious recognition, the winner of each category will be rewarded with €75,000 while each of the runners-up will receive €25,000.