News and Events

Presentations from Final SPICE Webinar Now Available

The eighth, and final, SPICE project webinar took place on 30 August 2018. It presented the research done by the project throughout its two-year lifespan and the recommendations drafted on that basis. Presentations Jos van Vlerken (City of Copenhagen) -...

The SPICE Final Event Presents the Project’s White Paper – A Customisable Tool Designed for Public Procurers Across Europe

Procurement procedures, approaches, policy, legislation… – it’s easy to get confused and overwhelmed by the sheer amount of information. In order to help procurers in their daily work, the SPICE project has spent the past two years trying to shed some light on these...

SPICE Recommendations Now Available

As the SPICE project draws to a close, the project team is proud to publish the final results of its two year work - a series of recommendations and analysis, which are contained in the report D3. These will, hopefully, give public procurers ideas on improving and...

SPICE Final Webinar | How can cities obtain innovative mobility solutions by applying new procurement approaches?

Invitation to Final SPICE Webinar: How can cities obtain innovative mobility solutions by applying new procurement approaches? Thursday 30 August 2018 13:oo – 14:3o (CET) Please register here. SPICE is an EU-financed coordination and support action, which aims to...

SPICE Workshop in Hamburg Analyses Best Practices and Identifies Steps Forward

Entering the Hamburg City Hall on 3 May 2018, the SPICE team stood between the past and the future. On one hand, the location was evidence of the prominent role that city administrations have played in the past, in particular, in the lives of their...

Brochures on best practices and capacity building published

The SPICE project finalised two brochures - one on best practices and one on capacity building - at the beginning of May 2018. The Best Practices brochure concisely presents some of the best practices in procurement that were collected throughout the SPICE project...

Save the Date! SPICE Workshop on 3rd May to Discuss Common Buyer Groups

Save the Date! SPICE Workshop Day: Common Buyers Groups When: 3 May 2018, 12.00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Where: Hamburg City Hall, 20095 Hamburg, Germany Register here (until 18 April) Welcome to SPICE Workshop Day! On 3 May, the SPICE project will host...

SPICE Webinar | The Pros and Cons of Joint Procurement

As Folkert Bloembergen, one of the speakers at the 7th SPICE webinar on 22nd February, remarked: “Making the innovation leap together remains a challenge”. That’s why the objective of the SPICE project to bring together public authorities to share their experiences in...

SPICE Webinar: How to use Joint Procurement to Encourage Innovation?

Thursday 22 February 2018 14:oo – 15:oo (CET) Please register here. Common (or joint) procurement is the cooperation of two or more authorities in a procurement process. Hosted by the SPICE project, this webinar will provide a brief introduction to joint procurement...

Invitation for Collaboration | SPICE Common Buyers Group

[Letter from the SPICE project coordinator] Dear Sir / Madam, As part of the European Union funded project SPICE (Smart Procurement of Better Transport: http://spice-project.eu/), we help public authorities share their experiences of procuring innovative sustainable...