This open meeting of DIGITAL SME Focus Groups Smart Communities and Sustainability raised awareness on the current rules regulating public procurement bids at EU level, and the future directions of public procurement as driver for digitalisation (GovTech) and the green transition (Green Public Procurement).

0:04 - Session 1. State of the art and overview on main instruments to procure digital technologies at EU level, Anita Poort, DG GROW, European Commission
18:34 - Session 1.1. Best practices and tips on how to submit public bids, José Morales Sánchez, Innovation Director at Elliot Cloud
32:54 - Session 2. Green Public Procurement: demanding and supplying sustainable (green, social, circular) goods, services and works, Anna Lupi, DG GROW, European Commission
49:37 - Session 2.1. The governance of the naBe action plan in Austria for the green and fair transition, Gerhard Weiner, Head of the naBe platform
1:06:48 Session 3 - How public procurement can help reaching digital sovereignty and boost digital innovation, Andrea Halmos, DG DIGIT, European Commission

Public administrations and private companies in conversation on procurement:
1:22:57 Session 3.1. Enhancing innovation through procurement, Teresa Girbal, Vice-President and CIO at ESPAP, IP (Portuguese Public Procurement Entity) and Paulo Valente, Chair of DIGITAL SME Focus Group Smart Communities
1:34:28 Session 3.2. Pre-commercial procurement of digital innovations in practice, Petteri Rekomaa, Technical Expert at Forum Virium Helsinki and Tapio Toivanen, BEE – Building Energy Efficiency (AI4Cities)