On 16 June 2020, the Policy Learning Platform hosted a webinar on public procurement of innovation. This webinar showed policymakers how the use of demand-side measures such as PPI can boost regional innovation capabilities.

Navigate to the discussion topics of interest in the webinar agenda overview below.
00:06:10 The webinar started with an introduction of the Policy Learning Platform research and innovation Thematic Expert, Arnault Morisson, joined by Policy Learning Platform Thematic Expert Marc Pattinson.

00:12:41 Presentation by Diego Moñux from Science Innovation Link on how to incorporate PPI in regional S3

00:29:00 Q&A: What are the barriers that might cause the policy not to work or to stumble at the last stage of implementation?

00:34:26 Q&A: PPIs are rather complex, do they reach their objective? Are products bougth after PPIs, because it seems to be a complex process, especially for SMEs.

00:36:31 Presentation by Mantas Vilys from Lithuanian Innovation Center on Pre-commercial procurement support scheme

00:52:00 Q&A: How does a challenge process emerge? Who sets that process in motion? Is it a bottom-up approach?

00:54:35 Q&A: Will there be a follow up from the ECF and under which ECF objective can the funding be justified?

00:56:07 Presentation by Iñaki Gutierrez Ibarluzea, Director of Organisational and Managerial Innovation of the Basque Foundation for Health Innovation and Research (BIOEF) on Innovative Public Procurement Office

01:10:21 Q&A: How do you see the COVID-19 crisis affecting the way you support Public Procurement of Innovation (PPI)?

01:16:47 Q&A: We heard a lot about the health sector. Are there other sectors that are as rich of a field for opportunities and you recommend other regions to look at as a priority for innovative public priority?

01:24:13 Q&A: What are the first steps that regions could think of regarding funding these initiatives starting from zero?

1:30:52 Conclusions from Thematic Experts Arnault Morisson and Marc Pattinson.

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