Procurement meets Innovation
North Rhine-Westphalia consistently prioritizes innovation. In a joint initiative with the KOINNO ROADSHOW, NRW.innovativ offered an in-depth look at innovative public procurement procedures on September 21st. This free event served as a platform for companies and public contracting authorities to exchange ideas on forward-looking procurement concepts.
The event offered participants:
- Practical insights: Current challenges and opportunities in public procurement were examined.
- Interface to the innovation landscape of North Rhine-Westphalia: An important interface that strengthens the innovation ecosystem in North Rhine-Westphalia.
- Latest technologies: Introduction to pilot projects that utilize modern technologies such as BIM, AI and Digital Twin.
Furthermore, the NRW.innovativ competence center emphasized its mission to strengthen the innovation ecosystem of NRW by building bridges between innovation actors inside and outside of NRW.
The data presented by KOINNO show that public procurement accounts for a significant share of GDP and that 67% of these contracts go to SMEs. This underscores the importance and potential of public procurement.
Source: NRW.innovativ; KOINNO
