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Mutual Learning Exercise : MLE on Innovation-related Procurement

Charles, Edquist LU ; Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, Jon Mikel LU ; Buchinger, Eva and Whyles, Gaynor (2018)
Abstract
This Mutual Learning Exercise (MLE) on Innovation-related Procurement was conducted under the Horizon 2020 Policy Support Facility run by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation. The 15 countries that participated were: Austria, Belgium - Brussels Region, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Turkey. Two globally acting organisations, the Inter-American Development Bank (BID) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), were partly involved.
The MLE was supported by a panel of experts: Charles Edquist (Chair), Jon Mikel Zabala-Iturriagagoitia (Rapporteur), Eva Buchinger and Gaynor Whyles, as well as Jari... (More)
This Mutual Learning Exercise (MLE) on Innovation-related Procurement was conducted under the Horizon 2020 Policy Support Facility run by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation. The 15 countries that participated were: Austria, Belgium - Brussels Region, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Turkey. Two globally acting organisations, the Inter-American Development Bank (BID) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), were partly involved.
The MLE was supported by a panel of experts: Charles Edquist (Chair), Jon Mikel Zabala-Iturriagagoitia (Rapporteur), Eva Buchinger and Gaynor Whyles, as well as Jari Romanainen (quality reviewer) and Viola Peter (coordinator). The MLE was overseen by Xavier Vanden Bosch and Marta Truco Calbet, from Unit A4 ‘Analysis and monitoring of national research and innovation policies’, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission.
The work of the panel of experts was based on written and oral contributions from representatives of the participating states including country visits to some of them, as well as from a wider literature review and experiences from contributors relating to the design, implementation and evaluation of innovation-related procurement policies. As indicated above, this report has been prepared for the European Commission by an independent group of experts. The content represents only the authors’ individual and collective views and not those of the European Commission.
This report summarises the lessons the team drew from the exercise and makes a number of recommendations to those considering improving their innovation-related procurement policies. Four topic-oriented reports1 are published in parallel with this one, presenting the evidence and analysis underlying this report. They include detailed data, evidence, experiences and insights provided by the participating countries on the status of their respective innovation procurement-related approaches.
The most relevant policy recommendations that can enable countries to define specific action plans as regards innovation-related procurement are as follows:
Policymakers should:
• Identify societal needs and problems: these can more easily be recognised as a legitimate target for innovation-related public procurement.
• Provide funding programmes in order to broaden the uptake of innovation procurement. Design these programmes to be multi-annual, possibly complementary and flexible to fit in with the real procurement needs of procuring organisations.
• Develop and maintain competence (service) centres, innovation agencies and other support organisations: supportive framework conditions start with a well-working innovation procurement infrastructure providing the required capabilities and capacities.
Procuring entities should:
• Envisage broad and early market consultations: these are fundamental to familiarise potential suppliers with the problem/need to be addressed, further contribute to its comprehensive definition, and to be prepared for the calls.
• Provide room for innovation considering the use of functional specifications.
• Be strategic with respect to clients and other stakeholders (internal or external) who can stimulate the rolling out of innovation-related procurement.
All stakeholders should:
• Align finance and capacity-building needs with respective complementing policies.
• Take advantage of good practice examples and envisage evaluation of your activities as a learning tool. (Less)
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