News article15 June 2026Building Momentum for Practical Innovation Procurement Across Europe

The Innovation Procurement Hubs programme is continuing active delivery across Europe, with another advisory support package now completed in collaboration with Fjársýslan, Iceland’s Financial Management Authority.

The engagement helped Fjársýslan strengthen its approach to early co-creation and pre-tender activities in innovation procurement. The support focused on need assessment, market engagement, and pre-procurement specification definition, providing practical use case examples and ready-to-use templates to help structure these activities more clearly, consistently, and effectively before procurement begins. 

The support also included leadership mindset development for Fjársýslan and public buyers, helping build a shared understanding of how innovation procurement can be used more strategically across the public sector. 

This marks another step in supporting public authorities across Europe with practical tools, targeted advisory support, and peer learning opportunities to make innovation procurement more accessible and actionable. To express interest in joining the programme, please complete the Expression of Interest survey here.

For further details on the advisory support packages, the peer-to-peer exchange framework, and how the submitted information will be used in the selection process, you can consult the webinar presentation and recording here, as well as the related Q&A document here.

We look forward to continuing this engagement and supporting more public authorities on their innovation procurement journey

Details SectorAgricultureConstruction & InfrastructureDefence, Security and SafetyEducation and SportsEnergy and WaterFacility & Fleet Management and EquipmentHealthICT, Cloud and dataservicesMobility & TransportationProfessional services (consultancy, legal, financial advice)Social ServicesTourism, Culture and ArtsWaste managementViewPublicCommunityInnovation Procurement Hubs (IPH)Publication date15 June 2026Submitted byIris PapadogiannakiEuropean commissionNo