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The participants of this year's Regional Conference West met in Essen on 6 June 2018 to discuss together what innovative public procurement means and how it is already anchored in the participants' companies. The focus was on measures that lead to greater consideration of innovations in institutions.

The goal of the "Procure2Innovate" initiative, which is funded by the EU Commission and is limited to four years, is to connect new and already existing competence centers for public procurement in Europe.

The "Tag der öffentlichen Auftraggeber" in Berlin on February 7, 2018, offered the participants a comprehensive insight into current topics in the field of public procurement. In addition to the presentation of the prize "Innovation schafft Vorsprung 2018", the event took place under the central question "What should public procurement expect in the future?".

Winner in the competition "Innovation creates advantage" for public clients are the Berlin city cleaning companies. The prize, initiated by the Federal Association for Materials Management, Purchasing and Logistics e.V. (BME), is under the auspices of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi). The award was presented at the "Public Contractors' Day" by the Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, Uwe Beckmeyer, and Dr. Ing. Silvius Grobosch, Chief Executive Officer BME e.V.