This PCP draft manual is mainly targeted at policy makers and public procurers in PROGR-EAST target countries that are looking for practical guidelines before setting up a PCP process in their respective countries, which is the purpose of the piloting in PROGR-EAST WP4. The purpose is to customise this manual to PROGR-EAST target country needs and specific constraints at the end of the PROGR-EAST project after the experience with the WP4 pilots and other feedback through PROGR-EAST country workshops has been collected. With this draft Manual, the procurer/contracting authority will be “accompanied” throughout the PCP process and provided with suggested solutions, practical examples, templates and useful documentation/material in order to render the process as simple as possible and to reduce (or eliminate) the perceived risks and uncertainty regarding the design and the practical implementation of a PCP process. The Manual is intended as a practical guidance that brings knowledge to all stakeholders – including policy-makers, industrial representatives, technology suppliers - interested in PCP. Although it does not provide specific legal advice or a comprehensive treatment of legal issues when awarding a particular contract, the Manual introduces the PCP legal framework and presents key issues relevant to PCP.