Government Startups Session PUBLIC PROCUREMENT OF INNOVATION

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1 Government Startups Session PUBLIC PROCUREMENT OF INNOVATION 31 May 2018 Cascais, Portugal 10:00-10:15 Welcome to the Government-Startups Session! During the Government Startups session we bring together public procurement professionals, policy makers and startups with the gportuguese Secretary of State Assistant and for Administrative Modernisationoal to share experiences, discuss challenges and co-create input for developing effective frameworks. This can ultimately lead to more involvement of startups in the public procurement of innovation, greater business opportunities and shared value. Opening words by: Jochem Cuppen, Director of Get in the Ring, Rotterdam Graça Fonseca, Portuguese Secretary of State Assistant and for Administrative Modernisation, XXI Government of Portugal, Lisbon 10:15-11:15 The state of public procurement of innovation National governments and cities are faced with more and more complex challenges. In the search for solutions, open innovation is increasing in popularity. It offers an opportunity to source innovative solutions in a citizen-centric and sustainable way as well as a momentum for governments to make the necessary shift to more productive collaboration with startups and SMEs. The question here is what is the role of governments? Can policy-makers actually 1

2 succeed in leveraging the strategic potential of public procurement? Can this result in commercialization of innovation and raising the competitiveness of economies? Matija Matokovic, Policy Officer of DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Directorate G Single Market for Public Administration, European Commission, Matthieu Cahen, Deputy Head of Unit of Public Procurement, OECD, Paris Governance Global Practices, World Bank, Washington Henrique Burnay, UCP-IEP Alumni Club, Senior Partner at Eupportunity, 11:15-12:15 Reducing barriers in accessing public procurement Despite the set of strategies and progressive policy initiatives, innovation in procurement is not always applicable in practice. It s challenging due to obvious reasons, such as the maturity of the company, the development speed and limited resources, but also due to legal constraints, outdated and inflexible institutional settings, and culture. What cause these barriers and how can we overcome them? F Digital Single Market, Unit F3 Start Ups and Innovation, European Commission, Jorge Duque, Director of Public Procurement, Portuguese Agency for SME and Innovation, Lisbon Minouche Cramer, Startup Officer (CTO) for Municipality of Amsterdam João Borga, Director of StartUp Portugal, Lisbon 2

3 12:15-13:15 Lunch break and networking 13:15-14:15 Policies and tools to increase access to public procurement Supranational organizations and national governments have developed strategies and policies to support innovative goods and services in various sectors. Think for example digital transformation of public procurement in the EU. The allocated funding for the assistance on innovation procurement and calls for Horizon 2020 work programs, comprises an enormous potential market for the development of innovative solutions. How can we use this strategically, so it can help governments boost innovation and ultimately improve productivity and inclusiveness? Matthieu Cahen, Deputy Head of Unit of Public Procurement, OECD, Paris Matija Matokovic, Policy Officer of DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Directorate G Single Market for Public Administration, European Commission, F Digital Single Market, Unit F3 Start Ups and Innovation, European Commission, Axel Bugge, Chief Correspondent at Reuters, Lisbon 14:15-15:15 Challenges, best practices, and benchmarking approaches Recently, procurement of innovation has received the attention of startups. As the popularity of startups around the world has been growing, governments are also opening up to new engagement and collaboration forms. There have been a lot of positive examples and best practices that demonstrate the successful implementation of policy strategies. What are these and can they serve as tools for modernizing public procurers services and reshape various sectors? 3

4 F Digital Single Market, Unit F3 StartUps and Innovation, European Commission, Dan Shaham, Ambassador, Division of Economic Cooperation with Europe, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Israel, Tel Aviv Governance Global Practices, the World Bank, Washington Journalist from the newspaper O Jornal Económico, Lisbon (tbc) 15:15-16:15 Roundtable working sessions: Exchange of expertise and insights on the best ways of leveraging the strategic potential of public procurement of innovation for both startups and governments. The most urging needs and engagement models in the public procurement of innovation will be discussed and shared with policy practitioners. Experts: Matija Matokovic, Policy Officer of DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Directorate G Single Market for Public Administration, European Commission Matthieu Cahen, Deputy Head of Unit of Public Procurement, OECD Vasileios Tsanidis, DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Directorate F Digital Single Market, Unit F3 StartUps and Innovation, European Commission Governance Global Practices, the World Bank, Washington Jorge Duque, Director of Public Procurement, Portuguese Agency for SME and Innovation, Lisbon João Borga, Director of StartUp Portugal, Lisbon (tbc) Minouche Cramer, Startup Officer (CTO) for Municipality of Amsterdam 4

5 Discussion leaders of Get in the Ring Foundation, Estoril Conferences team and the Agency DNA Cascais 16:15-16:45 Concluding Remarks Closing In order to foster the strategic potential of public procurement and to provide input for further development of effective policy strategies and frameworks, it is important to collect insights from all stakeholders involved in the public procurement of innovation. Each government, through public procurement, can play an important strategic role in driving innovation that leads to greater business opportunities and shared value. A strategic look from Portugal, Cascais. Fernanda Ferreira Dias, Director-General of Economic Activities, Ministry of Economy in Portugal, Lisbon Martin Luxemburg, Director of Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship (ECE), Rotterdam Representative of Cascais Municipality (tbc) 5