{"id":187788,"date":"2025-04-11T14:19:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T12:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/?p=187788"},"modified":"2025-08-26T10:06:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T08:06:57","slug":"innovative-public-procurement-essential-for-unlocking-innovative-solutions-to-business-and-social-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/innovative-public-procurement-essential-for-unlocking-innovative-solutions-to-business-and-social-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovative Public Procurement, essential for unlocking innovative solutions to business and social challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" 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fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/\">Eurecat<\/a> technology centre took part in a conference on the Innovative Public Procurement mechanism organised by INCOTEC in conjunction with APD to raise awareness of the strategic importance of this process in promoting partnerships between the public and private sectors and devising innovative solutions to their economic and social challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Eurecat \u201cis fully committed to Innovative Public Procurement processes as its multi-technological approach allows it to work across diverse areas, especially sustainability in numerous fields and data intelligence applied to health and improving the efficiency of public authorities,\u201d said Carles Fradera, Eurecat\u2019s Marketing Director who spoke at the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInnovative Public Procurement processes enable us to apply innovative technologies to specific challenges in government, making them tangible and concrete and bringing them to market,\u201d he added, noting that \u201cinnovative public procurement brings opportunities for technological acceleration and usually calls for joint teams of businesses, public authorities and tech centres in an exceptionally valuable open innovation process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn today\u2019s environment, where technology, innovation and technological and industrial sovereignty have become geostrategic factors of the utmost importance, it is crucial that Innovative Public Procurement grows and is leveraged as a highly relevant instrument in technological and industrial policy,\u201d pointed out Xavier L\u00f3pez, Eurecat\u2019s Chief Operating and Corporate Officer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe purpose of a technology centre such as Eurecat is to deliver tech innovation-based solutions to major industrial and social challenges and for the sustainable development of the region,\u201d an area in which Eurecat harnesses \u201cmultiple complementary 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