The ICT Theme contains new incentives to promote further cooperation between public authorities for getting new ICT solutions developed to improve the quality and efficiency of public services on topics of common European interest through pre-commercial procurement.
By acting as technologically demanding first buyers of new R&D, public procurers can drive innovation from the demand side. This not only enables European public authorities to innovate faster in the provision of public services to make them more efficient and effective, it also increases the research capacity and innovation performance of European companies and creates new opportunities to take international leadership in new markets. Pre-commercial procurement enables an earlier reality check of industry R&D against concrete public purchasing needs.
The objectives (=sub-themes) of this challenge are:
The envisaged target outcomes are:
(1) Networking and coordination activities
(2) Exploration of alternative solution paths through a joint PCP
> Objective ICT-2011.11.2 Trans-national co-operation among National Contact Points
> Objective ICT-2011.11.3: Supplements to Strengthen Cooperation in ICT R&D in an Enlarged European Union
