✓ Alentejo region: context, indicators and maps;
✓ Circular Economy: projects implemented;
✓ Public Procurement for Innovation: risks and opportunities;
✓ Entities and Stakeholders;
✓ Conclusions
✓ Wide;
✓ Under populated;
✓ Rural;
✓ Enivironmentally rich
✓ Largest region: 31,500 km2;
✓ Urban density: 718,087 inhabitants (Eurostat, 2018);
✓ Regional GDP increased at: €12.2 bn in 2016 → 6,6 % of national
GDP (Eurostat, 2018);
✓ Diversity of energy ressources (Sines Thermal Power Plant, Alqueva
Dam Central Hydroelectric Plant);
✓ Tertiary Sector contribution of regional GVA in 2016: 63.5%;
Product or Process Innovators per capita, Alentejo rank in Europe
Data, 2011- 2019Scale, 0- 1000 kmSource, RIS 2019
SMEs Innovating In-House per capita, Alentejo rank in Europe
Data, 2011- 2019Scale, 0- 1000 kmSource, RIS 2019
Non R&D Innovation Expediture per capita, Alentejo rank in Europe
Data, 2011- 2019Scale, 0- 1000 kmSource, RIS 2019
Marketing or Organisational Innovators per capita, Alentejo rank in Europe
Data, 2011- 2019Scale, 0- 1000 kmSource, RIS 2019
✓ Well preserved natural environment ;
✓ 263 km of sea line;
✓ Largest cork tree area;
✓ Several Natura 2000 areas, and Natural
Parks;
Strategic position Innovation Natural heritage
Geological ressources Good territory planning Cork, leader region in the leader country
Strong culturalidentity
✓ High use of cultural and traditional practices;
✓ Engagement with Sustainability practices and Circular Economy Models;
✓ Forum for Circular Economy of Alentejo;
✓ Implemented projects in Circular Economy
✓ Involve Local Institutions and Business, National and Regional Entities, Private and
Public Entities to discuss opportunities and constraints of Circular Economy;
✓ Define strategies, implementation and dissemination of circular iniciatives;
✓ Promote cross-border cooperation and synergies;
Building and ConstructionCork
Extractive activities
Aeronautical Industries Agriculture MetalomechanicsTourism
✓ Promote the transition to a more circular economy related national and regional decision making by increasing the implementation of the circular procurement;
✓ Circular procurements are circular economy (CE) principles and criteria incorporated into the procurement of products/services;
✓ Aims to analyse whether CE principles and CP criteria could be included into the selected Policy Instruments as a horizontal principle or as an award criteria to encourage applicants to systematically implement CPs.
AIMS TO:
✓ Close the gap between cutting-edge technology and processes and the public sector
customers or users who can benefit from them;
✓ Modernize public services with higher quality and more cost-efficient solutions;
✓ Boosting a new market for innovative solutions and help innovative companies reach
economies of scale to grow their business;
POLICY CONTEXT:
✓ EU support PPI through a number of policies, linked to the Europe 2020 strategy for
smart, sustainable and inclusive growth;
✓ The flagship Innovation Union initiative, 5 adopted in 2011;
✓ From 2014 – 2020, €70.2 bn will be made available to support progress towards the
Innovation Union and Europe 2020 objectives;
ADVANTAGES:
✓ Huge untapped potential for governments to foster innovation in small firms using
public procurement budgets;
✓ Opportunity for governments to be catalysts for commercial innovations in areas of
societal need where private markets are failing;
✓ New target group of small innovative companies;
✓ Strong learning effect for public sector.
✓ Aims to innovate the mindset of bidders;
✓ Is an overview on the criteria of the public procurement;
✓ Aims to boost innovation in companies, from outcome-oriented needs to key
performance indicators.
✓ Circular Economy;
✓ Innovation;
✓ Entities and Stakeholders
Carmen Carvalheira,
Vice-president of Alentejo Region
Marcos António Nogueira,
Head of Alentejo EU office
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