Innovation-Friendly Procurement for Smart and Sustainable Cities
Cities spend $6 trillion USD annually buying goods and services. This represents a huge lever to inspire, identify and introduce innovation to local services. Public procurement has a reputation for being a barrier rather than a boost to innovation, but this need not be the case. Join this insight rich session to learn how pioneering place leaders around the world are using their procurement power to spark new solutions, which deliver new citizen experiences, optimise service delivery and realise net zero ambitions - and discover the tools including model policies you need to help your city to join the movement! This session will showcase new resources from the World Economic Forum / G20 Smart Cities Alliance and the U4SSC Thematic Group on Procurement Guidelines for Smart and Sustainable Cities.
Conference Center | Zone: CC1 – Room 1.3Cities spend $6 trillion USD annually buying goods and services. This represents a huge lever to inspire, identify and introduce innovation to local services. Public procurement has a reputation for being a barrier rather than a boost to innovation, but this need not be the case. Join this insight rich session to learn how pioneering place leaders around the world are using their procurement power to spark new solutions, which deliver new citizen experiences, optimise service delivery and realise net zero ambitions - and discover the tools including model policies you need to help your city to join the movement! This session will showcase new resources from the World Economic Forum / G20 Smart Cities Alliance and the U4SSC Thematic Group on Procurement Guidelines for Smart and Sustainable Cities.
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