Periodic Reporting for period 3 - iProcureNet (innovation by developing a European Procurer Networking for security research services)
Reporting period: 2022-05-01 to 2023-04-30
Europe is producing high-quality, innovative security solutions, but many of them never make it to the market. This is where procurers come in. Procurers can act as a catalyst for innovation, shaping the security market and enabling it to respond to ever new challenges. iProcureNet aims to create an ecosystem of procurers, prescribers, legal advisors and other key stakeholders of security procurement, to share procurement trends and needs, and open pathways for joint procurement.
Cross-border security procurement has the potential to become a catalyst for innovation. iProcureNet will contribute to overcome the current obstacles on this way.
In an innovative three-cycle process, iProcureNet will map the European procurement environment, compare national investment strategies, identify innovation needs, and analyse security markets. Security procurement practitioners as well as experts from academy and industry contribute to the development of common and standardised joint procurement practices and innovative approaches, and thus prepare a larger uptake and a common European security market.
iProcureNet, that is also a lively community of experts from practitioners‘ organisations, industry and academia, policy makers or engaged citizens – involved or interested in the procurement of security innovation. The community can connect, be informed, engage and collaborate with other stakeholders through the iProcureNet Online Platform (iPOP).
Cross-border security procurement has the potential to become a catalyst for innovation. iProcureNet will contribute to overcome the current obstacles on this way.
In an innovative three-cycle process, iProcureNet will map the European procurement environment, compare national investment strategies, identify innovation needs, and analyse security markets. Security procurement practitioners as well as experts from academy and industry contribute to the development of common and standardised joint procurement practices and innovative approaches, and thus prepare a larger uptake and a common European security market.
iProcureNet, that is also a lively community of experts from practitioners‘ organisations, industry and academia, policy makers or engaged citizens – involved or interested in the procurement of security innovation. The community can connect, be informed, engage and collaborate with other stakeholders through the iProcureNet Online Platform (iPOP).
This included:
• The set-up of many important components:
New version of the iProcureNet Online Platform (iPOP)
Toolbox and Knowledge Factory R0
Communication materials
• Creation, compilation and analysis two questionnaires:
Country specific investment plans
Joint public procurement
• Public “Intellectual property rights in public procurement” webinar
• Submission of 19 deliverables, among them:
D2.5 The initial candidate list for the third cycle
D2.6 Collection of methods as input to the iProcureNet Toolbox 3
D3.5 Methodological process description for the Toolbox 2
D3.6 Revised list of the most promising segments for JP for the 3rd cycle
D3.7 Methodological process description for the Toolbox 3
D4.4 Methodology for iProcureNet Toolbox 2
D5.2 iProcureNet Toolbox R1
D6.5 iProcureNet Annual Conferences 3
D7.2 Strategic concept for development of the iProcureNet Network+Community
3 6-monthly reports on findings (D7.10-7.11)
• Topical groups established and iPOP communities launched :
- Procurement
- Law and regulations
- Ethics, sustainability and policy
- Fight against crime and terrorism
- Border and external security
- Disaster Resilient societies
- Suppliers and innovators
• The set-up of many important components:
New version of the iProcureNet Online Platform (iPOP)
Toolbox and Knowledge Factory R0
Communication materials
• Creation, compilation and analysis two questionnaires:
Country specific investment plans
Joint public procurement
• Public “Intellectual property rights in public procurement” webinar
• Submission of 19 deliverables, among them:
D2.5 The initial candidate list for the third cycle
D2.6 Collection of methods as input to the iProcureNet Toolbox 3
D3.5 Methodological process description for the Toolbox 2
D3.6 Revised list of the most promising segments for JP for the 3rd cycle
D3.7 Methodological process description for the Toolbox 3
D4.4 Methodology for iProcureNet Toolbox 2
D5.2 iProcureNet Toolbox R1
D6.5 iProcureNet Annual Conferences 3
D7.2 Strategic concept for development of the iProcureNet Network+Community
3 6-monthly reports on findings (D7.10-7.11)
• Topical groups established and iPOP communities launched :
- Procurement
- Law and regulations
- Ethics, sustainability and policy
- Fight against crime and terrorism
- Border and external security
- Disaster Resilient societies
- Suppliers and innovators
iProcureNet has addressed the following impacts in the second project period:
Common understanding of innovation
Sharing of innovation and standardisation needs among practitioners in the same discipline
Synergies with already established networks of practitioners
Uptake of new security solutions based on practitioners’ needs
Impact on European research and knowledge
Increase of European competitiveness through efficient joint procurement
Common understanding of innovation
Sharing of innovation and standardisation needs among practitioners in the same discipline
Synergies with already established networks of practitioners
Uptake of new security solutions based on practitioners’ needs
Impact on European research and knowledge
Increase of European competitiveness through efficient joint procurement