SMP – SME-friendly training for central purchasing bodies – 2022

The Single Market Programme (SMP) is the EU funding programme to help the single market reach its full potential and ensure Europe’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

2022-05-18

2 million euro

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Additional regional information :

Associated countries and countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature are equally eligible to the grant.

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Beneficiary : All beneficiaries

Regions : Candidate countries, European Economic Area, European Union

Category : Call for proposals

Manager : European Commission

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Priorities and funded actions

Objectives

Improving the administrative capacity of the staff with key procurement functions in the Member States.
Facilitating access to SMEs to public procurement.
Fostering the use of strategic procurement.
Organisation of several editions of the training programme for staff working for CPBs,or staff working in regulatory or policy making departments in charge of public procurement in Member States.

Priorities

Priority 1: Improve the knowledge and skills in strategic procurement of the staff with key procurement functions in the Member States;
Priority 2: Contribute to the professionalisation of CPBs or central bodies in charge of public procurement regulation or policy on EU level;
Priority 3: Create and contribute to a learning community of CPBs and central bodies in charge of public procurement regulation or policy on EU level
- Professionalisation of the CPB’s procurement practices;
- Making the CPBs’ procurement accessible for participation of SME’s;
- Strategic use of the instrument of public procurement to achieve green, digital
  and social outcomes;
- Use of innovation procurement.

Amoung financed actions

Organisation of trainings and project management
Selection of the participants for the training programme
Provision of the training
Establishment of a transnational CPB learning network of procurement
professionals
Graduation ceremonies and the organisation of a final event

Additional information

This call for proposals is an open call for proposal

Initial duration of the action: between 44 and 48 months

Eligibility

Be legal entities (public or private bodies)
Be established in one of the eligible countries
A consortium composed of at least 2 to 7 applicants being beneficiaries, which complies with the following conditions:
- at least one applicant is an established Central Purchasing Body (CPB) operating at national level;
- at least one applicant is specialised in the provision of trainings with strong academic and professional experience

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