Social Innovation Project Exchange Part III - Public Procurement

Join our webinar series on social innovation projects. This time we will talk about financing social innovations and their ecosystems. The series aims to revive and strengthen the exchange between projects within and beyond the Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme, and to enable regular dialogues on social innovation methods, tools and strategies.

Our third session focuses on a very important and often underutilized opportunity: Public procurement.

Goals

• 🤝 Networking & Synergy Building: Connect with other (EU-funded) projects and identify shared challenges and opportunities.
• 💡 Exchange of Experience: Discover methods and tools that have proven effective in other contexts.
• 🧭 Policy & Strategy Development: Formulate recommendations on how programmes can better support social innovation.
• 🌍 Visibility & Collaboration: Promote projects, outputs and solutions – paving the way for joint initiatives and long-term cooperation.

The insights collected may contribute to a joint position paper aiming to inspire future EU funding calls and improve the framework for social innovation.

Speakers

Our speakers will explore the topic from various perspectives and share specific experiences of how public procurement can be used specifically as a tool for social innovation.

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👤 Justė Rakštytė-Hoimian – Senior Project Manager at Lithuanian Innovation Centre
➡️Input on why PPI (Public Procurement of Innovation) is so important and can be used to develop innovative solutions for urban and societal challenges in collaboration with various stakeholders.

Bureau Social Return

👤 Caroline van Campen – Senior Advisor Social Return and Social Procurement at Bureau Social Return in Amsterdam
➡️ Input on the implementation of social procurement in Amsterdam through the Bureau Social Return, especially focusing on their policy, social buying and the process around social procurement.

Why Join?

This exchange offers a unique opportunity to:

• Learn from practical project experiences across Europe
• Identify synergies and collaboration potential
• Strengthen networks in the Baltic Sea Region and beyond
• Contribute to shaping future EU social innovation policies