
PROCESS OF THE PROJECT
For unlocking the potential of demand policies and increasing the use of the Innovation procurement instrument by the Public Administrations to improve their services in the field of active aging and the promotion of personal autonomy, PROCURA will create a Community of Regions sustainable and open, will develop a training and specialized knowledge transfer program, open to the agents involved in Innovation procurement and will implement a transnational procedure in Public procurement of innovation.
Theses phases are success keys for the project.

Creating a community
Goal
Promoting transnational collaboration to increase the participation in procurement actions, searching for the commintment between administrations, companies, innovation ecosystems and the citizens, to support opportunities of Innovation procurement in the SUDOE area.
Formalisation of the Alliance
Regional and transnational diagnosis of social and heath PPI
Setting the methodology of co-creating and participative design
Design strategic plan and the sustainability of the community
Establishment of the internet platform Silvergate : single access point

Fostering Training
Goal
Increasing the skills of the agents involved in the Innovation procurement process through traininng and transfer knowledge opportunities, including public autorities, knowledge and innovation centers, SMEs and citizens
Training and knowledge transfer plan
Training and transfer activities
Creation of a Multimedia tool-kit for training and transfer

Developing a pilot
Goal
Increasing competitiveness of regions and companies through the launch of a transnational public procurement of innovation in social and health field with the aim of proving that it is possible to develop innovative solutions to answer users needs by increasing the participation and the skills of interested agents. The results will be integrated in region partners policies.
Conception of important pilot element
Regional and transnational technical dialogue planning smart procurement
Public procurement procedure
Execution and supervising of the contract
Result and integration of Procura experience in the regional-policy