The PREVENT (PRocurEments of innoVativE, advaNced systems to support security in public Transport) Project kickoffed on May 1, 2019, and has been awarded €1.89 million in EC funding. PREVENT focuses ...

A new paper co-authored by Vtrek's Dr. Anne Rainville has been published in the Journal of Technology Transfer. The paper, entitled "Innovation and standardization as drivers of companies’ success in ...

Sign up!   The European Assistance for Innovation Procurement initiative (www.eafip.eu) seeks to receive applications of public procurers from all EU Member States to support the implementation of P...

Cost reduction and sustainability are already proven in practice for residuals from drinking water production including lime pellets and ferric sludges. Aluminium based sludges are the next target, th...

On Thursday 21 February 2019 the Corvers-MSM Chair in Innovation Procurement organizes a workshop on Big Data Innovation Procurement - how to capitalize on shared opportunities for public and private ...

Cost reduction and sustainability are already proven in practice for residuals from drinking water production including lime pellets and ferric sludges. Aluminium based sludges are the next target, th...

Stephan Corvers, Managing Director of Vtrek’s parent company Corvers, addressed the Workshop Shaping European Civil Security Research in Horizon Europe organized by the German Federal Ministry of Educ...

The Dutch Ministry of Health in close collaboration with BeNeLuxA partners and with other prospective partners in the International Horizon Scanning Initiative, is launching an open market consultatio...

Waterschapsbedrijf Limburg has issued a new market consultation for procurements in its water chain. The consultation focuses on three topics: Maintenance, Security and Big Data. In addition, the wat...

On June 5,DG HOME (DG Migration and Home Affairs) hosted the  11th Meeting of the Community of Users on Secure, Safe, and Resilient Societies. The meeting was held over 3 full days and attended by a w...

On Thursday 7 June, Vtrek and Corvers, together with the national government and at least 50 public and private companies and organizations, signed the Green Deal Circular Procurement 2.0 from the initiators MVO Nederland, NEVI, PIANOo and Rijkswaterstaat. The participants combined a total of over 100 million in purchasing power.

Dr. Ramona Apostol and Dr. Anne Rainville, Research Fellows at the Corvers Chair in Innovation Procurement at Maastricht School of Managment recently participated in the 14th PRIMO Forum in Bucharest,...

 The European Commission issued a notice on Guidance on Innovation Procurement. The purpose of this Notice is to offer practical guidance on innovation public procurement.

“Procurement Innovation and Strategy” is the theme of the 14th PRIMO Forum. The event is hosted this year by the Government of Romania, and is co-sponsored by the European Bank for Reconstruction a...

The open market consultation is conducted in preparation of a pre-commercial procurement of R&D services for radical innovation in radio interoperability, which is a requirement for effective mobile c...