- Tendering authorities
- Chambers of Commerce and Engineering
- Planning bureaus and engineering companies
- Construction companies
- Underwriting services
- Ministries and governmental agencies
- Building material companies
- Financing institutions
- Political parties
- Labour unions
- EU actors
- Media
- Analysts, consultants and researchers
- In a bottom up approach to strategy development, engaging companies, consultancies and chambers of commerce in the first stage and adding media, tendering and financing institutions and policy-makers to the debate at the second stage.
- Establishing closed interactive groups on the weTHINK.eu online crowd knowledge platform to engage key actors in the discussion and offer an ongoing discussion platform for strategy and policy development.
- Supporting the weTHINK.eu open platform to engage the whole society in the discussion.
- Organizing online conferences and regular mapping calls with key stakeholders.
- Continuously enlarging the network of engaged actors.
Goals
- To improve the procurement systems in the construction sector in Europe and neighboring regions along the project‘s lifecycle from planning to procurement to impact
- Identifying challenges in public procurement.
- Developing a range of solutions to improve the system.
- To facilitate cooperation and dialogue across the construction sector in order to make the European construction sector more competitive.
Impact
- Public procurement accounts for approximately 14% of the EU‘s GDP (around €2 trillion per year) thus an efficient public procurement system can
- Boost jobs, growth and investment, and create an economy that is more innovative, resource and energy efficient, and socially-inclusive.
- Directly contribute to the implementation of pan European policy goals such as „The European Green Deal“ or „An EU industry fit for the future“.
- Ensure that foreign subsidies do not distort European markets.
- Make sure that implemented projects are the best fitted for our communities in terms of environmental, economic and social sustainability.