What's Europroc about

EuroPROC is an innovative project that tackles the access of SMEs to public procurement markets

An increased participation of SMEs in public procurement will allow to unlock their growth and innovation potential with a positive impact on the European economy.

ACC1Ó - Competitiveness for Catalonia leads the actions of the project that will be developed together with the public institutions that are service providers from 10 different regions of EU Member States.


Europroc's Challenge


PROCUREMENT MARKETS REPRESENT A MAJOR OPPORTUNITY FOR MANY ENTERPRISES

Public procurement represents a huge market estimated at over 16% of the GDP of Europe's 27 Member States. Yet SMEs are not taking full advantage of these opportunities.

The public procurement market in the EU ' covering all levels of government and public agencies ' is estimated to be worth around one-sixth of total GDP in the EU. This represents a huge market, and one from which Europe's SMEs ought to be deriving a significant share. Traditionally this market has not got enough presence of SMEs, although there is a huge potential to increase it.


Europroc's Initiative


ENHANCE THE ACCESS OF SMES TO INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC PROCUREMENT THROUGH INTERREGIONAL COOPERATION

EuroPROC is an innovative project that tackles the access of SMEs to public procurement markets. It aims at consolidating public procurement as a key element of the SMEs business strategy by adapting and improving the services offered to their support.

EuroPROC's objectives for European SMEs:

• Recognize and take advantage of the increasing business opportunities existing in public procurement.


• Improve the competitiveness through SMEs participation in public markets.

EuroPROC's objectives for Policymakers:

• Change and adapt policy tools to facilitate SMEs participation in public procurement.


• Provide effective instruments of support in order to overcome the obstacles SMEs face when participating in public procurement markets.

Europroc's Actions


FACILITATING EXCHANGES ACCROSS EUROPE

EuroPROC includes a number of actions to facilitate the exchange of practices among the participating institutions and SMEs:

• Thematic Seminars


• Training Sessions


• Study Visits


• Site Visits


• Staff Exchanges


• Benchmarking Study


• Guides of Good Practices


• Thematic Survey


• Pilot Actions

Interreg IVC Programme


CO-FINANCED BY THE EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND AND MADE POSSIBLE BY THE INTERREG IVC PROGRAMME

The INTERREG IVC Programme is part of the European Territorial Cooperation Objective of the Structural Fund policies for the period 2007-2013. It aims, by means of interregional cooperation, to improve the effectiveness of regional development policies and contribute to economic modernisation and increased competitiveness of Europe.

The overall objective of the INTERREG IVC Programme is to improve the effectiveness of regional development policies and instruments in the areas of innovation & the knowledge economy, and environment & risk prevention, in order to contribute to the economic modernisation and increased competitiveness of Europe. This objective will be achieved through the exchange, sharing and transfer of policy experience, knowledge and good practices.