Julkisten hankintojen muutosagentit toimivat KEINO-osaamiskeskuksen paikallisina yhteyshenkilöinä ja toivat osaamiskeskuksen toimintaa lähemmäksi käytännön toimijoita. KEINO-muutosagentit toimivat paikallisesti kestävien ja innovatiivisten hankintojen neuvonantajina, levittivät hyviä käytänteitä

The green deal Agreement for Public Procurement is a voluntary, procurement-specific commitment which is made between the procurement unit and a government party. The contract model has been developed in cooperation with finnish procurement units and ministries. New procurement units are welcome in

In November 2020, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, the Ministry of the Environment, the cities of Helsinki, Tampere, and Vantaa, and the procurement organizations Monetra Oulu Ltd. and Tuomi Logistiikka Ltd. announced a voluntary national green deal to reduce harmful substances in early

Innovation Broker eli “ innovaatiovälittäjä ” on kansainvälinen toimintamalli, jolla pyritään kasvattamaan innovatiivisten hankintojen määrää ja laatua tunnistamalla ja kokoamalla yhteen hankintayksiköiden hankintatietoja sekä yritysten innovaatiodataa. Innovation Broker -palveluiden tavoitteena on

In 2020 KEINO conducted a survey, which was used to map the state of procurement competence for sustainable and innovative public procurement in Finland. The survey was carried out with the VN TEAS project/ ”Hankinta-Suomi” i.e. Procurement Finland Programme*. The first part of the survey focused on

The web services of the KEINO Competence Centre are governed by The Act on the Provision of Digital Services, which requires that public sector must be accessible. The KEINO Competence Centre works to promote equality in its web services, to ensure that they are user-friendly and available for all

Public procurement teaching in Finland is offered in some higher education institutions and universities, normally as part of business education. In addition, more tailored public procurement courses are organized by private actors such as companies and associations. Universities of Applied Sciences

The KEINO Competence Centre for Sustainable and Innovative Public Procurement surveyed in 2018 the solutions that are innovative/new to the market and the procurement thereof in Finland. The content below is based on the survey. Of the procured solutions, roughly 4% were completely new to the market

In 2017 In 2017, the Finnish Environment Institute SYKE carried out a survey to map the current state of sustainable public procurement in Finnish municipalities. Information was gathered using questionnaires, interviews, document analysis (strategies, guidelines, invitations to tender published in