The Economic Development Forum 2024 will take place in Bilbao, Spain form 23 to 25 October. It will advance the conversation on more sustainable and resilient cities via the interaction of three axes: people (skill development and talent attraction), space (urban innovation districts, tactical urbanism), and economy (innovative procurement, local entrepreneurship, and EU funding).

Valentina Schippers-Opejko, Chair of the Eurocities Work Group Public Procurement, will host the Eurocities joint Work Group session (Work Group Public Procurement & Work Group Financing the Just Transition) at the EDF on October 23.

Subject of the Public Procurement session will be: Innovation Procurement as a strategic tool. We will also introduce the upcoming action plan of the Urban Agenda Partnership on Innovative and Responsible Public Procurement. During the session we will also discuss with you opportunities for Eurocities members to contribute to expected revision of the EU Public Procurement Directive and opportunities of Strategic and Innovation Public Procurement in the upcoming period. 

If you are present at the EDF we invite you to participate in this joint session on October 23, 15.00-17.00, Third floor, Iberdrola Tower (Euskadi Pl., 5, Abando, 48009 Bilbao, Spain.