Please find below recent updates on the actions taken on our 2025-2028 Action Plan goals:
* November 2025 *
During the UAPP Partnership meeting on November 17 & 18, 2025 the following actions has been taken:
Action 1: Capacity Building on PP as a Strategic tool:
- Action Group 1 started with the organisation of an online webinar on CO2 Pricing.
- Capacity Building on SPP will be researched and summarised to be discussed in May 2026.
- New best practices and the implementation of an AI tool in the E-learning modules will be started.
Action 2: Advocacy and Better Regulation: Action Group 2 members replied to the EC questionnaire to adjust and improve the UAPP Partnerships' remarks on the EU Directives on PP input. After a mutual review by all UAP partners, the questionnaire input will be sent to the EC in January 2026.
Action 3: Better Funding to stimulate Strategic Public Procurement: the outcome of the Survey 'Finding gaps in current funding mechanisms' has been analysed and discussed in Action Group 3. Group members will further investigate replies by interviewing stakeholders. Recommendations of this action will be discussed and finalised in the UAP meeting in May 2026.
* September 2025 *
Action 2: Advocacy and Better Regulation: we finalised the UAPP Position Paper which will contribute to the update of the EU Directives on Public Procurement. We thank all partners for their contribution and providing Case Examples to clarify our Key Recommendations. Please find the final Position Paper here.
An update of our UAP flyer has been created. We will distribute the paper version during in-person meetings and events. The online version can be found here.
* July 2025 *
For Action 3: Better Funding to stimulate Strategic Public Procurement (SPP) we have started with creating a survey to help us finding gaps in current funding mechanisms. The survey can be filled in here. Deadline will be the end of October 2025. The outcome of the survey will be reviewed by all Action Group 3 members during our next UAPP Partnership meeting on November 17 & 18, 2025. Results will be published with all members and the UAPP public procurement community here on this webpage.
For Action 2: Advocacy and Better Regulation we have started updating our Position Paper and rewrite our recommendations to the EC. We have asked all UAPP Partnership members to adjust and complete the draft document and will finalise it in August. If final, it will be shared on this webpage.