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EIF attracts €300m to support the innovation and growth of European SME space technology companies
Jan 29, 2021
The European Investment Fund (EIF) is partnering with the European Commission to announce €300 million of investments into the EU space sector, supporting ground-breaking innovation in the industry. The innovation and growth of European smaller and medium-sized space technology companies is on...
COVID-X Open Call for Startups and SMEs with Data-driven solutions to defeat COVID-19
Jan 29, 2021
The new Horizon 2020 project COVID-X will fund EU Companies and Healthcare Providers to boost data-driven solutions with the power to overcome challenges in Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Follow-up to fight COVID-19. The €4 million EU-funded project COVID-X launches a new acceleration programme – a...
A.I. Tech Predicting Earthquake
Jan 22, 2021
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the broadly defined term for a variety of emerging technological advancements related to machine learning and automation. In recent years, the many forms of developing artificial intelligence have been used to assist the public sector in overcoming many creative...
New move to embed Civil Service training across UK government
Jan 22, 2021
Part of the UK government’s Civil Service modernisation programme involves a New Curriculum and Campus for Government Skills. It launches this month to transform training and development for civil servants, from the core knowledge they need at the beginning of their career to specialist training...
Denmark, Luxembourg, Netherlands lead deployments of zero-emission buses in Europe
Jan 22, 2021
According to the latest data from green NGO Transport & Environment, Denmark leads the way in putting zero-emission urban buses on the streets in Europe, with 78% of new vehicles being electric. In Luxembourg and the Netherlands about two-thirds of new buses are zero-emissions. T&E said other EU...
Scottish Environment Protection Agency loses data to cyber criminals
Jan 22, 2021
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has revealed that it was held to ransom by ‘serious and organised’ cyber criminals. Sources, including the BBC, reported that cyber criminals stole thousands of digital files belonging to the environmental regulator, amounting to about 1.2GB of...
Public Spend Forum’s Year in Review: Looking Back at 2020 and Ahead to Future Growth
Jan 21, 2021
Despite the challenges of 2020, Public Spend Forum continued our mission of opening government markets, connecting government buyers with vetted sellers, and providing quality learning content in the public procurement space. Thank you for being a PSF Member and part of our growing community on...
NHS Wales to join the drive for adoption of GS1 standards
Jan 15, 2021
GS1 UK is a community of more than 42,000 members working in areas such as retail, foodservice and healthcare. It is one of 115 independent, not-for-profit GS1 organisations operating across 150 countries worldwide. It helps everyone involved in making, moving and trading goods to automate and...
Roadmap lays out public sector AI priorities
Jan 15, 2021
The AI Council, an independent expert committee set up by the UK Government, says the public sector should be a priority area for AI innovation, which could be harnessed to improve services and policy making. In its new AI Roadmap report, it urges the UK Government to give civil servants a central...
Speeding up the payment of public contracts
Jan 15, 2021
Erica Bosio, a researcher at the World Bank Group, Greta Polo, a private sector development analyst at the World Bank and Vinay Sharma, global director of solutions and innovations in procurement at the World Bank’s governance global practice give their take on how to speed up the payment of...
Polaris GWAC and Market Intelligence Through GovShop
Jan 14, 2021
On December 31, 2020 the General Services Administration released a draft request for proposal (RFP) to collect feedback from interested parties on a new governmentwide acquisition contract (GWAC). The new GWAC, which will be called “Polaris”, will replace the much-maligned (and altogether...
How to Bid on Government Contracts: Reading Solicitations
Jan 13, 2021
The excitement of finding a government solicitation quickly fades when you realize that you don’t know how to bid on government contracts. Not to say you don’t know how to write a proposal, or that you don’t understand the needs of the customer. You don’t know how to bid on a government...
