COS-TSMFRIEND-PP-2017 - TRAINING FOR SME-FRIENDLY POLICIES IN CENTRAL PURCHASING BODIES (CPBs)

OBJECTIVES OF THE FUNDING PROGRAMMEThis call aims to contribute to the professionalisation of staff working for large public buyers (called central purchasing bodies, cpbs) covering in particular SMEs' access to public procurement (pp) markets, as well as to strengthen the capacity of SMEs to bid for large calls for tenders.The proposal contributes to the COSME objectives by establishing:•  a training programme that seeks to enhance the professionalisation of CPB personnel will provide detail on how to access and aggregate markets for public procurement;• a professionalisation programme will [...]