On behalf of the European Commission – Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs – we invite you to discover attractive market opportunities across borders. Take advantage of this opportunity to explore a Single European Market. Expand your market research beyond borders, through public procurement workshops that promote exchange on a regional and local level.

Save-the-Date according to your region:

• 6^th of Oct 2020 - Austria/Czech Republic/Germany - Online

• find more information here: https://www.bme.de/en/international-network/international-network/events-b2b-services/pubproc/
• tba - Belgium/ Netherlands/Germany
• tba - France/Belgium/Germany

We want to raise awareness of the procurement opportunities across national borders, even below the thresholds. The workshops focus on the exchange of information and identification of opportunities for contracting public authorities in different areas such as regional market analysis and exchange of good practices. We want to foster the participation of SMEs, allowing them to look for business opportunities across borders. The workshops bring together various stakeholders from different Member States/border regions and help improve public procurement through the cooperation between regions and municipalities of the Member States.

About the organiser: The Association for Supply Chain Management, Procurement and Logistics (BME) is a non-profit-organisation based in Germany. BME has great expertise in public procurement, strategic purchasing, understanding of the interest of SMEs and start-ups.

Target Groups in the Tri-border regions:

• Public Procurers
• Suppliers such as SMEs and start-ups

Subject of Procurement: Indirect purchasing across a wide range of goods such as:  textiles, office items, road salt, all kinds of services, hygiene items, cleansing material, travel, manufacturing machines, operating materials, hardware and software….

Contact person: Marlene Grauer, International Project Manager BME, marlene.grauer@bme.de

Registration: To register please send an email to bme.international@bme.de including the name of your company, your full name and email address. Thank you!