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🚀 Embracing Tech and Innovation in Local Government 🌟 Local councils hold immense potential for innovation, yet challenges like supply chain disruptions, budget constraints, and rising citizen demands make digital transformation crucial. techUK Effective procurement can drive this change, enabling councils to maximise technology's benefits. Engaging early with tech markets and suppliers fosters a more innovative, transparent, and efficient public service. Read more: https://lnkd.in/ea58-qw4 #LocalGovernment #DigitalTransformation #Innovation #PublicServices #TechUK #DigitalSkills #Procurement #PublicSector

Martyn Taylor, CCO of Building Digital UK (BDUK), joins Chris Ferguson to discuss the challenges faced in government procurement of technology services, and to share insights on how the public sector can engage with vendors or consultancies for better outcomes. #PublicSectorTechnology #PublicProcurement #DigitalGovernment

Government procurement is not serving the Canadian economy — especially when buying tech. It’s not even serving our Provincial or Federal Governments. Council of Canadian Innovators | Conseil canadien des innovateurs studied the issue and looked at international peers to come up with ideas for how we can better support innovation with better government procurement. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gVuYC-Uv

One of the main drivers for innovation in the public sector is procurement, and the government does a lot of procurement: a third of all its spending infact. In our guest blog with techUK, find out four pillars to procurement success: https://vmo2.co/3Xeecdc Crown Commercial Service #PowerToYourProcurement #LPSInnovation

Canada needs to do much better when it comes to government procurement. This report by @Council of Canadian Innovators | Conseil canadien des innovateurs is a vital issue for us to think about right now. Buying Ideas: Procuring Public Sector Innovation in Canada provides recommendations for policymakers to better support the Canadian technology space through better procurement. Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/gS6SpxkC

I hear it from our members all the time: "Canada needs to do much better when it comes to government procurement." To address this massive issue, my amazingly talented colleagues at the Council of Canadian Innovators | Conseil canadien des innovateurs put pen to paper on this exact issue. Buying Ideas: Procuring Public Sector Innovation in Canada provides recommendations for policymakers to better support the Canadian technology space through better procurement. Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/gppFav7E

There are some excellent recommendations here for #centralgovernment and #parliament. Building consensus on what’s possible and how to get the best out of #socialvalue makes a lot of sense. Brilliant work by the techUK team. 👏

A lot of opportunities are created in Newfoundland and Labrador when federal and provincial governments buy innovative products and services from local tech companies. Check out this article summarizing the report from Council of Canadian Innovators | Conseil canadien des innovateurs on where we are at on procurement from tech companies and what needs to happen. #innovation #technology #procurement

It's my pleasure to share that I'll be leading the panel discussion at #ausmedtech2024 on “Making Market Access a Priority for Australian Innovators.” According to the OECD’s 2017 report, public procurement is an important tool that can be used to foster innovation by purchasing new products and services, generating national and local innovation, and enhancing productivity and inclusiveness. Our esteemed, panel, Honourable Stephen Dawson, Andrea Andrews, Gibran Maher and Tracy Merlin will examine these issues and possible solutions. We’ll discuss policy strategies, such as targets, budgets, and financial incentives. We’ll also look at the need to strengthen staff skills and competencies, and establish teams and centres that concentrate on public procurement for innovation. This discussion is an opportunity to learn from the best practices and see some examples of how public procurement has supported innovation. We hope to help Australian innovators access the domestic market for their products and services by offering our expertise and perspectives. We would love to hear your feedback, experience, thoughts as we work to make market access happen for Australian innovators. #ausbiotech #innovation #procurement #MarketAccess #AustralianInnovators #PublicProcurement #OECD August Consulting Pty Ltd