Call: Public Procurement of Innovation

COSME is the EU programme for the Competitiveness of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs).
COSME supports SMEs in the following areas:

• Accessing finance
• Opening markets
• Supporting entrepreneurs
• Improving business conditions

1. Encourage cooperation between public buyers to promote the use of public procurement to contribute to the development of innovation;
2. Use public procurement as a mechanism to pilot innovation in areas of strong public interest (e.g. clean energy or healthcare);
3. Link and establish synergies with research and innovation projects funded by the EU.